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Ricardo, Please understand that my reservations have to do with marketing, not utility. As I am (literally) old enough to be your father I can understand your discovering that Linux is actually usable. I will not, though, spend $300 or $400 to find out whether I'll also be able to handle it. I've often (read, always) been wrong in my objections to moves by Q but I will always retain my prejudices.
Thanks, Flwright. I've never used any of the devices you listed so I can't comment. Nevertheless, having been aware of the public response to Vista, I must believe that requiring customers to purchase Linux--take it or leave it--is nearly suicidal.
If QCOM and its associates in the Smartbook effort have been entertaining thoughts of self destruction they've certainly made a good early decision.
If public acceptance of Vista has shown reluctance, just wait until manufacturers and vendors summon up the arrogance to believe they can force Linux on the public. I think they'd have trouble selling that to the Geek Squad.
I wonder whether FLO TV will be available on Smartbooks. I could never watch televsion a screen even close to the tiny size of a cell phone's and I am planning to acquire a Smartbook. Is anyone clued in to that?
Qualcomm, Freescale Bet on 'Smartbooks'
The rival chipmakers are attacking the Intel-Microsoft dominance in netbooks by marketing small laptops with a name that suggests a smartphone
By Olga Kharif
Qualcomm and Freescale Semiconductor are hoping that a netbook by another name smells as sweet. In hopes of eroding Intel's lead in the burgeoning market for small, inexpensive laptops, the chipmakers are putting marketing muscle behind a category of stripped-down computers called smartbooks.
Cell-phone chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM) defines smartbooks as mobile computing devices that boast screens of 5 to 12 inches, designed for viewing Web video clips and e-mail. If that sounds a lot like netbooks, it should. These low-priced mini laptops have emerged as the PC industry's best sellers in the past year. Netbook sales are expected to almost triple, to 30 million units in 2009, according to investment bank Collins Stewart (CLST.L). The main difference lies in which company makes the chips. Intel (INTC) has a lock on the netbook market.
San Diego-based Qualcomm began using the term smartbook internally last fall and recently launched a Web site promoting the devices. Freescale, the chipmaker spun out from Motorola (MOT) in 2004, is devoting a big share of its marketing budget to smartbooks.
The smartbook branding effort reflects an industrywide shift toward a deeper array of products. No longer content with such broad categories as desktops, laptops, and servers that run corporate networks, Qualcomm, Freescale, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and other companies are creating categories of new devices sized somewhere between a smartphone and a small notebook.
Now Comes Massive Marketing
They're trying to appeal to consumers' appetites for specialized mobile-computing devices at a fraction of the cost of a desktop or high-end laptop. Rivals are also gunning for players such as Intel, which serves upwards of 80% of the netbook market, and Microsoft (MSFT), maker of the Windows operating system that comes with more than 90% of netbooks. "The name netbook we liked for a while," says Glen Burchers, a marketing director for Freescale, which on June 1 officially began using the term smartbook. "But after more and more products came out with the netbook name, they've come to be defined as 'Wintel,'"—machines containing Intel chips and the Windows operating system. Freescale wants manufacturers to build smartbooks that instead run its chips and open-source Linux software.
Smartbooks will make up the "largest segment" of Freescale's consumer marketing budget this year, Burchers says. "This is the most important consumer product we are focusing on." Qualcomm has begun running print ads in support of the smartbook brand. Neither company says how much they are spending, but marketing experts say it's not cheap to define a product category from scratch. Creating the netbooks category, for example, cost chipmakers and PC manufacturers "a couple hundred millions of dollars," says Philip Kotler, S.C. Johnson & Son professor of international marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. "These are major, major investments…It's not enough to make a product. You have to create a story around it."
Other new product categories in development by various players include Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), mini notebooks, ultra-mobile PCs, and thin-and-light notebooks. Component suppliers and PC manufacturers are trying new labels to differentiate their products from those of rivals. "It's all marketing," says Will Strauss, president of semiconductor consultant Forward Concepts. "Everyone is trying to show no one is serving this category but me. If you define a category correctly, you can be No. 1 in it." The smartbook market may rise to almost 40 million units by 2012, from about 300,000 last year, Strauss says.
New Categories May Confuse Consumers
So will consumers be more enamored of smartbooks than they are of netbooks? Manufacturers hope to associate smartbooks more with smartphones than with larger computers, and will set their expectations accordingly. Some netbook buyers have been disappointed when they discover their netbooks can't tackle many tasks handled by other, more powerful machines. By contrast, consumers are aware that smartphones don't have much onboard memory or computing power and can only run light applications; they may, therefore, bear lower expectations for a smartbook. Freescale is talking to retailers about placing smartbooks in store areas near cell phones, away from bigger computers.
Adding new categories could have drawbacks. For one, customers might become confused, notes Ramesh Iyer, a director of worldwide business development at Texas Instruments (TXN). Qualcomm and Freescale approached TI about joining their smartbooks alliance, but TI passed. "We don't want to create more names for a market that's already confusing." TI does supply chips to manufacturers that make netbooks and comparable categories.
Smartbooks could also cannibalize smartphone sales, says Roger Kay, President of Endpoint Technologies. "Average market size decreases with more categories," Kay says.
The emergence of the smartbooks category could also put pressure on average selling prices for PCs, Kay warns. Smartbooks will initially cost in the $200 range at retail, vs. $350 and up for netbooks. Already, thanks largely to netbook sales, the average computer's selling price fell 14.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC (IDC).
If they help fire the campaign against Intel, those are risks Qualcomm and Freescale are willing to take. Before arriving at the smartbook name, Qualcomm surveyed hundreds of people around the world. "Some users even came up with the term smartbooks unaided," says Keith Kressin, senior director of marketing at Qualcomm. "It came out better than the term netbook the first time they heard it."
Kharif is a senior writer for BusinessWeek.com in Portland, Ore.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2009/tc2009069_571987.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
On my Mirasol post. I apologize for having neglected to post the link to the article to which I alluded. I returned to its source (Yahoo) and could not recover the article.
This concerns the impending advent of Mirasol on cellphones. It has so many internal references and links that I'm posting a link here to the top-level article only.
http://www.google.com:80/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8FAsVKGngWpcvEuwuHLIWhkP8YgD98JEI700
Qualcomm Introduces Single-Chip 802.11n Wireless LAN Solution for Handsets and Mobile Devices
On Monday June 1, 2009, 9:00 pm EDT
- High-Throughput Chip Offers Users Faster Downloads and Better Web Surfing, Streaming Media Experiences -
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today introduced the WCN1312(TM) - a single-chip, high-performance 802.11n-compliant wireless local-area networking (WLAN) solution for handsets and mobile devices. This highly integrated device supports data rates of up to 72 Mbps - significantly higher than previous 802.11a, b, and g Wi-Fi solutions - for a better user experience while downloading data, watching streaming video or surfing the Internet.
"As demand increases for wireless LAN connectivity in handsets and other mobile devices, carriers are migrating to higher-performance, more integrated solutions," said Mike Concannon, senior vice president of Connectivity and Wireless Modules for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "The new WCN1312 solution gives our customers an extremely compact 802.11n solution with leading-edge performance and full system-level integration with other Qualcomm chipsets, which minimizes design time and reduces manufacturers' time-to-market."
The WCN1312 solution offers a high level of integration with a 2.4 GHz 802.11n baseband processor, media-access controller, RF transceiver, transmit power amplifier, low-noise amplifier, transmit switch, power coupler and radio-frequency (RF) bandpass filter all in a small 7x7 mm package. This simplified design eliminates the need for many external RF components, minimizing the component count and resulting in a smaller system footprint.
The new WCN1312 chip uses low-power 65nm CMOS technology and advanced power-management techniques to minimize sleep, standby and active power consumption. It is optimized for performance with Qualcomm's complete Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) solutions and supports a variety of mobile operating systems, including Qualcomm's Brew Mobile Platform®, Android and Windows Mobile. The WCN1312 chip is the industry's first mobile handset device to support both 1x1 and 1x2 dual-receive configurations to increase range and data throughput performance when needed. The WCN1312 solution also implements advanced coexistence architecture and algorithms to optimize performance when paired with Qualcomm's Bluetooth® solutions.
Scheduled for sampling in the second quarter, the WCN1312 chip is expected to be in volume production by the fourth quarter of 2009, and is part of a complete end-to-end solution for 802.11n from Qualcomm, which also includes the WCN1320(TM) solution for consumer electronic devices.
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
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 the WCN1312 chip on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which 802.11n-compliant wireless local-area networking is adopted and 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 28, 2008, and most recent Form 10-Q.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Mobile Station Modem, MSM, WCN1312 and WCN1320 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Kira Lee Golin, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
Phone: 1-858-651-1554
Email: qctpublicrelations@qualcomm.com
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Introduces-prnews-15406846.html?.v=2
Qualcomm Enables Whole-House Media Streaming with Industry's First 4x4 MIMO Wireless Network Solution
On Monday June 1, 2009, 9:00 pm EDT
- New N-Stream Solution Delivers up to Four 802.11n Spatial Streams to Provide Exceptional Range and Bandwidth without Performance Degradation -
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today introduced the N-Stream(TM) Wireless LAN WCN1320(TM) chip, the industry's first dual-band 802.11n standards-based wireless local-area networking (WLAN) solution with 4x4 multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology. Offering industry-leading performance of 600 Mbps, the new chip is designed to enable users to distribute multiple simultaneous streams of high-definition video, voice and data throughout the home, without the hassle and cost of installing cables or the interference and range problems of previous wireless technologies.
Qualcomm's N-Stream WLAN solution is being demonstrated this week at Computex Taipei and at Connections 2009 in Santa Clara.
"Qualcomm's advanced 4x4 MIMO technology sets a new performance milestone for home media streaming devices," said Mike Concannon, senior vice president of Connectivity and Wireless Modules for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "Our N-Stream solution delivers a new level of performance and range, enabling next-generation whole-house wireless LAN coverage."
Qualcomm has created WLAN reference module designs to enable manufacturers to quickly integrate WCN1320 into a wide range of media streaming consumer electronic devices such as access points, set-top boxes, and media-centric devices. The WCN1320 chip includes an internal high-speed application processor to run the WLAN software within the chip which provides OEMs the flexibility to use lower cost host processors in their design, easing integration, and reducing development costs for adding WLAN to their products.
"Qualcomm's WCN1320 chip opens up new possibilities for the digital home, and we have been collaborating closely to bring this technology to market, paired with our set-top box solutions," said Mark Samuel, general manager Cable and IP STB business, NXP Semiconductors. "We are very excited about the progress we have made in jointly enabling a new level of whole-house wireless media streaming coverage with exceptionally high bandwidth for multiple media streams."
"AppliedMicro, a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions for enterprise applications, is pleased to work with Qualcomm to complement our multimedia networking expertise with this new WLAN technology," said Gopi Sirineni, AppliedMicro's vice president of consumer and SMB business. "The combination of Qualcomm's WCN1320 WLAN and AppliedMicro's Power Architecture embedded processor technology in access points, NAS, and gateways enables end-to-end solutions that accelerate the deployment of wireless media streaming for both consumer and enterprise applications."
WCN1320's advanced 4x4 MIMO technology uses four spatial streams to distribute multiple streams of concurrent voice, video and data in either the 5GHz or 2.4 GHz radio bands. Qualcomm has developed sophisticated algorithms which take advantage of the multiple transmitters and receivers to increase data throughput, extend range and overcome interference with a spectrally efficient solution. Qualcomm's WCN1320 solution is backward compatible with existing 802.11a, b, and g devices.
The highly integrated N-Stream WCN1320 solution utilizes a 65-nanometer CMOS process technology to combine an embedded applications processor, media-access controller, digital baseband, radio-frequency transceiver and system power-management in a single compact 12x12 mm package.
Qualcomm's N-Stream WLAN WCN1320 solution is expected to begin sampling in the second quarter of 2009. The WCN1320 is part of a complete end-to-end solution for 802.11n from Qualcomm, which also includes the WCN1312(TM) solution for handsets and other mobile devices.
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2009 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
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 the WCN1320 chip on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which 802.11n-compliant wireless local-area networking is adopted and 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 28, 2008, and most recent Form 10-Q.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. N-Stream, WCN1312 and WCN1320 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Kira Lee Golin, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
Phone: 1-858-651-1554
Email: qctpublicrelations@qualcomm.com
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Enables-WholeHouse-prnews-15406848.html?.v=2
I remember the original announcement. Doggone Koreans are like court systems in the U.S. Just when you think they've forgotten the whole deal, here comes a deppity with a Failure to Appear warrant. C'est la vie.
Here we go again. Someone please tell the ROKs we gave at the office.
Jeffrey, I'm lost in the deluge. Is LTE a QCOM thing? I see it so often in the posts here, but I truly don't understand whether LTE is a QCOM thing. Help! I only send my money; how do I know whether to be happy?
Qualcomm Tries To Top Apple's App Store By Launching Storefront Services Of Their Own
Tricia Duryee
On Monday May 18, 2009, 8:38 pm EDT
Qualcomm (NasdaqGS: QCOM - News) entered the trendy app store space today by announcing a product of its own, called Plaza Retail. Release.
At first, the technology sounds like an alternative to the company's own popular Brew developer environment used by Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ - News) and other carriers, but it's actually different for one main reason—because it works across multiple handsets and operating systems. That not only sets it apart from Brew, but most other app stores that have been announced to date, which act as independent silos that only work on the handset makers' individual operating system.
The storefront will support Java, BREW, Flash and BlackBerry, and Qualcomm eventually plans to soon support Android, Windows Mobile, Palm (NasdaqGS: PALM - News), Symbian and LiMo. Carriers will be able to manage pricing, licensing, promotions and other attributes of the store. The storefront will be available on the internet, mobile web and through a portal on the handset.
This is clearly Qualcomm's attempt at helping carriers enter a more open environment without losing control (while also staying in the game themselves). As Qualcomm puts it: "the goal of Plaza Retail is to allow application retailers (typically mobile operators) to present subscribers with a uniform and easy shopping experience on any capable device. Plaza Retail also gives publishers and developers the ability to make their content available to multiple retailers instantly, regardless of their development platform."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Tries-To-Top-Apples-paidcontent-15284948.html?.v=1
Yesterday Mindy wrote that Q is not participating in the "recent rally really." She's rilly right. Sometimes that old feeling sneaks back that there is something rotten in the State of Denmark.
Well, it's always sumthin' and if it ain't that it's sumthin' else.
At 6:00 PM EDT the after-hours site I look at show Q +1.66 since the close: Closed $40.12; 6:00, $14.88.
Maybe something good for our side.
All of the preceding 10 or more posts have been perhaps the best informed and most civil discourse I've seen here. I know there are many imponderables but they were acknowledged. Now we have to wonder what the impact will be on the earnings release; probably none, unless there has been an event that was not previously revealed and should have been.
But it would also appear that any obligation on Q's part to recompense BRCM for some event would be not more than a bump in the road, given Q's immense financial resource. It's diffcult (for me, as many things are) to conjure up something that would be materially harmful to Qualcomm. Could it, then, be an event that tilts things in Q's direction instead of in BRCM's?
Well done, Eric. I'll go back to that post a time or two and if I respond will do so using e-mail (I have a comcast address for you).
OT: Pre-war there was a Cotal Gables (Miami) team in a professional hockey league. I was maybe 11 or 12 and went to a couple with my pere who was magnificent at exposing his boys to every legal experience available. The league lasted quick; maybe only one year. It trned me off to the sport for what appears to be a lifetime. I can compare it only to paying (at that time good) American money to see a softball game.
In fact, he took Harry and me to a "baseball" game one time, by no means a new experience to us, except that this one turned ut to be softball. My super-assertive big brother (the now-wealthy one) stood up and walked home. Not wanting to be beaten up the next day, I followed.
Eric, does your post mean that the ACC rules ice hockey as well as basketball?
Eric, Two very important points: 1. I m unable to display the graphic you apparently sent; I get the frightening and probably life-threatening little box delivering the Red x of Death. That's probably the cyber-equivalent of the Black Spot.
2. Your post number = my ZIP Code, probably an infringement on my IPR. I've placed a call to BRCM's shy. . . oops. . .attorneys.
Yeah, Eric, like he said. . .the Golf guy. Go Deacs! well, they went quickly.
Never forget with whom you're doing business:
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Chinese airline chief goes missing
By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing
Published: March 17 2009 19:36 | Last updated: March 17 2009 19:36
The head of a privately owned Chinese airline has disappeared after takeover talks with state flag carrier Air China broke down and Beijing grounded its fleet.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a91d6bee-1328-11de-a170-0000779fd2ac.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058&nclick_check=1
Press Release Source: Qualcomm Incorporated
Federal Court Dismisses Broadcom Complaint Against Qualcomm
Monday March 16, 2009, 7:30 am EDT
SAN DIEGO, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted Qualcomm's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Broadcom seeking a declaration that Qualcomm's patents are exhausted and unenforceable. U.S. District Court Judge William Q. Hayes held that Broadcom failed to show it was entitled to declaratory relief because it did not identify any specific patents which were allegedly exhausted, or an exhaustion triggering sale or license. The court also ruled that Broadcom's purported injuries were too speculative to support the claims alleged.
The case, filed in 2008, is Broadcom v. Qualcomm, Case No. 08cv1829 WQH.
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2008 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Christine Trimble, Public Affairs
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: public.affairs@qualcomm.com
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Federal-Court-Dismisses-prnews-14646886.html
Semi-OT. Much obliged if someone will refresh an old man's weary memory. Is it not the case that QCOM is to have a cut of the LTE pie on every equipment handset that goes out someone's door?
The OT part: I thought I remembered that the wife of our next-door neighbor drove a lion around a vertical motordrome wall in the sidecar of a motorcycle and that one day in Wildwood, New Jersey, the lion became ticked off with the noise, et al., jumped out of the sidecar, slipped out of the motordrome, and killed and began munching on a Oriental gentleman. How silly we become in our golden years. It's like dreaming that the Red Hens had a winning football season so their QB got a free trip to. . .Disneyworld?. . .no, Baltimore.
Oh, I just looked it up in Google and it really happened.
Eric, With respect to ". . .will not last forever." Is that your "forever" or "mine"?
Dick
Eric, et al. I've posted a few lately wondering whether we are drawing revenue from China. More specifically, my concern regards whether or not we are drawing royalty income from TD-SCDMA. I'm not asking abot notional royalties; my concern has to with receipt of what we used to call money when there was some in the United States. Anyone? Please? Are we being stiffed or are we being enriched?
Many thanks, except to the Middle Kingdon, which I still do not trust.
Ricardo: Also noted this morning is a Forbes piece to the effect that only AAPL and QCOM of the 10 largest tech firms in the U.S. have not experienced employee layoffs.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/05/apple-layoffs-economy-technology-enterprise-tech-apple.html?partner=yahootix
After three of those things in a "career" characterized by chasing military/aerospce contracts around the country, I thought I would be immune. Not so, and not pleasant.
Thank you, Jeffrey. Sort of like my little brother these many decades ago.
Press Release Source: Qualcomm Incorporated
Federal Court Dismisses Class Action Complaints Against Qualcomm
Wednesday March 4, 2009, 7:30 am EST
SAN DIEGO, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted Qualcomm's motions to dismiss three consumer class action lawsuits alleging antitrust violations and unfair competition by Qualcomm. U.S. District Court Judge William Q. Hayes held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring antitrust claims because their alleged injuries were too remote to be traced to the allegedly anticompetitive conduct. As to the plaintiffs' other claims, the court held that the allegations in the complaint did not give them any right to compensation from Qualcomm under California's unfair competition law.
The three cases, filed in 2008, are Meyer v. Qualcomm, Case No. 08cv655 WQH; Valikhani v. Qualcomm, Case No. 08cv786 WQH; and Lorenzo v. Qualcomm, Case No. 08cv2124 WQH.
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2008 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Christine Trimble, Public Affairs
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Federal-Court-Dismisses-Class-prnews-14537939.html
PJ elected chariman of Q. I can't get the PR to copy and paste.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomms-Board-of-Directors-prnews-14528119.html
Ricardo, My thoughts parallel yours about the length of time needed to bring mirasol public. The only reason that occurs to me is that perhaps they had to travel to South and Central America in the winter to pull sufficient wings.
News items from Barcelona:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Demonstrates-prnews-14369151.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Introduces-Worlds-prnews-14369149.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-MEMS-Technologies-prnews-14369143.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CalComp-Reveals-Design-of-prnews-14369140.html [Re: Mirasol Display]
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Moves-mirasol-prnews-14369133.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Qualcomm-Adds-Femtocell-prnews-14369132.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Sony-to-Embed-Select-prnews-14369131.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN1310935920090216?rpc=44 [Yahoo News indicates some applicability to Q but I didn't see a reference to Q in the PR]
Mindy/Eric, My how a bit if a spat cleanses the palate! This is more information than we've gotten off this board in months. And, 18 of the last 20 (previous to this) from only two informants.
Cheers
"The only problem I have with him is those purple hens or whatever they are. (ggg)"
I beleve it's "Mud Puppies."
P.S.--Can't we all just get along?
Signed, your friend,
Rodney
Rich, Oh yeah?!? How about the time you invited me to play golf and I drove all the way from Virginia (eastern Virginia at that) to San Diego and had a hard time finding the course and got there late and. . . .Oh, I remember now; I really enjoyed that. Thanks.
OMG! eom
Mindy/Eric, I take it, then, that you two have met. Correct?
Praise de Lawd! I knew we won! On to the Super Bowl. Thank you, nlies.
Good grief! How fortunate I am to post mostly on an Austalian board.
The main problem with the Steelers IMO is/was The Immaculate Reception. At the time I lived in the SF Bay area and was doing my best to goad the outlaw--but MY outlaw--Raiders to victory. Stealers, indeed, Mindy.
Qualcomm and LT Mobile Sign CDMA Subscriber Unit License Agreement
Thursday January 22, 2009, 7:30 am EST
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions and LT Mobile Communication Co., Ltd (LT Mobile), today announced that they have entered into a CDMA subscriber unit license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted LT Mobile a worldwide patent license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber units implementing the CDMA2000® standard. The royalties payable by LT Mobile are at Qualcomm's standard worldwide rates.
"Qualcomm is pleased to include LT Mobile, a Chinese company, as a licensee of its patent portfolio," said Derek Aberle, executive vice president and president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing. "Licensing advanced wireless technologies promotes the success of our partners and enriches the lives of consumers globally. This agreement will enable LT Mobile to extend the benefits of high-speed, low-cost wireless products to its customers in China and worldwide."
"This agreement with Qualcomm provides LT Mobile (and its wholly owned subsidiary Shenzhen Tinno Mobile Technology Co., Ltd.) with the opportunity to expand into the CDMA2000 market and to offer our customers a more complete portfolio of products and services," said Tony Lin, president of LT Mobile. "We are excited about the opportunities made available through the implementation of CDMA2000 in our products and are dedicated to continue developing innovative products to accommodate our customers' needs."
Shenzhen LT Mobile Communication Co., Ltd, founded in 2002, is a professional high-tech company specializing in manufacturing and marketing of CDMA, GSM, PHS and dual-mode mobile phones. It is one of the manufacturing companies that have obtained licenses issued by the National Development and Reform Commission of P.R.C. to produce both GSM /GPRS and CDMA handsets. There are approx. 260 engineers in its Shenzhen and Nanjing R&D centers, including Ph.D. and masters degree holders capable of conducting R&D throughout the development process, starting from mobile chipsets. LT has gotten in on the ground floor in the field of dual mode mobile phone, and has been called "No.1 dual GSM mobile phone manufacturer in the world". X1 is the world's first dual GSM phone and has applied for dual Baseband & RF core technology inventive patent in 2007.
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - News) 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 100 Index, the S&P 500 Index and is a 2008 FORTUNE 500® company. For more information, please visit www.qualcomm.com.
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 28, 2008, 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:
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
John Gilbert, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
LT Mobile Contacts:
Evelyn Deng, Public Affairs
Phone: 86 -755-86095511
Email: evelyn@myltmobile.com
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