While Korean economy watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fined Qualcomm 260 billion won (US$208 million) for violating the nation’s fair competition rules by abusing its market monopoly, Qualcomm announced it will appeal against the …

“FTC Decision Will Be a Negative for Samsung, LG”
The Korean antitrust watchdog, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC), fined Qualcomm US$208 million today. The U.S.-based company said, “We cannot accept the decision,” in a statement issued …

With the Korean watchdog’s investigation, details of Qualcomm’s CDMA royalty policy were unveiled. According to the FTC, Qualcomm ran three royalty policies with “discriminative royalties,” “discriminative royalty ceilings,” and “discriminative price-netting.”

When it comes to voice call and data service quality, there is no difference between WCDMA and CDMA, according to an evaluation of 3G service in Korea conducted by the Korea Communications Commission (KCC).