Antitrust investigation of Qualcomm

 EU regulators announced the launch of Qualcomm 's dual investigation to determine whether a violation of the EU Qualcomm antitrust laws.

　　On the one hand, the European Commission said Qualcomm's pricing strategy will investigate to determine whether the high pass through below-cost pricing to squeeze competitors. On the other hand, the European Commission will also investigate Qualcomm whether through specific discounts to attract customers to purchase only Qualcomm's baseband chip.

　　EU antitrust commissioner Margaret Weiss Tagg (Margrethe Vestager) said: "We started these surveys is because we want to ensure that high-tech product suppliers to compete on the basis of the product."

　　April this year, under the dominant Weiss Tagg, the EU for the first timeGoogle filed a formal antitrust charges. In addition, she is also pushing for the Amazon and Apple'stax behavior investigation.

　　The EU did not announce a deadline for the investigation, and such investigations usually last for many years.

　　If found in violation of EU antitrust law, Qualcomm could face a maximum equivalent to 10 percent of annual global revenue fines, and the need to adjust business practices. Qualcomm is the world's largest baseband chip suppliers.