Mutlley wrote:
> carcarx <carcarx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jan 12, 9:40 pm, Mutlley <mutley2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a pity that Qualcomm wasn't able to sell the CDMA mobile concept
>>> to Europe but as they were well and truly GSM at that stage and as
>>> CDMA was NIH (Not Invented Here) it didn't go anywhere.. Down here in
>>> New Zealand where we have both network types, CDMA still seems more
>>> reliable with better coverage. It's due to be closed in 2012 as the
>>> carrier Telecom NZ rolled out last year a UMTS 850 network to replace
>>> it as no one else in this part of the world still uses CDMA so roaming
>>> becomes an issue.
>> W-CDMA was adopted by the GSM Association as their "3G" offering and
>> is cdma (but not cdma 2000) so Qualcomm is getting royalties from W-
>> CDMA.
>>
>> It's a pity, indeed, that the harmonization talks didn't go anywhere.
>> At the time the only commercial networks were cdma (IS 95).
>
> Thanx for the info. I thought Qualcomm still had their finger in the
> WCDMA pie. lets hope it all gets sorted with 4G (LTE) but somehow I
> expect not..

Still royalties in LTE, but not just for Qualcomm any more.