Qualcomm yapatsidwa chindapusa cha mayuro biliyoni imodzi ndi European Commission chifukwa champikisano wopanda chilungamo

Tech giant Qualcomm iyenera kulipira chindapusa chachikulu choperekedwa ndi European Commission chifukwa chophwanya malamulo a mpikisano waku Europe. Malinga ndi zomwe adapeza, Qualcomm adapereka ziphuphu kwa Apple kuti kampaniyo ikhazikitse ma modemu awo a LTE mu iPhones ndi iPads. Mpikisano wotseguka pamsika udakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi izi, ndipo makampani opikisana nawo adalephera kupanga matupi. Chindapusacho chinayesedwa pa ma euro 997 miliyoni, mwachitsanzo, korona wopitilira 25 biliyoni.

Masiku ano, Commissioner for the Protection of Competition, a Margrethe Vestager, adapereka kulungamitsidwa, malinga ndi zomwe Qualcomm adalipira Apple chifukwa chosagwiritsa ntchito ma modemu a LTE kuchokera kwa opanga ena. Ngati kunali kuchepetsa mtengo wogula, chifukwa cha kutenga kwakukulu, European Commission sikanakhala ndi vuto ndi izo. Koma kwenikweni, chinali chiphuphu chomwe Qualcomm adadzipatulira pamalo enaake mkati mwa kuperekedwa kwa ma chipsets awa pa data yam'manja.

Qualcomm amayenera kuti achite izi pakati pa 2011 ndi 2016, ndipo kwa zaka zisanu, mpikisano wofanana mu gawoli sunagwire ntchito ndipo makampani opikisanawo sakanatha kupeza malo (makamaka Intel, yomwe inali ndi chidwi chachikulu pakupereka ma modemu a LTE. ). Chilango chomwe tatchula pamwambapa chikuyimira pafupifupi 5% ya zotuluka zapachaka za Qualcomm mu 2017. Zimabweranso panthawi yovuta, popeza Qualcomm ikulimbana mbali imodzi ndi Apple (yomwe ikufuna $ 2015 biliyoni kuti ipereke chipukuta misozi yamalipiro osaloleka) komanso pa ena akuwopa kuti bizinesi ikhoza kulandidwa ndi mpikisano wake wamkulu Broadcom. Sizikudziwikabe kuti Qualcomm adzachita bwanji ndi chindapusa ichi. Kufufuza kwa European Commission kudayamba pakati pa XNUMX.

Chitsime: REUTERS

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