grither. Good point. That fleetingly crossed my mind too, but I figured there wouldn't be anyone small enough that nokia was paying for using patents. Sure would be a good way of getting in thru the back door. mo
They are about to buy a company or assets or patents that must be or have already been licensed by SNE and Nokia that will immediately bring in license revenue, remove any doubt on the ability to license the remaining 45% of 3G, and will be hailed by wall street as the smartest use of cash.