Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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"Li sees TD-SCDMA as a complementary technology rather than a direct competitor to the other two 3G standards, saying that although TD-SCDMA is best suited for use in major urban areas, W-CDMA and CDMA2000 are better suited for nationwide and international network deployment.

Officials at companies that are proponents of the other two technologies, however, showed little enthusiasm toward TD-SCDMA.

"We are waiting to see how it will work in the field," said Anil Kripalani, senior vice president of technology marketing and international administration at San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc., a main backer of the CDMA2000 standard. Qualcomm, which owns a broad portfolio of CDMA patents, also holds "basic" patents relating to TD-SCDMA, "

http://www.tdscdma-forum.org/nenglish/articles/article8.html