One of the things that caught my eye last week was Apple COO Jeff Williams’ FTC testimony that Qualcomm wouldn’t sell it chips for its 2018 iPhones. The article said that Apple wanted source code for the modems and Qualcomm wanted a commitment to 50% of the supply over two years. I will assume that Apple wanted Qualcomm’s latest X20 LTE modem at the time and the X20 source code. In November 2017, Qualcomm asked a San Diego court to force Apple to provide a software audit on how Apple was using its source code. If the emails referenced to in the Bloomberg article are accurate, then it looks like Qualcomm's Mollenkopf was prepared to sell its chips to Apple but Apple didn’t like the terms.

Source: Forbes January 21, 2019 22:21 UTC