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To: slacker711 who wrote (76121)	4/5/2008 10:15:06 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 197217

believing that the Chinese would be complacent about paying billions in royalties to Motorola, Ericsson, Siemens, and Nokia [2004] ChinaNex noted: " Holders of GSM patents may propose a 5% CHARGE for Chinese handset makers.... negotiations behind closed doors....the time of free use of patents is over for Chinese companies.... one way to avoid ROYALTIES is to acquire technology through joint ventures, but technology transfer at JV's is limited...." Message 20561454 =============================================== [ iSuppli, 2004:] GSM Handset Technology Owners Push for Royalty Fees by Byron Wu - Director, China Research The major owners of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cellular-phone Intellectual Property (IP),ncluding Nokia, Motorola and Sony-Ericsson, are beginning to charge patent fees from some makers of GSM handsets in other countries besides China. It’s not entirely clear if or when these patent fees will be levied on Chinese GSM handset makers. The royalty fees amount to as much as 12 percent of the total cost of a handset. isuppli.com

To: slacker711 who wrote (76121)	4/7/2008 8:09:51 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 197217

Qisda to begin shipping 3G handsets to Motorola in 3Q08, say sources digitimes.com Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 7 April 2008] Taiwan-based Qisda is expected to begin volume shipments of a 3G handset model to Motorola in the third quarter of this year, according to market sources. The candy-bar 3G handset will be Motorola's first 3G model manufactured by an ODM provider, noted the sources, indicating that the device will also be Motorola's first 3G handset built using a chipset solution from Qualcomm. Previously, all of Motorola's 3G handsets were based on platforms from Freescale. Although Motorola has been jointly developing 3G handsets with its long-term supplier Compal Communications, the vendor finalized the 3G orders with Qisda due to the company's previous experience in the development of customized handsets for telecom services providers in Europe, stated the sources. The 3G handsets from Qisda will be shipped to markets in Europe and Asia initially and then to North America at a later date, the sources indicated. The 3G model, which will feature rich multimedia functions, reportedly carries a FOB price of below US$100 targeting the entry-level segment, indicated the sources.