Qualcomm are having a bad year. Massive fines in China, overheating Snapdragons and now the EU are on their case too over competition issues.
http://www.neowin.net/news/qualcomm-...ules-in-europe
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“Qualcomm, one of the biggest chipmakers in the world, is said to have abused their dominant market position by offering financial incentives to both smartphone and tablet manufacturers, on the condition that they would buy their chips solely from Qualcomm.
The company was also accused of setting unfair prices below the manufacturing costs to force competitors, one of these being Icera (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nvidia Corporation), from the market. As a result of this, Icera filed complaints against Qualcomm at the European Commission in 2010.
Qualcomm has now been informed about these findings by the European Commission, and has three months to respond to the claim about illegal financial incentives in exchange for exclusivity, in addition it has four months to respond to the claim about their aggressive pricing points, after which the commission will decide if Qualcomm is guilty or not. If found guilty, the company can count on a fine of several millions.”
“Qualcomm, one of the biggest chipmakers in the world, is said to have abused their dominant market position by offering financial incentives to both smartphone and tablet manufacturers, on the condition that they would buy their chips solely from Qualcomm.
The company was also accused of setting unfair prices below the manufacturing costs to force competitors, one of these being Icera (a wholly owned subsidiary of Nvidia Corporation), from the market. As a result of this, Icera filed complaints against Qualcomm at the European Commission in 2010.
Qualcomm has now been informed about these findings by the European Commission, and has three months to respond to the claim about illegal financial incentives in exchange for exclusivity, in addition it has four months to respond to the claim about their aggressive pricing points, after which the commission will decide if Qualcomm is guilty or not. If found guilty, the company can count on a fine of several millions.”
http://www.neowin.net/news/qualcomm-...ules-in-europe