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MANHASSET, N.Y. — Wireless handset technology supplier Qualcomm Inc. has stated that the claims in a Dec. 1 Korea Times article that certain Korean manufacturers’ obligations to pay royalties to Qualcomm under their respective license agreements will expire in 2006 are not correct. The article had stated that certain Korean manufacturers’ obligations to pay royalties to Qualcomm under their respective license agreements would expire in 2006 for sales in Korea and 2008 for exports from Korea. Qualcomm (San Diego) said in a statement that royalty obligations that Korean manufacturers have with Qualcomm will continue beyond such dates, and there is no date on which a license under all of Qualcomm’s patents becomes royalty free. Qualcomm is currently locked in a legal dispute with Nokia Corp. over its GSM patents. Nokia is one of six companies that have filed complaints with the European Commission over Qualcomm’s alleged withholding of intellectual property (IP) related to CDMA. (() | 
