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05-05-2017, 03:18 AM
Qualcomm may be considering nuclear option in battle with Apple
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This is war.
Qualcomm, which has been in a heated battle (http://mashable.com/2017/01/20/apple-sues-qualcomm/?utm_cid=a-seealso#aGh4cMIMGdqU&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) with tech**logy partner Apple over patent royalty payments, may be pursuing the nuclear option, according to a Bloomberg report, possibly asking the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) to block iPhone imports.
At the root of the dispute between Apple and Qualcomm are cellular communication tech**logy patents that Apple and others license from Qualcomm for a hefty fee.
SEE ALSO: The anti-trust lawsuit that could shape the future of smartphones (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/qualcomm-in-trouble-ftc/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Tension between Qualcomm and partners has been brewing for months and finally bubbled over in January when the Federal Trade Commission accused Qualcomm of anti-trust practices (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/qualcomm-in-trouble-ftc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). Essentially the deals it was making with companies like Apple were considered unfair. Part of the issue was that Qualcomm was charging Apple a licensing fee for every single iPhone, whether or **t every device used Qualcomm's cellular tech**logies. As of the iPhone 7, Apple started mixing in Intel baseband processors to the iPhone mix. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/04/apple-versus-qualcomm-iphone-8-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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This is war.
Qualcomm, which has been in a heated battle (http://mashable.com/2017/01/20/apple-sues-qualcomm/?utm_cid=a-seealso#aGh4cMIMGdqU&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) with tech**logy partner Apple over patent royalty payments, may be pursuing the nuclear option, according to a Bloomberg report, possibly asking the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) to block iPhone imports.
At the root of the dispute between Apple and Qualcomm are cellular communication tech**logy patents that Apple and others license from Qualcomm for a hefty fee.
SEE ALSO: The anti-trust lawsuit that could shape the future of smartphones (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/qualcomm-in-trouble-ftc/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
Tension between Qualcomm and partners has been brewing for months and finally bubbled over in January when the Federal Trade Commission accused Qualcomm of anti-trust practices (http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/qualcomm-in-trouble-ftc/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). Essentially the deals it was making with companies like Apple were considered unfair. Part of the issue was that Qualcomm was charging Apple a licensing fee for every single iPhone, whether or **t every device used Qualcomm's cellular tech**logies. As of the iPhone 7, Apple started mixing in Intel baseband processors to the iPhone mix. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/04/apple-versus-qualcomm-iphone-8-block/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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