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The reason for this entire conflict is Qualcomm asking for a percentage royalty of the entire device. When you use an Intel radio, sure Intel needs to license
by stefan_ 8y ago
The reason for this entire conflict is Qualcomm asking for a percentage royalty of the entire device.
When you use an Intel radio, sure Intel needs to license the 2G-5G patents, but those are FRAND, and no legal interpretation in the world would ever entitle Qualcomm to a percentage of an iPhone using an Intel radio.
- ksec 8y agoA lot of people thinks it is the percentage that is the problem. It Is not. Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, LG, Samsung, Huawei along with a few others all charges percentage of Phone for their Royalty ( Or at least it used to be ). I can guarantee you Apple would have no problem with Qualcomm if the percentage were only 0.1%. And it is not like Intel has already paid any license fo 2G-5G patents to Qualcomm ( They haven't ), and Qualcomm recollect another set of license fees from Apple ( Or more accurately from Foxconn ).