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Qualcomm's chief still has no idea why the chipmaker is being investigated by antitrust regulators in China, he told Reuters today. In November, the chipmaker said that China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) had started a probe of the firm, but added that it wasn't aware of any violations. "We really don't …

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  1. tempemeaty

    Blowback

    I think it's just that China is doing this as a warning and to pressure American business and the US Gov. US Gov. forign entanglements and bad behavior has finally begun to get this as one of many points of Blowback.

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  2. Decade
    Terminator

    Industrial espionage

    Of course, another possibility is that the Chinese government wants information on how to run a major wireless chips manufacturer, for the benefit of their own industry.

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  3. Alan Denman

    just luck then?

    I assume predatory pricing has quickly moved them to a near monopoly in the west.

    Don't forget Intel did something very strong arm similar with AMD. Even when a pre-decline AMD had the better CPU product hardly anyone would dare use them

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  4. ChrisInAStrangeLand

    What moved Qualcomm to "near monopoly" in the west wasn't "predatory pricing" it was "predatory competence". Everyone else failed to get an LTE chip to market in a timely manner.

    Qualcomm has absolutely no leverage to bully other players out of the market. They build on the same foundries as everyone else and there are simply too many ARM licensees and radio manufacturers competing for business.

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