EU Probes Qualcomm
The next chapter in the never-ending Qualcomm antitrust saga. The New York Times reports:
Qualcomm, the world’s second-largest chipmaker for cell phones, may have violated EU competition rules by refusing to share licensing terms for its mobile phone technology, EU spokesman Jonathan Todd told reporters. EU investigators had upgraded their probe to ”priority status” to complete the investigation as soon as possible, he said. … Competitors say Qualcomm’s royalty fees for next-generation mobile phone chips were too high and thus broke agreements among patent holders to keep costs at a reasonable level. ”They claim that Qualcomm is not making the necessary intellectual property rights available … on conditions that are fair, reasonable and non discriminatory,” Todd said. …
Steve Altman, president of Qualcomm Inc., said that “the complaints were being used by Qualcomm rivals ’stifle the competition’ his company brings to market.”
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