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To: AlfaNut who wrote (146746)	12/6/2006 10:47:22 PM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Nokia is far more concerned about not having a royalty advantage compared to Samsung, LG, and others who were not part of the GSM crowd but sell a lot of CDMA/WCDMA How does beating up on Qualcomm help Nokia calm the competitive wave? The handsets of Nokia's competitors are desired by the market for reasons beyond just containing a Qualcomm chipset. Even if the EU takes a bite out of Qualcomm, aren't the wcdma cats already out of the bag? Whatever happens with the EU, it is hard to see how Nokia would gain anything beyond that which will accrue to ALL thriving off the veils of Qualcomm's achievements. Although, lowering royalties reduces funds available to Qualcomm for chipset development and disadvantages their partners. Nokia should get that matter in spades. As I noted in my previous PM, I was misinformed about China and have been informed by others that the 2%in-7%out deal was only good for 3 years. It has now expired. So many factets and so little time. Anyway, as I see it, beating up on the business of others makes Nokia look weak. If they are serious about getting ahead, they might be better off focusing their efforts on developing superior solutions. Couldn't that be the real problem?