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To: Bill Wolf who wrote (64092)	5/25/2007 9:06:58 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197215

Delay only helps QCOM. The reason is that BRCM needs a license from QCOM in order to sell ANY WCDMA chips. The longer these cases remain unsettled, the more difficult it will be for BRCM to find customers. And the more likely a settlement and/or licensing arrangement would be in favor of QCOM. What if, for an example, BRCM agreed to a license under the regular terms accepted by some 140 other licensees, and at the same time agreed to allow QCOM to continue making chips that infringe the BRCM power management patent? BRCM might be forced to make such concessions if they really have a competitively priced WCDMA chip to sell. Art

To: Bill Wolf who wrote (64092)	5/27/2007 4:26:41 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197215

It doesn't seem to me that this so very valuable power conservation technology that Broadcom invented and patented is working very well. I have a piece of rec property that is out of range of a radio-frequency signal. We each have an LG VX8300 phone, and I have noticed that whenever we go up and spend time there, and regardless of how much charge exists in these phones when we arrive, by the time we leave the next day or two, both phones are almost completely drained of battery power (whether on or off) and need charging. We have obviously not used them while there, so I am puzzled as to why this would occur. This does not happen at my home where I have excellent radio-frequency reception. The administrative-law judge had ruled that Qualcomm illegally used a Broadcom patent that covers how a cellphone conserves power when it is out of range of a radio-frequency signal. Qualcomm said the patent is irrelevant, while a host of U.S. companies, such as Verizon Wireless, jointly owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC, say a ban would hurt the entire industry.