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


To: pyslent who wrote (75818)3/25/2008 4:10:42 PM
From: Stock Farmer  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 197214
 
If this is a reference to Q's most recent offer to Broadcom... bingo.

Hard to believe that Q offered ... Speaks to the value Qualcomm places on the BRCM IP portfolio.

I was doing some DD on a recent startup, and broadcomm IP came up in my sieve in a number of areas. I am getting the view that they are assembling a very broad base of IPr.



To: pyslent who wrote (75818)3/25/2008 6:53:00 PM
From: rkral  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197214
 
"Hard to believe that Q offered $100M in addition to a comprehensive NON-exhaustive, royalty-free cross license."

Even harder to believe that BRCM turned it down.