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Qualcomm has opened a new R&D facility in South Korea to strengthen its collaboration with handset vendors and mobile operators in developing chip technologies for smartphones. Two of the largest Korean handset makers, Samsung and LG, are both major Qualcomm customers.
The company’s CEO, Paul Jacobs, also confirmed a $4 million investment in a local chipmaker, PULSUS Technologies, which technology transforms audio signals and allow them to be amplified digitally.
However, despite the new investment, Qualcomm remains in dispute with the country’s regulators over alleged anti-competitive pricing. Last year, the Korea Fair Trade Commission slapped the company with a record KWR260 billion (about $208 million) fine for violating the country’s fair competition rules…
[Via: GSMA]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
