GI- precisely. Thats one of the main reasons if not the main reason why the Europeans chose W-CDMA and why they don't even refer to it today and call it UMTS instead.
The Chinese said that their local handset manufacturers expect ot have a 30% share of the global market by 2007 (if I recall it right). If they get there and the Koreans keep up the pressure then NOK has other problems than Q to worry about.
Using Q chips would make them subservient to Q and they are not going to be servants to Dr J.