Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand
3 years, 11 months ago

Qualcomm loses fight against EU antitrust regulators' data demand

The Hindu  

Qualcomm on Thursday lost its fight against a data demand from EU antitrust regulators after Europe's top court reaffirmed the regulators' right to see it, in a case that has already landed the company a242-million-euro fine. Qualcomm's run-ins with the Commission have seen it receive total fines of 1.2 billion euros in two cases in the last three years for using its market power to thwart rivals includingIntel. Its grievances with the EU competition enforcer date from2017 when it was told to provide more information in a case in which it was accused of predatory pricing between 2009 and 2011to squash British phone software maker Icera, subsequently bought by Nvidia Corp. Qualcomm said the request exceeded the investigation's scope. Qualcomm is the subject of a third case in which EU enforcers are investigating whether it engaged in anti-competitive behaviour by leveraging its market position in 5G modem chips in the radio frequency chip market.

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EU court confirms Qualcomm's antitrust fine, with minor reduction
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms Qualcomm's antitrust fine, with minor reduction

The Hindu  

Europe's second-top court largely confirmed on Wednesday an EU antitrust fine imposed on U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm, revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros from an initial 242 million euros. The European Commission imposed the fine in 2019, saying that Qualcomm sold its chipsets below cost between 2009 and 2011, in a practice known as predatory pricing, to thwart British …

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-18 23:16 Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in …

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-09-18 23:16 Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in …

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm
3 months, 3 weeks ago

EU court confirms 239 mln euro fine for Qualcomm

China Daily  

Qualcomm logo is seen in this illustration taken on May 8, 2023. BRUSSELS -- US technology firm Qualcomm will have to pay a fine of 238.7 million euros for abusing its dominant position, the European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday. The European Commission originally imposed a fine of 242 million euros on Qualcomm in July 2019, saying it held …

EU regulators group against big tech paying for telco infrastructure
2 years, 2 months ago

EU regulators group against big tech paying for telco infrastructure

The Hindu  

A group of European telecom regulators does not support the idea of having big tech firms such as Google and Netflix paying for telecommunications infrastructure, it said in initial findings published on Tuesday. The findings by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications come as the European Commission is debating whether internet platforms should be obliged to fund digital …

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros
2 years, 3 months ago

Google loses appeal against record EU antitrust fine, to pay 4.125 billion Euros

Firstpost  

In 2018, a court in EU fined Google to the tune of 4.3 billion Euros. The second-highest court of the European Union overwhelmingly upheld the EU’s record fine against Google over its alleged misconduct in providing its Android operating system for mobile phones. So now, instead of 4.3 billion Euros, Google will need to pay 4.125 billion Euros In a …

Qualcomm gets a breathing space in EU
2 years, 6 months ago

Qualcomm gets a breathing space in EU

The Hindu  

Qualcomm and Apple entered into an agreement a decade ago. The initial contract and its subsequent renewal made clear that the chip maker would stop making payments to Apple if the iPhone maker sells its mobile devices with a chipset supplied by a Qualcomm rival. “These payments were not just reductions in price – they were made on the condition …

Qualcomm Wins Fight Against $1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine
2 years, 6 months ago

Qualcomm Wins Fight Against $1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine

News 18  

LUXEMBOURG:U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Wednesday won its fight against a 997 million euro fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators four years ago, dealing a major setback to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's crackdown on Big Tech. The European Commission in its 2018 decision said Qualcomm paid billions of dollars to Apple from 2011 to 2016 to use only its chips …

Intel scores major win as court scraps $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine
2 years, 11 months ago

Intel scores major win as court scraps $1.2 billion EU antitrust fine

The Hindu  

Intel on Wednesday won its fight against a 1.06-billion-euro EU antitrust fine that the U.S. chipmaker was handed 12 years ago for stifling a rival, in a major setback for EU antitrust regulators. The judgment by Europe's second-top court in support of Intel's arguments is likely to cheer Alphabet unit Google in its fight against hefty EU antitrust fines and …

EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm for ’predatory pricing’
5 years, 5 months ago

EU fines chipmaker Qualcomm for ’predatory pricing’

Live Mint  

In yet another European Union move against a US tech giant, the bloc's antitrust chief on Thursday fined chipmaker Qualcomm $271 million, accusing it of "predatory pricing" to drive a competitor out of the market. EU Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Qualcomm was abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets. "The Commission spent years investigating sales to two customers, …

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