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To: JGoren who wrote (18409)	11/16/1998 11:47:00 PM
From: Harvey Rosenkrantz	Respond to of 152472

The last paragraph of the WSJ article hints of a split between the outlook of NTT Do Co Mo and Ericy: "DoCoMo says it is considering whether to make W-CDMA compatible with CDMA. Ericsson opposes it, though, saying it would only slow down development and compromise W-CDMA's performance. " On another matter: Where does the Wireless Knowledge JV leave Unwired Planet. I recall, QCOM had a cross licensing agreement with them and also invested in their company. uplanet.com

To: JGoren who wrote (18409)	11/17/1998 3:42:00 AM
From: jpbrody	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

I think the 1,500 patents is referring to the 50 pages of claims in the ARIB proposal for W-CDMA that Walt was referring to in Message 6427236 . I thought of Walt's post when I was reading the WSJ article, but just reread it now. As usual this group is a few days ahead of the mainstream press. The mainstream press tends to blur things in the reporting. You'd think as part of the internet revolution information will be exchanged first hand rather than through reporters. As part of that vision, I just started up a discussion site that is focused on industry issues and business-to-business discussions. It's not a financial site at all, but it may be of interest to people here who have real jobs on the side water-cooler.com Jim