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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 12 2018, @02:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the that's-some-saving dept.

US chipmaking giant Qualcomm on Friday agreed a sharply reduced fine with Taiwan after officials said it had harmed market competition and manipulated prices, as it faces a number of probes worldwide.

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission last year fined the firm Tw$23.4 billion ($763 million) saying the world's biggest handset chip supplier had violated fair trade rules for at least seven years.

The authorities found that Qualcomm had refused to offer licences to rival manufacturers that are essential for making chipsets and had imposed unfair contracts on smartphone makers.

But under a deal struck between the two sides, the commission said the US firm will not have to pay more than the Tw$2.73 billion of the original fine already stumped up.

The company also agreed to renegotiate disputes with Taiwanese mobile licencees "in good faith" and will not withhold supply of chips, according to the commission's statement.

[...] Qualcomm confirmed the "mutually agreed settlement" in a statement Friday and said it had pledged a five-year plan to invest in mobile technology in Taiwan and to establish an operations centre there.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 12 2018, @05:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 12 2018, @05:29AM (#720479)

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