San Francisco:29/7/17: Responding to a letter filed by a tech lobby to bar import of iPhone models not using its modem chips, Qualcomm has said the group was conducting a “coordinated effort aimed at misdirecting” trade regulators.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association, which represents several tech companies, lodged a formal letter with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) last week, saying Qualcomm’s proposed import ban on foreign-assembled iPhones using Intel chips would cause “significant shocks to supply” for the wider smartphone market, Apple Insider reported on Monday.
It was followed by Intel’s standalone declaration, supporting Apple. The declaration asserted that Qualcomm maintained a monopoly over the chip market through “anticompetitive practices”.