Replies to post #117261 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[plumear]

Hardball,

There is an exception to your position. If NOK's loss of sales were picked up by other licensees that were paying us a higher royalty rate, IDCC would indeed make more money. I'm not sure if that is what Purplengold meant to convey but that is my take. MO

[snowblow5]

Hardball, I think Purple intimated it was good if NOK who is now selling 200 units @.75 [profit] to us, we would be better off if:
NOK was only going to be selling 100 @1.00 and SOMEONE ELSE picked up the NOK loss of volume - @1.00. That is how I [and a few others] understood his take. Neither company got the big volume break – both paid at the high[er] rate. I also believe his post was in context of someone reporting that NOK sales avenues were being reduced [Best Buy/Circuit City/others?].
Don't you think it would be better to have multiple customers each paying a higher rate than one big one at a very low rate.
This also makes you less dependant on the big guy.