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I'm glad u finally admitted Q has no legs.
above 46...as you can well see.
Addmission for you is a good and positive step in the right direction.
Limp...very astute description of Q.
Well at least you're on the road to Q recovery.
QCOM has no legs above 46.00
Oh stop!It may encourage me towards more thoughtful...
comments. lol
The way I look at it, NOK has nothing to lose now.
It costs NOK nothing to pull the 3G (evolution) offsides.
It is costing the rest of the world and QCOM much.
What if QCOM and CDMA was the technology (that one thing) that finally brought the world closer together and pushed war and unrest further away from the human condition.
Free societies embrace it(to a certain extent)....Totalitarian societies fear it.
You gotta wonder how "curtain societies" will ever deal with the likes of Google and QCOM.
"Free at last free at last... good God almighty free at last to download information anywhere in the world".
NOK= The last of the big buggywhip factories. (Any demand?)
What a schizophrenic stock up&down more than $1...
can't hold a gain....
resistance...ha!
Already broke through to 46;03...
wheres the beef??
Biz:U are certainly welcome.
(Full Text) Qualcomm Contributes Little to 3G, Ericsson Says
Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:03 PM ET
By Lucas van Grinsven, European Technology Correspondent
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson AB, the world's top mobile telecoms network maker, said the royalties charged by Qualcomm (QCOM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for its technology did not stand comparison to its modest contribution to 3G telephony.
Ericsson (ERICb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research), together with Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research), Broadcom (BRCM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and others, said three weeks ago they had filed complaints asking the European Commission to investigate and halt anti-competitive behavior by Qualcomm.
Ericsson's Chief Financial Officer Karl-Henrik Sundstroem told an investor conference organized by Morgan Stanley that Qualcomm was charging the same royalty rates for patents it holds in third generation (3G) WCDMA mobile technology as for the CDMA technology it has invented.
"They're charging the same for WCDMA as for CDMA where they have 80 percent of the essential patents. But in WCDMA they only have 15 percent," Sundstroem said.
Ericsson has swapped its rich WCDMA patent portfolio with that of Qualcomm in a cross-licencing deal with virtually closed wallets, but smaller players in the WCDMA market without their own WCDMA technology will be forced to pay to use it.
"(On top of the Qualcomm royalties) then we (Ericsson, Nokia and others) have to charge for our technology. That's the problem, because it means handsets will become too expensive. We want cheap handsets. That drives infrastructure (investments)," Sundstroem said.
"Qualcomm is not sticking to fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms demanded by the standard. You sign for that when you put your technology into a standard," he added.
ESSENTIAL PATENTS
Mobile market analyst Michael Thelander estimates Qualcomm has about 20 percent of the essential patents claimed for WCDMA, the mobile phone technology for better voice and faster data communications such as video.
It is the successor of the GSM standard used by two out of every three mobile phone users. Most of the remaining mobile phone subscribers are on CDMA networks.
Qualcomm is by far the dominant chip maker for CDMA phones and charges royalties for companies such as Nokia which want to make their own CDMA chips. In WCDMA, where Qualcomm has many more chip competitors, it charges the same royalty rates.
Analysts estimate Qualcomm charges royalties of around 4.5 to 5 percent of the wholesale price of a phone. The company itself says it charges "low single digits."
Sundstroem said 3G will only take off if handset prices drop to levels of $150 or lower.
Qualcomm maintains its royalties are fair and reasonable and made available to all players on the same terms.
President Steve Altman of the San Diego-based firm told Reuters last week the accusations were without merit, pointing at rapidly falling prices of WCDMA handsets. The company said it had already found a $124 WCDMA handset in the market, although in a limited production run, built with a Qualcomm chip.
The average price of the lowest 10 percent of WCDMA phones has dropped to an estimated $217 in the third quarter from $436 in the fourth quarter of 2003.
"We have a market place that is very vibrant with competitors in China, Japan, Korea, United States and Europe," he said.
This link take u right to it
Qualcomm contributes little to 3G: Ericsson
Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:04 PM ET
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Biz:u got that wrong.they hate Q.
So much so they are now willing to chew off their corporate paw that was caught in the Q beartrap.
NOK and their minions will instigate any war, anywhere to exclude Q from europe, or at least make sure they enter europe on their terms..not Q.
NOk will war even at their own demise.
Rich:I guess no one eles cared either...
about the News.
I turn your attention to the current stock price.
Just out of curiosity...just when is Q all set to pop
stock-wise???
Rich:u know the news dos'nt move QCOM...
higher.
Its rumors and speculation.
The indication pre-open for Q is flat. Right where it opened yesterday.
At least you where are enough to know the 'News" will take us "Down" a little bit.
A company with little debt, great management, beautiful revenue stream, and a fully loaded product pipeline should be a lot farther along than where they are share-wise right now.
Don't you think?
Maybe things at Q ar'nt as good as you think.
But you've been a Q apologist since the 'Git-go'
QUALCOMM Announces DMMX and HMMX Platforms...
for Long-Term Next-Generation Wireless Roadmap.
- DO Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions and HSDPA Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions Platforms Leverage DO Rev. B and HSDPA, plus a Wide Range of Enhancements in Technology Roadmap Leading to the Year MMX (2010) -
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced its DMMX (DO Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions) and HMMX (HSDPA Multicarrier Multilink eXtensions) platforms to support the long-term roadmaps of EV-DO and HSDPA.
The Company's DMMX and HMMX platforms are a set of technology and product innovations based on three fundamental aspects: 1) 3GPP2 and 3GPP standards-based enhancements to CDMA2000 EV-DO and WCDMA HSDPA, 2) QUALCOMM- developed techniques for improving capacity and speed that do not require changes to current or proposed standards, and 3) chips and software enabling the concurrent operation of multiple radio links such as CDMA, TDM and OFDM -- all working in a backward compatible manner.
The DMMX and HMMX platforms will not only significantly improve the performance of 3G CDMA technology, but will also enable operators to deploy networks and devices that combine different technologies that have been optimized for specific services. These platforms will result in lower costs and higher performance for operators as they launch new services for their customers.
'Consumers may not care about the technologies underlying the amazing new services they want on their phones, but to deliver these services profitably, the wireless operator does. QUALCOMM's DMMX and HMMX platforms encompass an array of advancements being made in CDMA and a broad range of other wireless technologies, enabling operators to expand their service offerings to support consumer desires while improving their business models,' said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, CEO, QUALCOMM.
'DMMX and HMMX concretely represent QUALCOMM's roadmap for innovation, supporting our customers and partners through the year MMX -- or 2010 -- and beyond.'
Operators want to grow revenues and subscriber base while reducing service delivery costs, churn and cost per gross subscriber addition. DMMX and HMMX align these business requirements with what consumers want: ubiquitous coverage, low prices, long battery life, great voice quality and ever improving data performance, all delivered through appealing devices and compelling applications.
'The defining of these platforms reinforces our Convergence Platform strategy of enabling consumer electronics features on mobile handsets,' said Dr. Sanjay K. Jha, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. 'QUALCOMM is developing products that we expect to announce in 2006 that take full advantage of the unsurpassed data throughput, multicast and capacity benefits offered by DMMX and HMMX that will take us well into the next decade.'
Multicarrier Multilink
In DMMX and HMMX, 'multicarrier multilink' represents the use of multiple wireless transmission protocols in multiple frequency bands -- simultaneously: for instance, an OFDM-based MediaFLO signal transmitted in 700 MHz spectrum for video services combined with the use of a CDMA-based EV-DO reverse link in cellular spectrum for interactive management by subscribers of their 'wireless TV' services. Another example is the use of HSDPA in conjunction with assisted-GPS. As more features converge in handsets, more radio links will have to operate concurrently to support them.
The term 'multicarrier' also represents enhancements described in the latest version of the CDMA2000 EV-DO standard, Rev. B, which allows data to flow over more than one channel at the same time, thus increasing peak data rates. EV-DO carriers can be deployed in 1.25 MHz increments, filling up to 20 MHz, allowing operators to flexibly tailor their system to the specific ranges of spectrum they have available. While no analogous standard proposal has been made for HSDPA multicarrier, technically, the same principle can be applied -- multiple 5 MHz carriers can be aggregated to increase capacity and throughput.
Rev. B's flexibility will enable significant capacity and performance improvements, while protecting CDMA2000 operators' current investments in both networks and devices.
Depending on their capability and the demands of a given application, phones can operate on a single DO channel or on multiple channels. In 20 MHz of spectrum, very high performance devices could simultaneously access up to fifteen 1.25 MHz carriers, resulting in a forward- link peak data rate as high as 73.5 Mbps. For lower cost or pre-existing devices accessing a single 1.25 MHz carrier, a peak forward-link data rate of 4.9 Mbps is possible with Rev. B. Additionally, Rev. B and HSDPA allow more of operators' spectrum to be used for IP-based services -- including wireline- quality voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) -- in a manner that results in lower operator costs through greater efficiencies.
Multilink: Capacity and Throughput Improvements
The DMMX and HMMX platforms also link an array of QUALCOMM-developed techniques that will further enhance the voice and data performance of CDMA2000 EV-DO and WCDMA HSDPA. These techniques include:
* dual and quad receive diversity (multiple antennas and RF receive chains in handsets and at base stations);
* pilot and traffic interference cancellation (techniques implemented at the base station for reducing the interference caused by the pilot and data traffic signals of many devices communicating across a network at the same time);
* quasi-linear interference cancellation (techniques implemented in the handset, including pilot and traffic interference cancellation);
* equalizer (techniques in which the processors in the handset use algorithms to increase the signal-to-noise ratio)
and
* Fourth Generation Vocoder(TM) (a core voice codec that provides improved voice quality, but also allows continuous tradeoffs between voice quality and network capacity).
Multilink eXtensions
The platforms also support the concurrent and complementary operation of a wide array of purpose-built airlinks. These include:
* OFDM in Platinum Multicast and MediaFLO for cost-efficient
multicasting of high-quality video and audio content;
* multi-mode handsets for roaming or for operators with multiple networks;
* GPS in gpsOne for highly accurate position fixes;
* Wi-Fi for wireless local-area network applications in home and business; and
* Bluetooth, for personal area network connectivity;
as well as future OFDM/OFDMA-based airlinks -- all managed in the handset by superscalar processors running at very low power requirements. One of the benefits of this convergence of capabilities is that mass-market content will be able to move 'upstream' to multicasting solutions, enabling new services and the economics that drive adoption, while in homes, offices and true high- traffic areas, this same mass-market content will be able to move 'downstream' as a result of the vast improvements to Wi-Fi that are being developed by the 802.11n standard proposals.
eXtensions
The DMMX and HMMX platforms represent QUALCOMM's commitment to drive the CDMA2000 and WCDMA roadmaps through a host of interlinked and concurrently operating functions and capabilities that extend fundamental airlink improvements. The enhancements to EV-DO represented by Gold and Platinum Multicast and to WCDMA represented by the multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) standard proposal, performance improvements represented by receive diversity, interference cancellation and signal equalization combined with the integration at the chipset level of additional radio links such as FLO and GPS will enable manufacturers and operators to deploy devices and services of unprecedented value and appeal.
In real-world terms, convergence and concurrence means that a user will do such things as:
* watch TV or listen to music streamed in real-time to their phones while those phones continue to monitor the paging channel for voice calls and cellular data transmissions;
* navigate around a city using a gpsOne-enabled application that continuously takes assisted-GPS fixes and constantly updates a map, downloaded over the cellular network, displaying their location and nearby points of interest;
* have a VoIP-based phone conversation while scanning web pages, or participating in a VoIP-based conference call in which one person makes a point while, at the same time, multimedia content is sent to all participants in the call in support of that point;
* or engaging in a multi-player game that incorporates moves by each participant concurrent with real-time video streams as part of game play, while using a wireless headset to talk with (or taunt) the other players.
Convergence Implies Concurrence
'As the wireless, computing, consumer electronics and entertainment industries converge, the phone will have to do many different things concurrently,' concluded Dr. Jacobs. 'Convergence became possible during the transition from 2G to 3G, but it will truly be supported as we move towards the fourth generation of wireless.
The idea of accessing a single homogeneous network has been supplanted by the notion, in a heterogeneous world, that the device will simultaneously link with multiple networks and protocols. In tomorrow's markets, we will stop talking about voice and data because, by the end of this decade, we will see that voice is data and data is much more than we imagined when wireless first transitioned from circuit-switching to IP- based packet implementations. The DMMX and HMMX platforms are QUALCOMM's roadmap for the 3G CDMA community to achieve its goals for the wireless future.'
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2005 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 25, 2005, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. CDMA2000 is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA USA). All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
QUALCOMM Contacts:
Christine Trimble, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-651-3628
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
or
Bill Davidson, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
SOURCE QUALCOMM Incorporated
Source: PR Newswire (November 16, 2005 - 11:00 PM EST)
News by QuoteMedia
www.quotemedia.com
what a stinkin disaster today
everyone is selling into each rally.
hahaha.
Its hidious, yet you can't look away
why would anyone want to own Q??
Price fluctuates way to radically and usually to the downside
no return on investment
enemic dividend
way too expensive
lots of litigation with a hoe-latta-moe.
Hey Biz:how do u like that for difinitive?
ONe dollar down
Selling in Q is fast and Furious...
They can't wait to "DumP" this dog
It would b nice if Q was buying
its own shares on these dips like they said they would.
And on the eve of a Nazdaq 52wk high...
QCOM sinks like an old man into a grave
Wow..look at Q run towards the bottom...
like there was a reward there at the bottom.
The chart today looks like a waterworld superslide.
Q is now offically out of gas.Unless...
an when some other "announcement" presents itself from now on, Qualcomm is dead money.
What a waste.
Q will lose a buck today.
Only speculators and shorts make $ on Q
As u see Q stock never fails to dissapoint...
over and over again.
can't hold a gain
hahaha
sheez:arn't u the pissy one today.
Read back to my posts prior to the earnings report.
Did'nt I say an announcement was imminent...
just before Q reported their earnings???
Did'nt the Gang of 6 make a complaint to the EU just before the earning announcement.
Can't git any more decriptive than that
Who's your daddy???
That's right!!! PISSO!
I must be Nostradamas.
<<Why don't you describe how things will definitely come out then>>
You think Q is an investoment stock.
I say it's speculation..
The stock is way to expensive and the board is "Dumping" shares as fast as they can free them up.
'Don't 'Piss' down my back and tell me it's rainning" - sport.
"It would appear that if those are settled without great harm"...
Those are some big "ifs" boy.
Dumping refers to a loss - not getting even.
IN regards to:"Sunstein said, adding that "this is just a very public negotiation that usually takes place behind closed doors. That's all."
Which was the last sentence of the linked article posted I say:
I believe QCOM will only be interested, at this point, in doleing out a "Public Humiliation" regarding Nokia.
Nokia is a dying Bull waiting for the Matador to drive the sword home.
My guess is this... Nokia better get wise to itself and figure that to dominate again as the world's #1 handset provider, it had better make an ally of Qualcomm quickly before the rest of the industry passes it right by.
The rest of the industry may have already passed it by.
a bunch a dumb sveeds. oh ya sure ya betcha!
Sunstine said it right...Nokia is trying to preserve the buggy whip market in an automobile world.
Soon they'll be at the top of the buggy whip market.
Any buyers??
Q getting a slow deliberate wacko...
The market is talking real loud.
and the volume is low
take it any way u want...
I don't quibble or trifle with the posters here anymore.
Its like trying to teach a pig to sing.
It irritates the pig and dos'nt do much for the teacher.
If u kept getting hit in the head(Q)...
you might think, at some point, to punch back (NOK).
Have you not seen the news over the last 2 weeks??
If not... read the posts here. That might clear things up.
Some here, not to long ago hit it on the head
"It's a revival of the telecom holy wars".
Negative corrilation re QCOM and Dow/Nasq...
I've always noticed that when the DOW and NasQ are up, investors dump Q and vise-versa.
Q is a sick and twisted daytrade
Patent pooling as EU settlement...
was a question asked just now at the london investors day regarding the EU complaint.
QCOM's answer in pertient part:
*Settlements somewhat subject to external factors
*How would the returns on R&D be allocated
*Patent allocation tends to leads industry into less competion
*Bi-lateral negotiation best to protect the ip
*royalties not at issue.
Also talked about raising dividend, but not when, or anytime soon.
Stock repurchace as market conditions allow.
London Investors webcast=Very cool...
alot more q&a and more info given.
very candid responses including reponses to the EU complaint
London Investor Day November 8, 2005..
TIME: 9:00 AM UKT / 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT
Streaming Audio At www.qualcomm.com
THis ought to be good because the meeting comes 5 1/2 hours ahead of the market open on Tuesday.
We'll see the market indication ahead of the open
SPEAKERS:
Bill Davidson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Dr. Paul Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Altman
President
Dr. Sanjay Jha
Executive Vice President and President, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Group
Bill Keitel
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
If that's a reference to my post then...
you'll have taken it out of context.
I'm expressing opinions and soliciting comments on QCOM.
If you'll notice I have not made any personal attack against anyone here...which is more than I can say for the posters here.
Lately I've been called:
A Twit
Lardass
clown...
and my personal favorite: Pajasshol-pajasshol.
All of which i do not respond to.
I know you hate when posters seem to deride QCOM but that is the nature of 'Chat Rooms' like this one.
Just because you pay for extra services here don't make you KIng of the Chat room.
Maybe you could do without me...but then you start to rope others into a "Chat room" with no other meaning except to cut and paste news stories.
I'm sorry you are so upset.
I get it..Investing is a gamble...
You place your bets and take your chances.
Why did'nt i think of that.
So i should invest without expectations?
uhmmmm..... I wonder how the Enron and Worldcom investors feel about your analysis....especially since they were SANDBAGGED!
You are right..'The world is not going to change". therefore all of the worlds people should keep the "lube" handy cause it is inevitable that we'll get Screwed on a continuing basis.
Berating, complaining, and affirmitive action is exactly how the World changes.
Look to the former Soviet Union for an example.
Some though for the longest while that changing the USSR was like teaching a pig to sing.
I hear there are a chorus of singing pigs performing nightly in Saint Petersberg square. Same for Red Square.
My expectation was to make a profit(a little at least) on QCOM and in less time than 5 years, and to have this now 20 year company not be so volitile because it is a large cap and mature company.
Ya Live and Learn.
I hav'nt made money on Q...
and somehow I have the problem???
I don't follow that??
It was buy and hold...for 5 years.
So you are saying u bought your shares pre 800 dollar rise, rode it up, then rode it back down??
Sounds like me., but to a lesser degree.
to all:If u read all my previous posts..
you'll find I was'nt altogether crazy...evil...or wrong.
Time has proven that.
London Investor Day November 8, 2005..
TIME: 9:00 AM UKT / 4:00 AM ET / 1:00 AM PT
Streaming Audio At www.qualcomm.com
THis ought to be good because the meeting comes 5 1/2 hours ahead of the market open on Tuesday.
We'll see the market indication ahead of the open
SPEAKERS:
Bill Davidson
Vice President, Investor Relations
Dr. Paul Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer
Steve Altman
President
Dr. Sanjay Jha
Executive Vice President and President, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Group
Bill Keitel
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Hum:thanks
we all need some 'iron huevos' in these times.
Of couse u know what will happen when i sell Q... it will skyrocket.
I've lerned my lessons on Q.
you are right...there are alot of shareholders for whatever reason are in love with this stock.
Company is good...but the stock is not for investment. Its for speculation.
I've been underwater for the last 5 years.
I'm almost well. If Monday can produce at least a 60-70 cent pop...I'm out, and with no loss or profit.
Nothing really to show for 5 years...except a puney dividend.
Q should be rockin.
I was anticipating October 27, 2005 (Thursday) when the stock was edginging up at 45-46 thatif it held through Friday
(10/28/05)it would start to really run rith up to and through the 4th Q report.
I was anticipating the runup to approch 48/49 and then continue Wednesday to perhaps 50.
But then Bloody Friday came (10/28/05) and deflated any runup.
That friday and the following monday 40M share each day were traded and all of it was to the downside.
I was almost out, and with a little profit to show for it.
The world hates QCOM and these diabolical corporations with an ax to grind against QCOM will at every opportunity always figure out a way, to get to the shares and the shareholders at the most opportue moment.
When I invest, the expectation is a profit.
QCOM has not showed me that in 5 years.
Thats why most investors won't go near Q anymore.
Look at all the poor schmucks that got a haircut on friday and monday.
And who would have heald it through a near 13% haircut???
All that did for Q was left a bad taste in the mouth of those who got burned.
I'm figuring most investors had a 2-5% stop loss.
If you want to take my case I bought at 90....saw it through 107...then rode it all the way to 32...took the split 2/1 now it is somewhat approching my entry point.
So if you want to complain about my posts, at least u know now.
I think it's either very stupid, to have held it like that for that period of time..or a testiment to some type of faith in the company.
I no longer have that faith.
Q is not an investment...it's speculation and daytrading.
Those are the ones that are getting fat. Not an invester who is looking for an solid company to invest in.
Q is hosting an european analyist meeting in England I believe, November 8, 2005.
Maybe, whatever Q will have to say there will make the stock move again like the conference call after the earnings report did on 11/2/05.
we'll see.