Verizon sidesteps Qualcomm spat, pays Broadcom itself
Sprint and Qualcomm have something else in mind, but we guess this is one way to get around the issue: Verizon has apparently lost patience with the ongoing tiff between Broadcom and Qualcomm that ultimately led to a ban on the import of some of the latter's 3G chipsets, opting instead to just pay Broadcom to license the affected patents itself. The agreement gives Verizon free reign to import all the 3G silicon it needs in exchange for $6 per handset, capping out at $40 million per quarter with a lifetime max of $200 million (oh, and Verizon promises to stop supporting Qualcomm's efforts to overturn the chip ban, too). Not a bad deal, we'd say, considering the totally critical nature of the chips to Verizon Wireless' core business -- kinda makes Verizon look like the parent and the two chip vendors like irrational, inconsolable toddlers, does it not?[Via Phone Scoop]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Will @ Jul 20th 2007 8:39AM
Does this mean we will finally see the i760?
dannyzen @ Jul 20th 2007 10:44AM
im confused. isnt 3g gsm, and verizon cdma?
flamer's grill @ Jul 20th 2007 12:38PM
It's okay dannyzen, you are simply another victim of marketing. I have a piece of advice for you as well: whenever you become confused (which seems to be fairly often) just go to Wikipedia.com and become enlightened. Here, look how easy it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G
There you go! No more confusionLOLZZ
ir1 @ Jul 21st 2007 1:35AM
Almost all 3G is truly CDMA.... HSDPA is W-CDMA... so... anyway. Got to give props to Verizon for stepping up and taking care of business, they probably had no choice at this point though.