For Qualcomm, China settlement may be just the beginning
on December 29th, 2014, 2:08am
By Noel Randewich and Matthew Miller
SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) - The settlement of China's anti-trust probe into Qualcomm Inc is likely to intensify global scrutiny of the firm's highly profitable patent licensing business, and may even call into question its worldwide contracts with smartphone makers such as Apple and Samsung.