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Nokia pays $20 million to Qualcomm to use UMTS {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 6th 2007 8:24PM Looks like the facts of this article might not be fully accurate. Read any of the other more credible articles on the subject from other major news sources. Qualcomm says the $20M doesn't cover the terms of their agreement w/Nokia for 2Q. Doesn't look like Qualcomm intends to let Nokia "continue hawking UMTS handsets worldwide for the time being."
Check out their press-release on it... http://www.qualcomm.com/press/releases/2007/070405_files_arbitration_demand.html
"Nokia's announcement today that it intends to pay an arbitrary sum for the use of QUALCOMM's patents in Nokia's WCDMA products after April 9 is an acknowledgment of its obligation to compensate QUALCOMM for the use of those patents. However, the announcement that Nokia will only pay a nominal amount makes clear that Nokia does not intend to comply with the agreed-upon terms of the parties' existing agreement or to pay the fair and established price for access to QUALCOMM's extensive patent portfolio. Nokia has no more right to unilaterally set a price than the average consumer has a right to walk into a store, take a product off the shelf, and walk out with it after leaving only a fraction of the established price on the counter. Leaving some money on the counter does not make the act any less unlawful."
Of course, Nokia's press release says they did pay enough...but who do you trust? The merchant? or the shoplifter? There doesn't seem to be any question that Nokia 'took the merchandise' and feels that they had to pay something for it... they just decided they didn't like the price (but figured they would take it anyway.)
AT&T selects MediaFLO; US moves closer to mobile TV monopoly {Engadget Mobile}
Feb 12th 2007 12:55PM Ya' gotta figure that the more people that use MediaFLO, the lower the price per user... but I'll bet it has something to do with quality of service, too. MediaFLO's image quality and low channel switching time appear to make it technically superior to DVB-H. Still, I would have said that Verizon was just biased... but with Cingular/AT&T now on board, you have to believe it's fact.
