Qualcomm confirmed to have monopoly in China: report  

發(fā)改委已確定高通壟斷事實 正調(diào)查銷售數(shù)據(jù)

證券時報記者日前從接近發(fā)改委的消息人士處獲悉，發(fā)改委已經(jīng)確定了高通壟斷事實，正在向中國公司調(diào)查高通的銷售數(shù)據(jù)。此前的7月11日，美國高通公司總裁德里克·阿伯利就反壟斷調(diào)查有關(guān)問題到國家發(fā)展改革委交換意見并接受調(diào)查詢問。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- China's top economic planning body has confirmed that the US mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has a monopoly in China, and that its sales data is being probed, the Securities Times reported, citing unidentified sources.

"The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has paid much attention to the anti-monopoly investigation and sent 80 officers to probe Qualcomm and its customers," the newspaper cited sources near to it, saying "a large amount of files have been sealed."

Qualcomm President Derek Aberle communicated with the NDRC over issues relating to the investigation on July 11. This is the third time that senior managers have been subject to inquiries since the company was investigated last November.

On February 19, Xu Kunlin, head of the NDRC's price supervision and anti-monopoly bureau, said the investigation is against pricing-fixing by Qualcomm, which is accused of abusing its dominance in the wireless telecommunication copyright and cellphone chip markets.

It is accused of unfair and discriminatory prices with unreasonable conditions, according to the NDRC.

Normally, royalty payments are no more than 10 percent of a product's selling price. But manufacturers using Qualcomm chips have been asked to pay exorbitant patent fees.

Qualcomm is the world's largest manufacturer of wireless telecommunication products, holding 40 percent of the market in China and 30 percent in the world. In 2013, Qualcomm's revenue reaches $24.3 billion, with nearly half coming from China and $7.88 billion from patents.

Wei Shilin, a lawyer, said the accusation requires a large amount of evidence, which takes the NDRC a long time to investigate.