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Another Blow For Qualcomm (QCOM): Verizon Picks An Alternate

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Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), announced that it would use so called Long Term Evolution for its 4G networks. The move is a huge blow to Qualcomm (QCOM) which has been pushing its own 4G solution.

The Long Term Evolution infrastructure will be provided by Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), Ericsson (ERIC), Nokia (NOK), Nokia-Siemens, and Sony-Ericsson. The announcement is a big win for trouble telecom equipment company ALU.

According to the FT "Verizon said it would begin trials of LTE in 2008."

Qualcomm has already been involved in intellectual property and antitrust disputes with Nokia and rival chip company Broadcom (BRCM).

Qualcomm’s stock traded near $53 in May 2006 and now changes hands at just over $41. That could get a lot worse.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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