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To: gdichaz who wrote (1727)	4/6/1999 10:03:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio	Respond to of 34857

You said : While stand alone WLL is certainly a possibility and B-CDMA could be used for that purpose, my understanding is that plain ole CDMA is more efficient and will certainly be more used around the world. I don't understand your view ? Plain ole cdma pipe is is thin and broadband is wide. Is bandwith the name of the game ? Certain companies are looking at bandwidth and some don't?

To: gdichaz who wrote (1727)	4/6/1999 11:39:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 34857

IDC and Q! In about 1993, [maybe a year before or after - my memory is hazy it was so long ago] Q! paid Interdigital a few million$$ to get rid of them so the coast was clear for CDMA to be taken up by Q! customers without fear of patents hanging over the investment. IDC gained no rights to Q! property in exchange, but Q! gained full rights to the disputed patents. The total cost to Q! was about $13m of which a large chunk was legal fees. It's all there in the archives and of academic interest only at this stage. There are no outstanding property, royalty or other concerns between Interdigital and Q! I don't think there will be much B-CDMA sold. Siemens pretended to be interested for a while but backed out once the W-CDMA agreement was well under way. Tero was conned by China as part of the worldwide campaign to get Q! to buckle by pretending they were going GSM and ditching CDMA, even though I warned him that was what was going on. Gee Tero, how much help should I offer? Now Ericy is all on with CDMA and the agreements are formed other than the fine detail of what W-CDMA will be compared with cdma2000 and perhaps other versions too; WWeb. We should note that these are all still vapourware [or vaporware for you USAers], though Ericy's version has advanced from Vapourwear [VW-40] to a legitimate concept since the Q!/Ericy agreement. [See, hagfish can be educated and tamed]. Maurice