Korea announced that Qualcomm's antitrust findings: 5.9 billion yuan will be fined-Qualcomm Korea-IT information

IT news , July 16, early last year, the high-pass 6 billion yuan to accept Chinese antitrust regulators opened antitrust fines after, there is news of Korea also began investigating Qualcomm and Korea authorities publicly announced in May last year, is investigating United States chip maker Qualcomm, as well as with the European and United States counterparts to investigate. Today, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) announced the results of the survey, Qualcomm is facing hefty fines.

Korea KFTC said, after Qualcomm, after a 17-month antitrust investigation, prepare a fine of up to 1 trillion won, or about $ 5.9 billion yuan. That hit Korea the highest antitrust fines. KFTC is waiting for the high-pass response to consultations and the final penalty, and to make a final decision before the end of this year.

Korea is among the first to use Qualcomm CDMA technologies. Qualcomm's dominance in this market had already attracted the attention of KFTC. In 2009, the Korea Fair Trade Commission against Qualcomm for abusing a dominant market position a $ 200 million fine.

After the release of the survey results, a KFTC officials said, "the KFTC's duties is to encourage fair competition among manufacturers. Qualcomm's business model is very controversial, because he charged high license fees, the terms of use of the patent is not fair. ”

韩国宣布高通反垄断调查结果：要罚59亿元 - 高通,韩国 - IT资讯

IT资讯讯 7月16日消息，去年年初，在高通接受中国反垄断机构开出的60亿人民币反垄断罚单后，便有消息传出韩国方面也开始着手调查高通，而韩国相关部门于去年5月份公开宣布，正在调查美国芯片制造商高通公司，并且将与欧洲和美国的同行合作展开调查。而今天，韩国公平交易委员会(KFTC)公布了本次调查的结果，高通又要面临巨额罚款了。

韩国KFTC表示，经过对高通长达17个月的反垄断调查之后，准备罚款最多1万亿韩元，约合人民币59亿元。这创下了韩国反垄断罚款的最高纪录。KFTC正等待高通回应并协商最终罚款数额，并在今年年底前做出最终裁决。

韩国是首批采用高通CDMA技术的国家之一。高通在这一市场的支配地位此前就已经引起了KFTC的注意。2009年，韩国公平交易委员会就以滥用市场支配地位为由对高通处以2亿美元的罚款。

公布本次调查结果后，一位KFTC官员称，“KFTC的职责就是鼓励厂商之间的公平竞争。高通的业务模式存在很大争议，因为他收取了过高的授权费，其专利的使用条款也是不公平的。”