Last year, one third of Qualcomm company revenue regularly received from license fees. Meanwhile, the company remains one of the largest suppliers of cellular modems and platforms for cellular base stations, which enables it to take advantage of a monopoly position with all its consequences.
For a monopoly position in the market, Qualcomm has been persecuted by the authorities in China, Taiwan, South Korea and the European Union. In China, the company was even fined. Thus, in February 2015, Qualcomm paid $ 975 million . South Korea aet the penalty at $ 854 million, which it still has an opportunity to challenge. In other countries, the lawsuit it is still going on. In its native country Qualcomm's US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has convicted in a non-competitive behavior and wants to punish for it.
But it is not all that bad. According to sources, the vote by Qualcomm in the Commission took place in several approaches. At the same time the current chairman of the FTC, Democrat Edith Ramirez , demanded to punish Qualcomm, as the future President of the Commission, Republican Maureen Ohlhausen , said the company Qualcomm innocent and was against the investigation. President Change in the US displays Ramirez from office the head of FTC on February 10 and leads to the appointment in its place Maureen Ohlhausen. Simply put, a month later by the FTC will be the new boss, who believes existing US antitrust laws "flawed" and harmful for the activities of American companies in Asia.
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