InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[JeffreyHF]

Data, there's no way they're getting back into the business of competing with their licensees. The money losing CDMA handset division, which they gladly offed to Kyocera more than a decade ago, was only originated in the first place to seed and prove the market for CDMA during the Holy Wars. If they do take an equity position with Cerberus and others, it is for the patents and possibly the back-end, as well as solidifying their customer/licensee as a BB and CPU purchaser. Similar investments have been made with HTC, Sharp, and others, on a very limited basis. The shareholders would burn down Wireless Valley, if Qualcomm re-entered the handset business.