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Monday, 12/12/2011 9:50:55 AM

Monday, December 12, 2011 9:50:55 AM

From the Yahoo board.

But still looks good for a juicy multi-billion bid since as we compare so favorably to Nortel.
An interesting study has been published today about the next-generation LTE patent applications considered essential for compliance with the ETSI (European standards).

The study conducted in October 2011 surveyed 1,147 of 2,999 patents, and approximately 55% of them matched the LTE essential patent standards.

The top Companies are: Qualcomm, followed by ZTE, Ericsson, Interdigital, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Nokia and Huawei.

From the published charts I noticed:

Percentage of declared number of Essential patents by Company:
Interdigital: 9.8%
Nortel: 1.1%

Number of mandatory patents declared by Company:
Interdigital: 295
Nortel: 34

PS According to the Jeffries analyst (after interviewing the Nortel bidders) it was these patents (4G LTE) that they were the most interested in. I'd think we should get at least double the 4.5 billion that Nortel got. Maybe the bidding is more enthusiastic than we have any idea.