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To: kech who wrote (16292)	10/11/1998 6:05:00 PM
From: DanZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

This may show how naive I really am when it comes to this business, but why would Motorola buy Qualcomm chips through a third party, Pantech? Wouldn't Pantech just tack on some overhead and charge Motorola more than they could pay by going directly to Qualcomm? What value added does Pantech add? If Pantech makes the chips under a licensing agreement from Qualcomm and sells them cheaper than Qualcomm, then I can understand why MOT might buy from them. Thanks, Dan