Apple's contract manufacturers Hon Hai, Compal, Wistron, and Pegatron have joined the company in its legal fight against Qualcomm, reports Bloomberg. The suppliers say Qualcomm's suit against them is “yet another chapter of Qualcomm’s anticompetitive scheme to dominate modem chip markets, extract supracompetitive royalties, and break its commitments to license its cellular technology on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.”Qualcomm is reportedly asking for payments in excess of what it would normally receive. The counter claims could cost Qualcomm billions in refunded fees and damages, says Apple.
Back in January, Apple sued Qualcomm for allegedly withholding $1 billion in rebates because it complied with Korean regulators investigating Qualcomm. The company then expanded that lawsuit on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling last month, arguing that the license agreements that give Qualcomm a cut of every iPhone manufactured are invalid.
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