Qualcomm: GSM favouring spectrum policy behind Reliance GSM

Posted on | June 20, 2006 |

One of the supposed reasons behind Reliance’s GSM entry is the high royalty fee it has to pay to Qualcomm. It is said that the royalty payout increases cost of handsets, which may not be viable in price-sensitive rural markets where the next round of mobiles growth is expected.

“The royalty on the chipset charged from Indian operators like Reliance is 7 per cent, in China 2 per cent, Korea 2 per cent and for US operators it is zero

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1. Mobile Pundit
   June 23rd, 2006 @ 7:06 am

   [...] faced by Indian operators. Read the article if you want to understand why there is so much controversy over spectrum. What is spectrum [...]

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