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Sprint-Nextel deal a boon to Qualcomm.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-DEC-04 		Format: Online - approximately 749 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Wireless technology supplier Qualcomm Inc. may benefit from a merger of Sprint and Nextel Communications, Inc. if their $35 billion deal closes as planned.

The wireless telecom carriers made it official last week, saying they would form a new company called Sprint Nextel.

If the two carriers fold their networks together, the combined company would likely use the Code Division Multiple Access technology already in place on the Sprint network.

Code Division Multiple Access, abbreviated CDMA, is San Diego-based Qualcomm's bread-and-butter technology. Qualcomm makes microchips for CDMA telephones and base stations. It also collects royalties and license fees on its wide-ranging CDMA patent portfolio. Generally, Qualcomm gets a percentage of...

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