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To: LarsA who wrote (149247)	4/6/2007 7:22:41 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I can't believe that NOK & QCOM are going for the nuclear option in the IPR dispute! If at least it would clear the air but this will go on forever and cost a fortune... I really havent had much expectation that this would be settled before the deadline unless there was some resolution in court. These issues go to the heart of Qualcomm's business model, so there really isnt much chance that they will blink. Nokia has to assess the risk of Qualcomm eventually winning GSM royalties or treble damages versus how much they might win in a reduction to the royalty rate. I don't know. I guess it's a time honored tradition, as you said. NTSC, PAL and so on. I don't know if it would give European companies any particular advantage if they did. Don't know the IPR situation at all. Of course there are examples of the US setting standards as well, but it is far fewer. I doubt you would ever see anything like the following quote from a US official. arstechnica.com "To fully reap the benefits of this market and to export a European model for Mobile TV as we did with GSM for mobile phones, industry and Member States must work more closely together to devise a common approach, compare technologies, look at possible legal obstacles, make spectrum available throughout Europe and choose together the best way to ensure a quick and large take-up of Mobile TV by Europeans, preferably based on a single standard," said Commissioner Reding. "It is now time to draft the new model of Mobile TV that it needs to be economically successful in Europe." This is just a very different way of thinking than in the US. Slacker

To: LarsA who wrote (149247)	4/6/2007 7:29:47 PM
From: DanD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

I'm not really interested in live broadcast TV anymore (I have a TiVo for every TV set in my home) How many is that? 2? 3? 4? In my home currently there are 3 functioning and used computers, 3 televisions and 3 DirectTV receivers and one DVD player. And I bet I am light on the DVD player. This is why I laugh openly at the idea that the max market for wireless CDMA devices is a 1:1 ratio to people in the world. I already have two wireless CDMA devices, one laptop and a phone. It's only a matter of time before I have more. Dan D.