as To the manufacturer of chips for mobile devices, Qualcomm launched two antitrust investigations. The European Commission will try to understand do not underestimate the producer prices for their products and do not oblige customers to buy only the equipment Qualcomm. If the suspicions are confirmed, the company will wait for multimillion-dollar fines.

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as To the manufacturer of chips for mobile devices, Qualcomm launched two antitrust investigations. The European Commission will try to understand do not underestimate the producer prices for their products and do not oblige customers to buy only the equipment Qualcomm. If the suspicions are confirmed, the company will wait for multimillion-dollar fines.

Qualcomm is a leader in the development of microprocessors for mobile devices. In Europe decided to check how the manufacturer deals with their clients and whether their contracts clause on the inadmissibility buy third-party hardware from competitors. Also officials interested in dumping on Qualcomm devices, which the company can use to gain an advantage over your neighbors in the industry.

a Fine by the European Commission for such offenses can be up to 10% of the annual revenue of the offender. And it's almost $ 700 million from 6.9 billion revenue Qualcomm over the past year.