Monday, June 25, 2007

Sprint using Qualcomm patch to workaround ITC ban

(Reuters) - The International Trade Commission on June 7 banned the
import of new high-speed wireless phones containing Qualcomm
chips that the ITC said infringed a patent owned by Broadcom
Corp. . The ban exempts phones already being imported.




Because Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. wireless service, depends on
devices with Qualcomm chips for virtually all its phones with
high-speed Web links, analysts had said it could be prevented
from launching new phone models as a result of the ban.


Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News

No comments: