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Qualcomm and Nokia: Eternal enemies

By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 at 6:53 PM

Reuters:

Qualcomm, the dominant supplier of chips for phones based on
CDMA technology, has been in negotiations for months to renew a technology licensing agreement with Nokia, the biggest maker of mobile phones. The agreement expires on April 9, but Qualcomm has repeatedly said discussions remain deadlocked.

"We’re still talking but I’m still in the same place. I’m not optimistic we’ll come to an agreement by April 9," Jacobs told Reuters on the sidelines of the CTIA wireless conference.

The lawyers are the winners in the end. They bill by the hour you know.

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.