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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eric L who wrote (68164)	8/23/2007 4:26:23 PM
From: mindykoeppel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197478

ERIC - COOLEY GODWARD is representing Q again in the ITC case against NOKIA!!!!!

To: Eric L who wrote (68164)	8/23/2007 9:51:45 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 197478

I wish QUALCOMM had selected that option: <QUALCOMM almost did stop WCDMA, as least as an ITU sanctioned IMT-2000 3G standard. In the process they also almost stopped cdma2000 or any cdma based technology from becomming an ITU sanctioned IMT-2000 3G standard. When in November 1998 the ITU told both Ericsson and QUALCOMM to settle their differences or there would be no 3G CDMA of any flavour, they weren't kidding ... > My preference is standards formed by blood and guts market-based knock down drag out competition and agreements among consenting adults. Standards like the GSM Guild's efforts are monopolistic conspiracies, which I think should be legal, but should NOT have any government backing by way of spectrum usage requirements, regulations, or other ways of limiting competition. QUALCOMM had the goods and has sold them off far too cheaply and is now enmeshed in socialist kleptocracy which is likely to result in confiscation of QUALCOMM's property. We have already seen QUALCOMM patents declared unenforceable. We have seen juries, who are barely qualified to read a newspaper let alone a CDMA patent, make decisions of whether patents are valid. So the confiscation process is underway. Mqurice

To: Eric L who wrote (68164)	8/24/2007 1:24:48 PM
From: Raymond	Respond to of 197478

Eric! Yes the accord was very good for QCOM but I still think that Ericsson got all what they wanted including the possibilty to make IS-95/CDMA-2000 infra.The big licensing money is not coming from Ericsson they are coming from Ericssons big competitors.Ericsson has hinted that they pay very little if any money to QCOM.QCOM is not really a big competitor for Ericsson they are just competing with EMP which is not really Ericsson:s core business.That Nokia after the accord had to pay billions to QCOM is not really something Ericsson is unhappy about I guess.Nokia is Ericsson:s big competitor historically together with Mot.I don't think the management at Ericsson is thinking every day how to deal with QCOM.They are think about how to beat Nokia/Siemens and Alcatel/Lucent. I repeat ericsson got what they wanted at the trial more than QCOM which hade to cave in on it's principles. But of course QCOM won if you only can't how much the value of the company has got up. /R