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To: slacker711 who wrote (59727)2/4/2007 3:57:53 PM
From: scratchmyback  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 197348
 
We'll know in one week who's the actual winner. But I think we can count Nokia out, as they have never participated GSMA competitions. The winner gets the right to sell phones for a certain price, but the operators are not obliged to buy a single one. They may buy some phones if they need them, but they can as well buy other phones for other price, if that serves them better. And I guess that's what has happened in the emerging market, Motorola hasn't sold that many entry level phones over there despite being the winner of GSMA's entry level phone trophy for two times.



To: slacker711 who wrote (59727)2/5/2007 2:31:34 PM
From: Q8tfreebe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197348
 
The way the initiative was structured, handset vendors bid on a set of agreed specifications. On that basis, the winner should be picked largely on the basis of price, without much room for operator bias. For its part, QCOM offered selected chips to the handset vendors at specal prices based on volume commitments. On that basis, the 3G for all winner should have a good chance of having "QCOM inside"


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