Ake sibuyele emuva ekukhulumeni ngomlando weQualcomm ne-Apple, kepha kulokhu hhayi ngokuthi umkhiqizi weprosesa kusolakala ukuthi ubenxusa kanjani i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe amalungelo okungewona awayo, kepha kube yindaba i-European Union engene kuyo ngokugcwele.
Futhi ukuthi umkhiqizi wama-chips we-LTE cishe yonke i-iPhone (kuze kube manje ngokusobala) usenkingeni enkulu ngenxa yezizathu eziningi. Ngaphandle kwamacala asalindiwe, iQualcomm isanda kuthola inhlawulo yama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-997 evela kwi-European Union.
Umgwamanda ophenyayo ukunqumile lokho I-Qualcomm ibilokhu ikhokha inkampani yaseCupertino (izigidigidi ngokusho kwedatha) ngenhloso yokuthi ngeke isebenzise ama-LTE chips eminye imikhiqizo encintisanayo, ngaleyo ndlela kugcina konke okukhiqizwayo amafoni athengwa kakhulu emakethe futhi ngaleyo ndlela andisi nje kuphela ama-margins enzuzo yawo, kepha futhi nokusebenzisa kwawo amanye ama-brand ngenxa yombukiso abawunikelayo ukwenzela inkampani efana ne-Apple. Asazi ukuthi kuvame kangakanani ngaphandle kwale mikhuba emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe kanye ne-electronics yabathengi, okusobala ukuthi i-European Union ibingayithandi nakancane.
I-European Commission inqume ukuthi lesi sinyathelo siphikisana nemakethe yamahhala kanye nemithetho yokuncintisana elawula imakethe. Lezi zigidigidi zimelela ingxenye ebalulekile, yize ucwaningomabhuku lwakamuva lukhuluma ngalo I-Qualcomm ibingenza imali efinyelela ku- $ 20.000 billion ngonyaka owedlule, Ngakho-ke lokhu kushaywa ngeke kuhlale kahle emgcinweni wezezimali wenkampani, kepha ngokuqinisekile akukude kakhulu nokushayisana okuzinzile kwayo, okungenani inqobo nje uma iqhubeka nokuhlinzeka kahle iningi lezingcingo eziphakathi nendawo kanye nokuthi sebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-Android, okuyisamba sayo esiningi (iningi lemakethe empeleni).