“Six technology firms including Ericsson, Nokia and Texas Instruments have complained to EU regulators about Qualcomm, accusing it of stifling competition in the market for chips for 3G high-speed mobile phones and abusing patent rights.” There’s a number of accusations, including Qualcomm offering preferential terms on royalties on technology patents to manufacturers which also bought their chipsets, and the accusation that the royalties the company charges for WCDMA essential patents that are “excessive and disproportionate” to the role Qualcomm had played in developing the technology.
Naturally Qualcomm denies the allegations: Qualcomm said in a statement that while it has not seen the actual complaints, “the reported allegations made to the European Commission are factually inaccurate and legally meritless.”
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