“The U.S. International Trade Commission has denied Qualcomm’s request for a stay on the ban imposed earlier this month on new 3G handset models that use Qualcomm chips, Broadcom announced Friday,” Marguerite Reardon reports for CNET.
“Qualcomm has been found to be infringing on several patents of rival Broadcom. On June 7, the six-member ITC ordered a ban on the import of all future models of cell phones using Qualcomm chips that violate these patents. The ban affects all future versions of handsets using Qualcomm’s 3G chipsets,” Reardon reports.
Full article here.
Broadcom’s press release here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “MacVicta” and “Adam W.” for the heads up.]
Again, regardless of this Qualcomm fiasco, Apple’s iPhone has no real competition. The bloodbath begins June 29th.
I could do with a Bath!!!:-)
A Blood Orange Bath!
Are there no other 3G chipset makers? not that I am complaining, but if there isn’t, Qualcomm should pull their finger out from where the sun don’t shine and pay up for a licence.
Why should they profit from other peoples hard labour and not have to pay for it? We all have to buy our raw materials and or pay fo licences where relevant like radio, TV, mobil phones to name a few as consumers. The same applies to manufacturer’s.
Thats all!
Sweet! Qualcomm gets to eat their own sh*t.
They are the scum of the industry. Bye bye! You are no longer needed!
What really makes sense to me is that Qualcomm, who was found to be breaking the law, would expect the President to give them a pass.
Heh heh heh
This is pretty insane. I would like to see a list of all the phones effected. anyone have one?
@ eMax
“……This is pretty insane. I would like to see a list of all the phones effected. anyone have one?…”
uhhh … I would think the list would include just about every cell phone … but … the iPhone !
Imagine what Apple can do with this market if they didnt have any (or much) compitition …
On second thought .. I think this is actually the case
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The Biggest one = Nokia is not affected about this.
Just a correction…
But the iPhone will damage Nokia that is for sure.
If Broadcom owns the patents, don’t they make a competing chip that can be used in place of the Qaulcomm chips? Doesn’t help the units already sitting in warehouses, but I would think cell manufacturers can switch suppliers and have legal units available in the near future.
>If Broadcom owns the patents, don’t they make a competing chip that can be used in place of the Qaulcomm chips? Doesn’t help the units already sitting in warehouses, but I would think cell manufacturers can switch suppliers and have legal units available in the near future.>
Yeah, we’ll just go out the back and whip one up by tomorrow.
“I would like to see a list of all the phones effected. anyone have one?
Pretty much every new Sprint and Verizon handset that actually costs money with a contract, as 3G EV-DO is standard these days from middle of the road ($99 for example) phones on up.
In particular, it would include any so-called “iPhone killers” they’ve cooked up as they would see to it that these phones have 3G as an advantage.
Some phones off the top:
The Motorola RAZR2 is a series of three handsets. One for CDMA with 3G (Sprint, Verizon), one for GSM with 3G (AT&T) and one for GSM with EDGE (rumored for T-Mobile).
http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/motorola/razr2-v9m.html
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1219
Both 3G versions likely have Qualcomm chips so they wouldn’t make it. The one without 3G is probably just Freescale (Motorola’s chip making spinoff) so it should be fine:
http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=1242
Motorola is banking heavy on upgrades to the Motorola Q “smart” phone, dubbed Q 9h for AT&T/T-Mobile and Q 9m for Verizon and Sprint.
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_q_9h-1871.php
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/18/motorola-q9m-in-the-wild/
These were to be introduced sometime over the summer and both had Qualcomm 3G chips, HSDPA in the Q 9h and EV-DO in the Q 9m. While not official “iPhone killers,” they were part of Motorola’s plans to combat iPhone mania at the moment.
The LG Prada phone would be updated with Qualcomm 3G innards and brought to America through Verizon in CDMA form, so that wouldn’t make it. Of course T-Mobile could always snag it but all rumors and speculation point to Verizon, with whom LG has the tightest relationship in America. If Verizon does have it, they might also have exclusivity rights for American sales possibly for the phone’s lifetime.
http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_ke850_prada-1828.php
Let’s take a look at some new phones coming from HTC:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/06/21/htc-preps-a-few-more-models-hint-cdma-touch/
They were most likely going to be a major partner in the battle of “iPhone killers.” They had a few lined up including the HTC Touch that was to be equipped with a 3G EV-DO chip in CDMA form for either Verizon or Sprint (or both). That chip was a new, faster version infact called EV-DO RevA. It’s made by Qualcomm. All of the CDMA phones listed at the link I provided had chips by Qualcomm.
Are you noticing a trend here? They mostly all run one type of software: MICROSOFT Windows Mobile. Throughout the rest of 2007, a lot of these new phones such as the Motorola Q 9 and the HTC offerings were to be apart of Microsoft’s big push for Windows Mobile 6. It’s still not available widely.
The biggest threat to the iPhone would undoubtedly be Samsung. They were cooking some things up for Sprint that would’ve all included 3G CDMA Qualcomm chips, such as a CDMA version of the F700, what history will mark as one of the first phones to be dubbed an “iPhone killer.”
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_f700-1849.php
Also, there’s no question that an update to the Samsung Blackjack is in order. An update that probably includes CDMA variants for Sprint and Verizon that would feature 3G chips by Qualcomm. Again, running Windows Mobile 6 for Smartphones. Again, banned by the ITC ruling.
This is the tip of the iceberg really. There are so many other phones such as upgrades to current, cheap non-smartphone models that are at stake, so much money involved for so many different companies. Namely Qualcomm, Sprint, Verizon, Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola, and Microsoft.
In the end, Qualcomm still has a shot. Broadcom doesn’t want a ban, they want Qualcomm to pay them. It would be a tremendous blow to Qualcomm’s reputation and very expensive, however, so they’ll try every other solution beforehand and that includes getting George W. Bush to veto the ITC’s ruling.
There are several companies that want to hurt Qualcomm. They want the Qualcomm to pay and suffer and pay. To pan the Qualcomm for six months is good… panning them for one year is even better… and then let them pay.
MDN magic word: peace as in the “win the war”
If they can ban phones, why can’t they ban M$ for stealing ideas?
iPhone for Asia, South America, Africa, Europe will have Qualcomm 3G chips!
Not necessarily.
Broadcom has 3G HSDPA chips and they’re even rumored to be cheaper than Qualcomm’s offerings.