> I don't think the complex standards are a barrier for a team of people with the capabilities of designing an ASIC. A barrier not, but the testing effort requ

> I don't think the complex standards are a barrier for a team of people with the capabilities of designing an ASIC. A barrier not, but the testing effort required to achieve worldwide certification, not to mention the testing effort for interoperability, is enormously expensive. As for the patents, Apple did just that by buying up what remained of Intel's baseband business and still wasn't able to deliver anything on that front in years.