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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (2226)	5/26/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: DaveMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike But the deal didn't attempt to knock down all the barriers. The deal was touted as "comprehensive" in that in addition to ERICY and Q settling the patent case it was supposed to pave the way for a 3G standard. QCOM and ERICSSON agreed that all CDMA modes of the new standard would support both GSM-MAP and ANSI-41 giving CDMA2000 access to Europe and facilitating the design of dual mode WCDMA/CDMA2000 handsets.In exchange for this concession QCOM stepped back from the standardization process and left the remaining technical convergence issues in the hands of network operators. ERICY seems to be backing away from this aspect of the agrement and the rest of the 3G technical parameters are also still up for grabs: Message 9731174 In essence, the "have-nots" would prefer to turn Qualcomm's proprietary control over to a standards committee because it would weaken Qualcomm. In this case, the committee is striving to determine a standard of pooling of licenses. It's not the same as determining a technological standard, but it's not far from it in its far-reaching effect. WCDMA is a technological standard designed by ETSI, an attempt to wrestle technological control from QCOM by the same group of 40 "have-nots". So Q is under attack on both fronts, licensing and technological. As you suggest,what I think we're finding out is that QCOM did not give up proprietary control when they "settled" with Ericsson, in fact the patent settlement probably increased their proprietary control. It seems however that the WCDMA/CDMA2000 game is far from over. Dave