Replies to post #121168 on InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[mschere]

Danger , Option and Sierra are not Asian Companies..Neither is General Dynamics C4 System , nor Atmel..

No doubt the big boys don't want to pay or limit their costs. IMO as we license so shall come the recognitizion of being a W-CDMA player. So far only a few Asian companies agree we have the goods but things will change.

[mschere]

IDCC's WCDMA true up is 95% Infrastructure..For which Nokia is Licensed and Ericsson will be licensed..

Why is European 3G consumption low?
Great Debate
21 July 2005


Q. Why are Asian end users consuming 3G-enabled services while Europeans wonder why they need them. What cultural difference makes the Japanese so adept with these services, so willing to take them into their lives and so happy to try them. What social/psychological differences encourage Asians to enjoy these services more than Westerners do?

CL, Vodafone

A. .At the last count, 13 million of the world's 23 million W-CDMA users were based in APAC, with the majority found in Japan. There are certainly some cultural differences that have increased data usage but I do not believe the answer lies solely in social and psychological differences. Although many public places and public transportation in Japan display signs urging people to refrain from disturbing others when talking, indirectly turning people to use data services instead, you can never underestimate the role that i-mode has had in building an established user base hungry for data.


No doubt the big boys don't want to pay or limit their costs. IMO as we license so shall come the recognitizion of being a W-CDMA player. So far only a few Asian companies agree we have the goods but things will change.

[captainslog]

I think the distinction for IDCC right now is that those companies that hold a small enough handset % where the cost benefit ratio does not favor going to court have worked with IDCC. It's not about them being more honorable. It's all about money and what it costs delay or pay.

Any company with a large % of the handset market will end up letting the court system help them to delay payment. It is a competitive advantage for them to do so. IDCC is quite aware of this limitation in their licensing capabilities. Although they will NEVER admit it.

Right now all companies that need to pay IDCC and haven't are ALL waiting for NOK to fight it out with IDCC in the courts. IDCC knows quite well that if they were to push it with these large % holders, the companies wouldn't hesitate a second to initiate a court proceeding to continue to delay.