Nokia’s decision to abandon the CDMA platform for mobile devices to focus on GSM and W-CDMA will be a blip on Qualcomm’s financial radar as the Finnish company has long struggled to meaningfully penetrate the CDMA market. The decision, along with the breakup of Nokia’s fledgling CDMA-manufacturing deal with Sanyo is more troublesome to San Diego’s telecom economy. A blossoming of the relationship would have nearly ensured the 1,100 or so Nokia employee positions in San Diego now dedicated to CDMA would have remained, although the work would have been different for some. Now only time will tell. Perhaps Qualcomm, which is on a real estate buying spree, will buy Nokia’s old headquarters. While amusing to ponder, Nokia has been a good corporate citizen in San Diego and its presence since the early 1990s boosted the local telecom industry’s international prestige.