Showing posts with label qualcomm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label qualcomm. Show all posts
Sunday, February 26, 2017
QUALCOMM RECORD 853 MILLION FINE FOR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION
QUALCOMM RECORD 853 MILLION FINE FOR ABUSE OF DOMINANT POSITION
Qualcomm, the microprocessor giant, has just been awarded a record fine in South Korea. The company is damaged for abuse of a dominant position. This is not the first time the firm has been punished in Asia. China had already made its own in 2015.
This is not the first time that Qualcomm has been pinned for abuse of dominant position. In 2015, China had ordered the company and the fine had skyrocketed 975 million. At that time, the National Commission for Development and Reform had condemned Qualcomm for anti-competitive practices.
The company seems not to have learned the lesson and it is this time in South Korea that it is pinned where it is condemned to pay $ 853 million in fines. Qualcomm was in the viewfinder of the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) about its practices limit of legality in marketing its patent licenses. We were talking about it recently, the patent licenses represent about 30% of the price of a smartphone, its huge.
Thus, Qualcomm is accused of having limited access to certain patents to its competitors such as Intel and Samsung. But thats not all, since Qualcomm have also used its dominant position in the market for microprocessors impose operating rights to exorbitant rates among smartphone manufacturers. Qualcomm would even have threatened to withdraw from the sale if the builders did not accept.
Following this conviction, Qualcomm has challenged the decision of the Commission. What he had not done following his conviction in China. This time, the brand defends itself by highlighting the fact that these practices are not new, in South Korea as elsewhere in the world. Even if the protest is accepted, in terms of image Qualcomm takes a little blow on the head. At least in South Korea, stronghold of its major rival in the micro-processor market, Samsung.
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Sunday, January 29, 2017
Qualcomm unveils her watch smart Toq Mirasol screen
Qualcomm unveils her watch smart Toq Mirasol screen
Qualcomm unveils her watch smart Toq Mirasol screen
Qualcomm today unveiled new smart for her watch Toq smartwatch, during the IFA 2013 exhibition currently being held in the German capital Berlin. Like any other smart clock, the Toq smartwatch is a device Negotiable wear is linked with the smartphone.
The new Qualcomm clock is characterized by providing display technology Mirasol, which allow time to run all the time, being able to provide energy to a large degree. The time also includes some other features like Stereo Bluetooth wireless and the possibility of shipping and help to keep the battery time work in progress for days without having to be shipped.
Qualcomm noted that her watch you do not need a special button turn the screen on and off, they have the technology Mirasol screen and powerful battery. This will be shipped time wirelessly via of WiPower LE technology company Qualcomm, which is the first time smart that benefit from this technique.
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This time the user is able to provide alerts for text messages and alarm messages, calendar, and a lot of other things. The user will be able to accept or reject calls by time, and this time as a second screen for user;s smartphone.
It is expected to be available Toq smartwatch in October / October for about $ 300, which could reach two models, the first Normal time includes wireless charger, and the second distinct version called Premium Audio Edition, which comes with a set of wireless headphones.
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