More Bad News for CDMA Supporters
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Last week, Qualcomm once again got no ‘love’ from the court system, with another refusal by the International Trade Commission for relief from the bar on sales of its CDMA chipsets. The ban is based on the successful defense by Broadcom concerning their patent rights.
Today sees no change in the status of these unusable chips as Qualcomm has rejected the $6 per chip royalty requested by Broadcom. Qualcomm states that the cost of this royalty would exceed 30% of its revenues from the sales of the infringing chips. This could amount to 2 billion dollars in the Broadcom coffers, over the next 2 years, if agreement comes.
No word was yet available from the big losers in this scheme, Verizon and Sprint, the largest consumers of these CDMA chipsets. The obvious loss to consumer choice has been reported, but public awareness has not produced any outcry yet.
Tags: qualcomm, broadcom, itc, patent infringement, verizon, sprint, cdma