"US Prez upholds Qualcomm chip ban, Verizon snickers"

[terryjohnson16]

US Prez upholds Qualcomm chip ban, Verizon snickers - Engadget Mobile

Posted Aug 6th 2007 6:51PM by Chris Ziegler
Filed under: Misc
Qualcomm -- a company that's arguably more used to suing than being sued -- isn't finding much luck in its protracted quest to avoid a Broadcom-led ban of its 3G hardware from coming into the States. Following a recent denial of its motion to stay the ban in the court system, the President of The United States himself (or his administration, anyway) has swooped in to render an executive judgment, and it ain't looking any better for Qualcomm. Saying that the importance of protecting IP rights outweighs the inconvenience of the ban, the Bush folks have stood by the ITC's decision to impose the ban in the first place, making it seem all that much smarter now for Verizon to have sidestepped the whole ordeal and paid Broadcom itself. Barring any last minute antics, the ban gets enforced starting tomorrow.

[terryjohnson16]

I think T-Mobile should follow Verizon and pay Broadcom since this could hinder T-Mobile's upcoming 3G phones that use those banned chips.

[greenblood]

T-Mobile did it already
or T639 is in prison, and we have to wait for 6267 and.......Z750!

[semaj]

hinderence on tmobile 3g? I dont know if it will ever come out. i can't believe they have gone this long without it anyways. But i will say their data plans are dirt cheap compared to verizon's. The price point will keep with with tmobile over verizon's internet.

[Railroader]

All hail King George lol