The Taiwanese regulator claimed that the American multinational semiconductor and telecommunications giant has been collecting large sums of money in licensing fees from Taiwanese local tech firms for more than seven years. Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm launching IoT and smart car lab in China
U.S. semiconductor and telecom giant Qualcomm, in partnership with a Chinese ... This announcement comes at a difficult time for Qualcomm, as the government of Taiwan just hit the company with a record-setting $773 million fine as the result of an ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm handed record $774m antitrust fine in Taiwan
The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said on Wednesday it had fined ... Korea could find inspiration out of it, but that ruling is already being appealed.“ Qualcomm holds intellectual property that is central to how 3G and 4G networks operate, and supplies ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm fined $774 million for abusing monopoly on smartphone modems in Taiwan
Qualcomm has been hit with a nearly $774 million fine by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission, which said today that the chip maker abused its monopoly over smartphone modems to squeeze higher licensing fees and better terms out of its customers. Taiwan is ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm faces $774 million antitrust fine in Taiwan
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission has fined the company the equivalent of $774 million over claims it abused its dominance of cellular chipsets in phones. The company effectively has a monopoly over CDMA, WCDMA (3G) and LTE chipsets, the Commission said ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm hammered by Taiwan FTC for $773 million for wireless technology antitrust violations
The Taiwan courts have handed down a $773 million fine, finding Qualcomm guilty of anti-trust and monopolistic tactics in how it sells its chips to manufacturers —the same thing that Apple is accusing it of doing. According to an account published by ... ( read original story ...)
Couple Calls Cops Over Airbnb Hidden Camera. And It’s Not The First Time.
He claimed he was a swinger and had recorded dozens of videos of sexual activity on the property, but with the subjects’ knowledge ... then a month later a Chinese couple experienced the same thing in Taiwan. The practice is so widespread that, at ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese buyers set to keep underpinning Australian home prices: analysts
This includes purchasers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. The next biggest buyers are ... stumping up an average of $1.7 million per Sydney property purchase. All up, people from 60 nationalities bought property in Sydney over the past ... ( read original story ...)
Oklahoma Legislature considering restrictions on wind turbines near military bases
“This is not a property rights issue. This is a national security issue ... There are between 30,000 and 50,000 turbines within 30 miles of the Taiwan Strait,” he said. “If that's an area we're likely to be flying and fighting in, we want to ... ( read original story ...)
Report: HTC Developing A New Vive Eclipse VR Headset
HTC is developing a new virtual reality headset called the Vive Eclipse, as suggested by a trademark application submitted to the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office earlier ... with New Zealand instead of Taiwan, United States, or the European ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Fair Trade Commission fines Qualcomm more than $700 million
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will fine U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) T$23.4 billion ($774.14 million) for anti-trust violations of its chip technology. The Commission said in a Chinese-language ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 1.03%
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 429 to 352 and 93 ended unchanged. Shares in Nien Hsing Textile Co Ltd (TW:1451) fell to 5-year highs; losing 8.76% or 3.20 to 33.35. Shares in Well Shin Technology Co Ltd (TW ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Taiwan Trade To Surpass US$17 Bln This Year
"Among the sectors that could contribute to the improvements in trade include information and communications technology, e-commerce, agriculture, aquaculture and medical devices," he said. He was speaking to reporters after officiating the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan shares end above 10,600 points; TSMC market cap hits high
led by stocks such as memory chip maker Micron Technology Corp. Due to the solid gains, TSMC's market cap hit a new high of NT$6.04 trillion, which was also the highest of any stock listed in Taiwan. Among other IC stocks, TSMC's smaller rival United ... ( read original story ...)
Malaysia-Taiwan trade to exceed US$17b this year
"Among the sectors that could contribute to the improvements in trade include information and communications technology, e-commerce, agriculture, aquaculture and medical devices," he said. Chang was speaking to reporters after officiating the Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
W Hotels opens The Bund in Shanghai
The Bund, the new 374-room hotel (opened summer 2017) is the first W property in Shanghai ... celebration to top destinations in China with pop-up events at W Hong Kong, W Taipei, W Guangzhou and W Beijing in the coming months. ( read original story ...)