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To: Dave who wrote (16589)	10/15/1998 6:40:00 PM
From: Greg B.	Respond to of 152472

Dave, It appears that both sides are positional bargaining. ETSI says "License", the Q says "Converge and then we'll License" while Ericy says "Screw the Q, we've got the IP right here and we'll license" No. That is why I spent a few hours on the Negotiation Primer post. I'll post it again, but this time bold the sentence just so we agree <g> that Qualcomm is taking a principled approach: In response to ETSI's demand that QUALCOMM state unconditionally whether or not it is willing to grant licenses for the current form of the W-CDMA proposal, QUALCOMM replied that it would not agree to license its IPR for the W-CDMA standard. QUALCOMM has stated that it would license its CDMA IPR on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms only for standards meeting a set of technical criteria based on three fairness principles. These principles support convergence of proposed 3G CDMA technologies that have been recently submitted to the ITU for consideration as candidates for IMT-2000. The fairness principles are: 1. A single, converged worldwide CDMA standard should be selected for 3G; 2. The converged CDMA standard must accommodate equally the two dominant network standards in use today (IS-41 and GSM-MAP); and 3. Disputes on specific technological points should be resolved by selecting the proposal that either is demonstrably superior in terms of performance, features, or cost, or, in the case of alternatives with no demonstrable material difference, the choice that is most compatible with existing technology. An overview of the technical criteria for the three fairness principles follows. 1. Converged 3G CDMA Standard A single, converged worldwide standard is the optimal solution for the success of wireless communications services and products for tomorrow's consumer market. cdma2000 and W-CDMA both utilize a CDMA wireless air interface. A converged standard will help ensure a fair, competitive environment for operators, manufacturers and consumers in all regions. To date, no CDMA standard has been allowed for mobile service in Europe, and multiple new CDMA standards, if licensed, might be used to discriminate against some manufacturers and operators by the calculated adoption of one de facto standard to the exclusion of other nominal standards. 2. Accommodation of the Dominant Network Standards According to Dataquest, by the end of 1998, more than 100 million subscribers worldwide will be served on IS-41-based networks as well as more than 100 million subscribers on GSM-MAP networks. The converged 3G standard should accommodate both networks equally, thereby leveraging existing investments in wireless systems around the world. 3. Selection of Superior CDMA 3G Technology QUALCOMM supports a converged standard that achieves demonstrable performance, cost and feature improvements. Where uncertainties exist as to material improvements, QUALCOMM advocates open and thorough testing, including capacity and quality testing. QUALCOMM sees no reason to support any standards proposal that denies operators who recognized the superiority of the CDMA wireless air interface earlier than others a simple evolutionary path to a powerful CDMA-based 3G solution unless the non-evolutionary specifications of such a standard offer demonstrable material improvements in performance.