Qualcomm Knows What It's Talking About On This One
Following the IEEE's suspension of the 802.20 standards process earlier this week after Intel and Motorola alleged some undue influence on the process by Qualcomm, the big Q has fired back in the press by saying that Intel is just trying to stall the process to give WiMax, of which Intel is a major backer, a boost. You've got to trust Qualcomm on this one, really, since they should know, having been the target of a similar complaint from Fujitsu, alleging it was trying to stall WiMax, as well as its own attempts to put up roadblocks to Flarion's Flash-OFDM technology becoming the 802.20 standard -- a position that's miraculously changed since they bought Flarion last year. While Qualcomm is a frequent target of these sorts of complaints, and its aggressive IP stance doesn't help people's perceptions of the company, that's not to say other companies in the space aren't up to similar tricks. The situation's as much of an indictment of the standards process as anything, and until that changes, these hijinks -- and slow progress, if any -- will continue.
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