I-Qualcomm ihlawuliswe ama-euro ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane yiKhomishini YaseYurophu ngokuncintisana ngokungafanele

I-Tech giant Qualcomm kuzodingeka ikhokhe inhlawulo enkulu ebekwe yi-European Commission ngokwephula imithetho yokuncintisana yase-Europe. Ngokuthola kwakhe, uQualcomm wafumbathisa i-Apple ukuze inkampani ifake amamodemu ayo e-LTE kuma-iPhones nama-iPads ayo. Ukuncintisana okuvulekile emakethe kuthinteke kakhulu ngalesi senzo, futhi izinkampani eziqhudelanayo azikwazanga ukwenzeka. Inhlawulo ihlolwe kuma-euro ayizigidi ezingama-997, okungukuthi imiqhele engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25.

Namuhla, uKhomishani Wokuvikela Ukuncintisana, uMargrethe Vestager, wethule isizathu, ngokusho ukuthi i-Qualcomm ikhokhele izimali ze-Apple ngokungasebenzisi amamodemu e-LTE avela kwabanye abakhiqizi. Ukube bekuwukwehliswa nje kwentengo yokuthenga, uma kubhekwa ukuthathwa okukhulu, i-European Commission ibingeke ibe nenkinga ngalokho. Empeleni, nokho, kwakuyifumbathiso lapho i-Qualcomm yazibophezela esikhundleni esithile esikhethekile ngaphakathi kokunikezwa kwalawa ma-chipset ngedatha yeselula.

I-Qualcomm bekufanele ihlanganyele kulokhu kuziphatha phakathi kuka-2011 no-2016, futhi iminyaka emihlanu, ukuncintisana okulinganayo kule ngxenye empeleni akuzange kusebenze futhi izinkampani eziqhudelanayo azikwazanga ukuthola indawo (ikakhulukazi i-Intel, eyayinesithakazelo esikhulu ekuhlinzekweni kwamamodemu e-LTE. ). Inhlawulo eshiwo ngenhla imelela cishe u-5% wenzuzo yonyaka ye-Qualcomm ka-2017. Ifika futhi ngesikhathi esingalungile, njengoba i-Qualcomm ilwa no-Apple ngakolunye uhlangothi (efuna isinxephezelo sika-$2015 bhiliyoni wezinkokhelo zelungelo lobunikazi ezingagunyaziwe) abanye besaba ukuthi ibhizinisi lingase lithathwe yimbangi yalo enkulu i-Broadcom. Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi iQualcomm izobhekana kanjani nale nhlawulo. Uphenyo lwe-European Commission lwaqala phakathi no-XNUMX.

Umthombo: Reuters

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