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Title: News: FTC files complaint against Qualcomm citing royalty deal with Apple Post by: HCK on January 18, 2017, 04:05:26 pm News: FTC files complaint against Qualcomm citing royalty deal with Apple
(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/iphone_7_in_a_row.jpg) The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Apple supplier Qualcomm, accusing the company of “using anticompetitive tactics to maintain its monopoly in the supply of a key semiconductor device used in cell phones.” The FTC alleges that Qualcomm violated the law by forcing cell phone manufacturers to agree to its preferred license terms to gain access to its processors. The company is also accused of suppressing competition… Source: News: FTC files complaint against Qualcomm citing royalty deal with Apple (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ftc-files-complaint-against-qualcomm-citing-royalty-deal-with-apple) |