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Qualcomm in talks to supply chips for iPhone
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009
News Category: iPhone
Qualcomm has confirmed that it is in talks with Apple over the possibility of supplying telecommunications chips for future versions of the iPhone. “We continue to discuss it, but haven’t made it yet,” Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said in a Bloomberg Television interview. “Hopefully, in the future, we will have the opportunity.” The company already provides chips to other smartphone manufacturers, including those building phones that run Windows Mobile and Google’s Android operating systems. “We talk to everybody in the industry,” Jacobs said. “We are very strong in the smart-phone market.” Bloomberg reports that Qualcomm plans to begin selling chips compatible with China’s domestically-developed TD-SCDMA technology next year; China Mobile uses the technology and had 1.66 million TD-SCDMA customers as of September 30. China Mobile recently said that it remains in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone on its network.
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“In Talks” means they phoned up Apple and begged them to make an CDMA version of the iPhone so their customers can sell the cool new smartphone, rather than the has-beens they currently are selling.
Posted by dave on November 18, 2009 at 11:47 AM (PDT)