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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (195100)8/5/2025 4:03:57 PM
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  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 197027
 
I could be wrong, but I believe there is no such thing as a “work around” for a SEP if you adhere to the standard (that’s why the patent is considered “essential” to the standard). So, the only way to avoid paying would be to convince the carriers to support some one-off proprietary communications protocol. Good luck with that.



To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (195100)8/6/2025 1:51:28 AM
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In China, NDRC forced Qualcomm to unbundle CN SEPs (i.e., SEPs filed in China) from CN non-SEPs. At the time, Qualcomm was charging 5% of the price of the end-device for the bundle. Per NDRC's decision, Qualcomm had to charge 5% of 65% (= 3.25%) of the price of the end device for CN SEPs.