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To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (11204)	6/5/1998 10:18:00 PM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Re - CDMA is about maximizing information flow in any medium. No, not really. In an interference free environment, CDMA can actually underperform other, more basic systems. But of course most of the world is pretty noisy. Especially in a cell system where all you neighbors are shouting at the same frequencies. Why not down wires or fibres? There is actually a lot to be said for this, since cable tv, for instance, has a lot of interference in some frequency bands, and so they just don't use them. CDMA might allow them to overcome that problem and get more out of their existing cables. However, most of Qualcomm's expertise and IPR is in cell system CDMA, not cable (and the implimentation is likely to be quite different.). Clark

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (11204)	6/5/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: Jim Fleming	Respond to of 152472

Take a look at this site http:www.terayon.com jef

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (11204)	6/5/1998 11:16:00 PM
From: Jim Fleming	Respond to of 152472

Here is another cable CDMA site. CSCO bought the Sanders Division and the technology from LMT since the trials mentioned in this press release. sanders.com jef

To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (11204)	6/6/1998 4:20:00 AM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Terayon - a small private company - in which Cisco has a stake has developed CDMA for wire. As best I can tell, no connection or fees to the Q. How Terayon manages to avoid the Q 's patents is not clear to me, but seemingly that is the case. Interestingly, though Terayon's CDMA transmission technology is the superior one, the company was forced to accept and use a less powerful system for its "mainstream" products by a "standards system" used by the other companies in its field. Wish it were public since think the future bright for Terayon. As of now, think Cisco is only practical way to participate in CDMA over wire - unless the Q has a way, now or in the future. Comments? Chaz