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To: rkral who wrote (67908)	8/18/2007 3:16:22 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197218

The unpaid royalties that Nokia may owe to QCOM can be estimated from the QCOM financial reports. Past unpaid royalties appear at best to be only about $0.02 per share, which, in the scheme of things, is relatively small. What we, and Nokia have to consider, however, is future royalties. Nokia clearly sees its future in North America as well as the world markets as a major player in WCDMA equipped handsets (no matter who makes the WCDMA chips). Nokia obviously would like to do better than its competitors by having an extra low royalty rate, giving them a clear advantage over the rest of the field. So it's not so much what Nokia owes so far but what it should be paying from now on that concerns Nokia, and us shareholders.

To: rkral who wrote (67908)	8/18/2007 3:18:21 PM
From: ohohyodafarted	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197218

It doesn't mater if the US market is material to NOK's bottom line. For NOK to be shut out of the US market... one of the most technologically progressive countries on the planet, would be a very big embarrasment to NOK. IMHO we should do Spinco, just for the express purpose of being able to deny NOK and our other enemies a license to practice CDMA in any of it's forms. Then sue the mothers in every country in the world and let them try to survive on their shitty GSM.