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Qualcomm and EU regulator clash in court over ‘sacrifice’ strategy in chip pricing

By Lewis Crofts ( March 13, 2023, 17:16 GMT | Insight) -- An EU antitrust sanction over Qualcomm’s pricing strategy for UMTS chipsets failed to meet the required legal standard and disregarded official guidance on dominance-abuse cases, the company told EU judges today. The European Commission said Qualcomm had made “major financial sacrifices” to keep an upstart competitor off the lucrative growing market, and the regulator played down the importance of a 2009 policy paper.An EU antitrust sanction over Qualcomm’s pricing strategy for UMTS chipsets failed to meet the required legal standard and disregarded official guidance on dominance-abuse cases, the company told EU judges today....

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