What The European Commission Got Wrong In Ruling Against Qualcomm

This op-ed included contributions from Futurum Senior Analyst Oliver Blanchard Just a few days ago, on January 24th, the EC’s antitrust commission fined Qualcomm 997 Million € (or US$ 1.2 Billion) for allegedly “abusing its dominant market position in the LTE chipset space to prevent rivals from competing in the market.” A year ago, before […]
Guilty or not, the Regulators are Coming

Purpose and justification: Hounds, quarries, and the nature of the chase If you’re a large enough company, sooner or later, a regulatory body will come after you. Maybe you’ll have done something to deserve it, but then again, maybe not. That part doesn’t really matter. It should, but it doesn’t. Unfortunately, wrongdoing – or a […]