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ok updated poll........
scooby5 -$49.00
Nesco -$64.76
DWS -$38.50
Biggineg -$53.75
Frank Nevada -$60.00
mike12kidc -$78.00
sluggo33 -$69.69
ed ferrari -$22.50
micromays2 -$42.50
GE Jim -$31.40
bivouac -$55.00
rob1945 -$12.50
nohotin -no price
ppart1111 -$29.88
Dishfan -$49.89
Norfolk -$42.00
dogcharlie-$44.75
chinookslayer-$24.78
spider69-$26.30
ddwedge0-$61.50
dndoodd-$90.69
idcc2003-$101.00
clamcakes-$36.75
pagopago-$42.50
newriver-$28.40
themaude-$87.53
snowydread-$45.19
johnVJR-$44.44
MJPLIFE11-$47.81
Dumpter-$50.50
M6-$26.50
Silicon Valley Steve-$38.87
arizrealtor-$41.41
sailfreeee-$45.00
goblue-$82.50
Gamco-$59.99
GreedAintBad-$28.25
bulldzr-$32.60
mmbtx_1-$36.21
and the winner is?????.....high man I hope !!!!
Ok here is the pole so far:
scooby5 -$49.00
Nesco -$64.76
DWS -$38.50
Biggineg -$53.75
Frank Nevada -$60.00
mike12kidc -$78.00
sluggo33 -$69.69
ed ferrari -$22.50
micromays2 -$42.50
GE Jim -$31.40
bivouac -$55.00
rob1945 -$12.50
nohotin -no price
ppart1111 -$29.88
Dishfan -$49.89
Norfolk -$42.00
anyone else?....please respond to this post so I can see all who are guessing........thanks Norfolk
Ok Ericy is over lets start a pole for the share price as of the ASM in June.........Ill start with my guess at $42 per share..................anyone else?
Im telling you Harry Boxer loves Interdigital and has for some months now..........hes rcommending it.......http://biz.yahoo.com/oo/030320/78021.html
Mar 18, 2003 (The Philadelphia Inquirer - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
via COMTEX) -- Shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. rose 42 percent
yesterday after the King of Prussia company said it had reached licensing
agreements with major cell-phone manufacturers that could produce a windfall of
$360 million to $430 million in royalties over the next 12 months.
The agreements are "huge for this little company," said InterDigital spokesman
Guy Hicks. In 2002, the company had net income of $2.4 million on revenue of
$87.9 million.
The agreements with Ericsson Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, a
joint cell-phone-making venture between Sony Corp. and Ericsson, ended a decade
of patent-infringement lawsuits by and against InterDigital, which develops
technology that connects cell phones to cell-phone towers.
InterDigital said in a release that the agreements also "establish the financial
terms necessary to define the royalty obligations of Nokia Corp. and Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd." under existing licenses with those cell-phone makers.
Hicks said the estimated $360 million to $430 million would come from
retroactive fees from Ericsson and Sony dating back to the early 1990s through
2002, plus fees from Nokia and Samsung that were retroactive only from last
year.
The agreements with all the manufacturers run through 2006, and they cover about
70 percent of all cell phones worldwide that run on second-generation GSM and
TDMA technologies, the company said. The agreements do not cover phones that use
so-called third-generation, or 3G, technology.
InterDigital was founded 30 years ago as International Mobile Machines. The
company was renamed InterDigital in 1992. It employs 300 workers worldwide;
about 130 are based in King of Prussia.
Its stock closed up $5.78 at $19.54 yesterday in trading on the Nasdaq exchange.
By Wendy Tanaka
To see more of The Philadelphia Inquirer, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go
to http://www.philly.com
(c) 2003, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Business News.
fmilt: Fagen said they cannot adjust 2002 cause settlement was signed in 2003......so its revenues going forward........Norfolk
Im glad Howard said those last remarks.......no worries for me beyond 2006........many of those issues will be dealt with very shortly..............congrats to all.......its been a long road, but we are finally out of the tunnel and the sun is shining..............Norfolk
is it possible that payments through 2002 by Sony Ericsson is for exactly that?....and Ericsson will be responsible for more on its own that we havent heard about yet???
Intel's massive promo for mobile chip
By Chris Kraeuter, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 7:33 PM ET March 3, 2003
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Intel is in the throes of a more than $300 million marketing blitz to promote its new line of chips for wireless devices
Intel in throes of $300 million promo for mobile chip
Updates, advisories and surprises
Marvel, Fairchild grab late trading spotlight
More news for INTC
While the official launch of the Centrino brand is still more than a week away, Intel (INTC: news, chart, profile) has made a couple of announcements in recent days about the new line. The moves come during a busy time for the chipmaker, which is due on Thursday to give the public its midquarter financial update, and it's expected to file its annual report with regulators next week.
On Monday, shares of Intel closed down 3.5 percent at $16.66.
The total cost of the company's "Unwire" campaign surpasses the ad money that Intel threw toward the massive launch in 2000 of the company's Pentium 4 generation of chips.
At the core of the new brand is the Pentium-M processor, the first chip Intel designed exclusively for mobile computers, as well as the chipsets and wireless networking capabilities. Chipsets enable interaction of computer's central processing unit with its memory chip and input or output devices.
Intel says the new chips are geared toward businesspeople and the places they would most likely need high-speed wireless Internet service -- airports, hotels, business centers or national restaurant chains.
The new ads feature images of business people working from a desk in odd places like on an airport people-mover or on a golf course driving range. The initial TV ads will air in 11 countries and will be accompanied, beginning on March 12, by print, online and outdoor ads.
A key feature of the Centrino products is that they support Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity technology standard for all wireless local area networks.
To that end, Deutsche Telekom (DT: news, chart, profile) subsidiary T-Mobile will collaborate with Intel to promote a public network of 2,100 locations in the United States that support Wi-Fi.
Intel has also formed formal partnerships with Checkpoint, Verisign, Starwood, Boeing and Marriott.
Chris Kraeuter is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com in San Francisco.
XDX: Great point and I tend to agree with your statement. Things are starting to play out slowly but surely. Also, in addtion to Nokias statements these past days about the funds they have set aside for patent licensees. As I told Loop we can second guess this thing to death, but when its all said and done none of us really know anything. The only thing I do strongly believe is that none of this is a negative........people are really quick to panic and look for the exits........as is proof of this market for the last 2 years.........IDCC has a tendency to release things indirectly like the Arbitrations and settlements, rather than an immediate news release. Dont know why, but I guess its something we should be used to by now..........This is not a normal company by no means................Norfolk
Loop, I was under the impression that Janet Point told many that a locked rate would not be publicly announced and that we would know it was obvious that phase II has begun when we see the earnings come in. We all know phase II accrues since Jan 1 2002 but we don't know when the payments begin. Now with all the latest filings by Nokia and us, I think we see the start of something that will come to be very shortly. Why are people panicking? We can all sit here and armchair CEO this thing to death, but bottom line none of us have anything remotely close to knowing what will really pan out in the end. That's why none of us work there...........I have always paid strong attention to things you experts have translated because I think it is the closet thing to reality because of your background and experience. I have never paid attention to the garble coming from the likes of MickeyBritt. As always thanks for your dedicated hard work to explain this stuff to us laymen..................Norfolk
I gree with RTD...........stop all the childish fighting and lets stay the course. Most of us are all on the same side, working towards the same goals. This could be our break thru year........lets not spoil it...........................................Norfolk
AND THE CDMA VICE GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER......or should I say smaller and smaller.......
beattheclock........I agree 100%............many of the same things happened with 2G CDMA.......many said it wouldnt work................we all know how that turned out.....right now 3G is working and gaining momemtum slowly but surely even if people believe it or not. Way to much invested by the whole wireless industry IMHO, for anyone to let go. I would say just about all new ideas and inventions are met with harsh scepticism when it first starts off................Norfolk
Amen..........eom
Get outta here you friggin moron...........%$^# Phil Spector..............hes a coward women beater and now he finally killed one.............kiss off your screwball
Mobile Communications
By Eric Jhonsa
The mobile communications industry went through its first great transition period in the early-to-mid 1990s. It was during this time frame that the wireless service providers the world over began to replace and upgrade their analog, or 1G, mobile networks with digital, or 2G, networks. By allowing the average mobile phone to be smaller, lighter, and have far greater battery life, and by allowing networks to obtain capacity increases that brought about significant reductions in service rates, a revolution was quickly spawned. Mobile phones soon went from being expensive novelty items used only by business professionals and the wealthy to being well within the reach of the masses, whether in Boston or Bangkok, Seoul or Stockholm. Today, over one billion people around the world subscribe to a mobile telephony service, more than twice as many as those who have own PCs or have access to the Internet. Another billion subscribers may be own board before this decade comes to a close. Likewise, nearly 400 million mobile phones are sold on an annual basis, roughly three times the number of annual PC sales that take place. This type of explosive growth single-handedly paved the way for the industry’s leading phone, network equipment, and semiconductor manufacturers to move from being also-rans in the tech sector’s pantheon to being among its greatest standouts, with the companies’ share prices posting extraordinary returns in the process.
Today, the mobile communications industry stands at the brink of another great transition, and was the case the last time, both the public and Wall Street appear quite unaware of the magnitude of what is set to occur. During the next few years, the industry’s structure will shift from one where voice and text messaging services make up the overwhelming majority of revenues to one where advanced, Internet-based data services will also take up a very large piece of the pie. Just as the first transition was facilitated by the movement from 1G to 2G networks on the parts of wireless operators, this one will be the result of a move from 2G to 2.5G and 3G networks that are capable of supporting these lucrative services. Whereas data can only be accessed on 2G networks by means of first “dialing in” to establish a connection before downloading can start, with any downloads being charged based on the number of minutes that a connection is used, the data connections of 2.5G and 3G networks will be “always on”, which means that downloads will begin almost instantaneously, and can be billed based on the amount of content downloaded rather than the amount of time consumed. And while 2G networks generally offered download speeds of only 9-14 kilobits/second, 2.5G networks will operate at average speeds of 20-70 kilobits/second, while the first 3G systems will work at 150-600 kilobits/second. Future 3G networks will most likely increase that number above the 1-megabit/second range.
Not only will such technological advances greatly improve the quality of service offered to a given user, they will also significantly improve the amount of capacity offered by a data network, in turn drastically lowering the cost of downloading a given amount of content. Eventually, these capacity improvements should be able to reach a stage where 3G mobile data connections can be used to offer flat-rate broadband Internet access services to homes and businesses, making them a direct competitor to cable and DSL services along the way. Numerous operators have begun launches of their 2.5G services during the course of the past year, and the upcoming months should see a bevy of mobile phones supporting 2.5G connections hit most world markets. A couple of operators in South Korea and Japan have already gotten their 3G rollouts underway, and many others around the world will begin their launches during the next 12-18 months. Nearly all of the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers have committed to releasing phones containing 3G connections at some point in the near future, if they have not already done so. Both 2.5G and 3G networks also stand to be supported by powerful wireless LAN, or Wi-Fi, networks scattered throughout the world. While Wi-Fi consumes too much power and has too short a range to act as 2.5G or 3G substitute, it does stand to give users speeds of several megabits/second or higher in heavily-trafficked urban areas such as airports, shopping malls, and business centers, and at a fraction of the cost of any competing solution.
However, as important as these advances in mobile communications technologies are, the evolution of the mobile phone into a data-oriented Internet appliance will not end with the mere addition of a high-speed connection – the continued growth in the amount of computing power that can be crammed into a handheld device will make it possible for a number of other technological advances with regards to product functionality to also occur. One of the more basic changes will be the mass adoption of color screens. Whereas most phones sold today contain staid, uninspiring monochrome displays, the majority of phones sold two years from now will possess color displays capable of showing 256 colors or more, something that should make users far more partial to using their phones for data-related services. Already, over half of all phone sold in South Korea and Japan contain color displays, and their prevalence has played a key role in these nations’ leadership positions in rolling out 2.5G and 3G technologies. Meanwhile, one important, yet overlooked advance is the addition of position location capabilities within phones: Whether handled by a satellite system such as GPS or the mobile network itself, this capability, which allows the location of a mobile phone to be detected within a range of only a few meters, will make way for the development of data services that offer major benefits to users both in terms of security (detecting the exact location of a 911 call placed on a phone) and convenience (obtaining traffic reports or weather forecasts based on one’s location).
Another major development will be the integration of advanced software platforms such as Java into low-cost, mainstream phones. Such platforms pave the way for software developers, whether large firms such as Electronic Arts and Oracle, or smaller, privately owned startups, to produce applications ranging from games to spreadsheets to inventory-management tools – applications that have immense value to businesses and consumers, and which can quickly be offered to millions of users globally. More expensive phones, meanwhile, will not only contain platforms such as Java, but also advanced handheld operating systems such as Palm OS, Microsoft Pocket PC, and Symbian Epoc, which offer fully-fledged PDA functionality; and it may not be long before technological advances allow the costs of these phones to be low enough for the mass market as well. Last but not least, there is the integration of multimedia capabilities onto phones. Spurred partly by the growth in the processing power of the CPUs that go into phones, partly by the development of low-power 2D/3D graphics processors that can be placed into these devices, and advances in component miniaturization that make it possible for image sensors and converters to be added, next-generation phones will support 3G gaming and streaming video playback, and contain built-in digital camera and/or videoconferencing functionality. In short, the world of the Jetsons will have come just a little bit closer to reality.
Some of the firms that will profit greatly from the upcoming explosion in the wireless data services market be the very same phone, equipment, and semiconductor manufacturers who made their fortunes during the 2G boom; others will be firms who have played a relatively small role in the 2G world, but are uniquely positioned to have much greater influence in the 2.5G and 3G realms; and as was the case with the shift from 1G to 2G, as well as the PC and Internet booms, others yet are almost entirely outside the public radar at this point, but nonetheless have the potential to grow into industry giants should they properly execute on their business plans.
Patent Requirements
U.S patent laws require an application to describe a specific invention in terms of exactly how the technology works and what it can be used for, says Randy Gard, a partner in the law firm Carl & Ferrell in Palo Alto, California. The specific applications of the invention are known as claims and are crucial to determining patent infringement.
"The first time you write that patent, you have dueling requirements. There's a requirement to be fairly specific as to how the invention works, but at the same time you have to describe all of the variations and exclusions you can think of," he says.
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I was just wondering if this is what is so very important on the mention of a "base" or "base Stations" in out IDCC case. Can the language be that technical in something as meant to be plural..?....wow ..........
this is something I read regarding the Rambus case. Seems to be a company in a very similiar situation as IDCC. The ramifications or potential licensing revenues very similiar as well.......
Rambus filed for a patent on DRAM with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1990. It was written as broadly as possible to cover a number of different technologies, says John Danforth, Rambus's general counsel. The main technology that emerged from those patents was RDRAM (Rambus DRAM).
Attorneys: is it fair to say that a delay is agreed upon by both parties in order for it to happen ?....would that have to be done through a motion to the court and that motion granted if it wasnt a mutual agreement?..........especially a three month delay..................I feel good about this delay, that it may be something positive
Samsung to supply phones for i-mode in Europe
Compiled from outside sources by Lisa Tsai, Research Center; Chinmei Sung, DigiTimes.com [Wednesday 15 January 2003]
Joining NEC and Toshiba, Samsung Electronics will be the third handset supplier for NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode mobile phone service in Europe, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.
The company plans to debut the phone at CeBIT in March and will began shipping the clamshell phones to Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest mobile phone service provider in France. Initial shipments are estimated at between 100,000 and 200,000 units, the paper said.
It is expected that the new phone will help ramp up i-mode European subscriber numbers, which stand at a disappointing 150,000 since the launch last March. On the other hand, 35 million people worldwide have signed up for the service since it launched in February 1999, according to the wireless carrier.
I-mode service is available in Japan, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Taiwan.
--from
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/01/15&pages=09&se q=65
Ronny, great letter and hopefully you hit the max antenna for this situation. I also sent a similiar letter to Rip Tilden, but got no response. Only reason I sent it to Tilden, was because he has answered me in the past.............as always great work.........................Norfolk
Jay Kay- you are the absolute best..........its one thing for many of us to post from the comforts of our homes and report rumors and gossip heard over the phone..........but when it comes to one person actually spending his time and money on actually investigating the facts.....you are hands, down.........TOP DOG........you have even outdone yourself when you attended the Markman hearing.............many thanks to you Sir....................................Norfolk
JimLur.... is this site taking suggestions for software tweaks?....In my opinion, I always liked the way the Raging Bull member mark system worked, by placing that members name in BOLD print, so you can see their posts highlighted within the thread. This one is ok as well, it shows if they posted anything new on the favorites board, but I like to see them on the thread so I dont miss topics or respones easily................just a thought.............
The shorts, unhappy longs and anti-IDCC folks can scream all they want about the stock, but the fact remains this stock is trading stronger than at any time I can remember in the last 3 years..............Im not comparing it to the freak run up in 99.........Im talking, over all, every day performance despite alot of mixed feelings in the market itself. I think we are truly on the road to great things in 2003........and hopefully the Ericsson issue will be the first to jumpstart our way to the Houston 100......................Norfolk
What is the referral code????
Damn..I was hoping that fishing boat in Alaska would have been sunk somewhere in the Pacific Ocean buy now........oh well
hello all........wow is this the new IDCC boxing ring?..................hope this forum remains civil and doesnt turn into the Yahoo trash board