From 1997 to 2001, ParkerVision signed
five partnership agreements to help develop and promote its wireless
technology. During this period, ParkerVision announced agreements
with IBM, Boeing, Questar, PrairieComm, and Texas Instruments.
All five companies terminated their agreements with ParkerVision
shortly after signing the initial agreement.
In 1997, ParkerVision entered into an agreement with IBM for the
development, manufacture and marketing, under IBM's name, of wireless
personal computer peripheral products, but in January 1998, IBM
terminated its agreement with ParkerVision.
ParkerVision 1998 10-K, filed on March 31, 1999
In 1997, the Company entered into an agreement with the
IBM Corporation ("IBM") for the development,
manufacture and marketing, under IBM's name, of wireless
personal computer peripheral products utilizing the Company's
proprietary technology.
Throughout 1997, the Company continued to work toward
integrating its technology into integrated circuits ("IC"),
resulting in the completion of its first wireless IC called
Eddie(TM). In January 1998, IBM terminated its agreement
with the Company prior to testing of the new universal
direct conversion receiver IC. Also in January 1998, the
Company contracted with The Boeing Company ("Boeing"),
an independent testing laboratory, to test its wireless
technology. Boeing verified the Company's claims for the
technology in a series of tests conducted in February 1998.
In December 1998, Questar InfoComm, Inc., a subsidiary
of Questar Corporation, independently confirmed the performance
of the Company's D2D(TM) technology. Questar InfoComm also
invested $5 million in ParkerVision common stock in a private
placement transaction and signed a letter of intent to
jointly develop products utilizing the Company's D2D(TM)
technology.
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Also in January 1998, ParkerVision contracted with Boeing to test
its wireless technology, but nothing resulting from this relationship.
In December 1998, ParkerVision signed a letter with Questar to
jointly develop products utilizing D2D technology in 1998, but
shortly thereafter Questar cancelled its development activities
with ParkerVision.
In 1999, ParkerVision entered into a licensing agreement of D2D
technology for WLAN applications with Symbol technologies. To
date, there have been no significant announcements of success in
this relationship either by ParkerVision or by Symbol. This
relationship expired in 2006.
Early in 2001, ParkerVision entered into an agreement with PrairieComm,
a cellular chipset and embedded software developer, to jointly
develop new chipsets using D2D and PrairieComm baseband processors
for wireless devices, including cellular telephones, but PrairieComm
terminated the agreement.
In March 2001, ParkerVision announced an agreement with Texas
Instruments to develop advanced RF solutions that enable enhanced
wireless connectivity, while reducing system size, cost, and overall
power consumption in the next generation of wireless handsets.
Texas Instruments terminated this agreement, though ParkerVision
later claimed it still used foundry services from Texas Instruments.
More recently, in March 2005, ParkerVision announced that it chose
IBM Microelectronics to manufacture its family of new radio frequency
power amplifiers using SiGe technology, though ParkerVision does
not yet have the initial samples to implement any aspect of this
relationship with IBM. Furthermore, IBM is not a “partner”,
as described by Jeff Parker, but rather is a simple “supplier” of
foundry services (that ParkerVision pays for its services).
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