Qualcomm spat may slow 3G rollout, says Nokia

by Brian White posted May 30th 2007 at 2:01PM

While Nokia and Qualcomm continue various spats and other legal nonsense to the nth degree, the future of 3G may be at risk. Well, not really -- but Nokia says it could very well slow things down, and mobile WiMAX and other technology that Qualcomm can't claim exclusive license to may be a possible answer. Qualcomm may be in for a bit of shock as the world's transition to 3G technology will mean more and more reluctance to pay any entity royalties. One thing seems clear here -- these two companies don't seem eager to settle on anything these days.

[Via mocoNews.net]

Filed under: Nokia, Misc

Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China 3G, China3g, NOK, Nokia, nokia 3G, nokia d-scdma, Nokia3g, NokiaD-scdma, QCOM, Qualcomm, Qualcomm 3G, Qualcomm3g, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA

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Frankenstein Black @ May 30th 2007 4:36PM

Qualcomm, F'em! They fancy themselves the Intel and MS of the mobile world all rolled up into one. Patent trolling and Brew pushing dose not a "genuine" company make. They would love nothing more than to have the globes 95% GSM/EDGE networks convert to CDMA 1XRTT and 2000. Why? GREEEEEEEEED!! Again I say, F'EM!!!

Oh yea, just to clarify Ericsson and the US Military developed CDMA technology, Period!

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Joe @ Jan 10th 2008 5:26PM

You should get your facts straight before you go posting online. Ericsson was a spin-off of Qualcomm. QCOMM owns the patents to CDMA. I don't think they would have been issued patents had the military actually developed it. This technology has made the mobile industry more affordable and profitable for everyone in the business!

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