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To: limtex who wrote (12080)7/6/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Clarksterh  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
B-CDMA is a proprietary standard, with 3 or 4 signatory companies, having little to do with Qualcomm. It is targeted at WLL (vs mobile systems) and InterDigital plays much the same role as Qualcomm (Samsung and Alcatel(?) are two of the signatories). I think there was originally some argument between Qualcomm and InterDigital over IPR, but that has been settled and they are mostly (entirely?) separate.

Clark

PS When I last looked at B-CDMA they didn't exactly inspire confidence that the standards were well controlled. Each company had their own special features, especially for the 'next generation'.



To: limtex who wrote (12080)7/6/1998 5:58:00 PM
From: kech  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
Limtex - Unfortunately, I don't think the Q will get a piece from this. The Q settled with these guys and paid them a nuisance fee to go away. Interdigital also got the rights to cross-license some of the Q patents for wideband applications. These guys are worse than a bad penny - they always come back.

Can't see why MCI would want to use them instead of the real WLL. Tom


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