Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Nokia says row with Qualcomm may hurt 3G uptake

(Reuters) - Nokia, which makes more than one in three of the cell phones sold globally, is mired in a legal dispute over patents with U.S. mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after part of a major cross-licensing agreement expired last month.




The legal dispute centers on Nokia's use of Qualcomm patents for 3G, but it also has a bearing on Qualcomm's chips business, which according to Nokia uses many Nokia-patented technologies.


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