Qualcomm may be considering nuclear option in battle with Apple
 

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 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.

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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. 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...

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