Ondrej Holzman I-Apple ivumelene no-Ericsson mayelana nokunikeza ilayisense yesikhathi eside yamalungelo obunikazi ahlobene nobuchwepheshe be-LTE kanye ne-GSM obusetshenziswa umkhiqizi we-iPhone. Ngenxa yalokhu, isikhondlakhondla sezokuxhumana saseSweden sizothola ingxenye yenzuzo yaso kuma-iPhone nama-iPad.
Yize u-Ericsson engazange amemezele ukuthi yimalini azoyiqoqa phakathi nokubambisana kweminyaka eyisikhombisa, nokho, kucatshangelwa cishe amaphesenti angu-0,5 wemali engenayo evela kuma-iPhones nama-iPads. Isivumelwano sakamuva siqeda ingxabano osekunesikhathi eside ikhona phakathi kuka-Apple no-Ericsson, osekuphele iminyaka eminingana iqhubeka.
Isivumelwano selayisensi sihlanganisa izindawo ezimbalwa. Ku-Apple, amalungelo obunikazi ahlobene nobuchwepheshe be-LTE (kanye ne-GSM noma i-UMTS), umnikazi we-Ericsson, abalulekile, kodwa ngesikhathi esifanayo, lezi zinkampani ezimbili zivumelene ngokuthuthukiswa kwenethiwekhi ye-5G kanye nokubambisana okuqhubekayo ezindabeni zenethiwekhi.
Lesi sivumelwano seminyaka eyisikhombisa siqeda zonke izingxabano ezinkantolo zase-US nezaseYurophu, kanye ne-US International Trade Commission (ITC), futhi siqeda ingxabano eqale kulo Januwari lapho isivumelwano sangaphambilini ngo-2008 siphelelwa yisikhathi.
Ngemva kokuphela kwenkontileka yokuqala, u-Apple wanquma ukumangalela u-Ericsson ngoJanuwari walo nyaka, ethi izimali zakhe zelayisensi ziphezulu kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, emahoreni ambalwa nje kamuva, abaseSweden bafaka isimangalo futhi bafuna izigidi ezingama-250 kuya kwezingama-750 zamadola minyaka yonke kwa-Apple ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo obungenawaya obunelungelo lobunikazi. Inkampani yaseCalifornia yenqaba ukuthobela umthetho, ngakho u-Ericsson waphinda wayimangalela ngoFebhuwari.
Ecaleni lesibili, u-Apple wasolwa ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi angama-41 ahlobene nobuchwepheshe obungenawaya obubalulekile ekusebenzeni kwama-iPhones nama-iPad. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, u-Ericsson wazama ukuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwale mikhiqizo, i-ITC eyanquma ukuyiphenya, wabe esenweba icala naseYurophu.
Ekugcineni, i-Apple yanquma ukuthi kungaba ngcono ukuphinde ixoxisane nomnikezeli omkhulu wezinto zenethiwekhi yeselula, njengoba yenza ngo-2008, futhi esikhundleni salokho ihlanganyele no-Ericsson ukuthuthukisa inethiwekhi yesizukulwane sesihlanu.
