Qualcomm may additionally are seeking for import ban on iPhones into US

Qualcomm can be planning to enhance its legal spat with Apple.

The chipmaker might also ask the united states international alternate fee (ITC) to ban Apple from importing iPhones into america, Bloomberg stated Wednesday, bringing up a person acquainted with Qualcomm's approach. The possibility comes amid a legal dispute over billions of greenbacks in licensing fees that Apple has stopped paying.

Apple's nonpayment led Qualcomm to reduce expectancies on sales and earnings for its 0.33 fiscal region that results in June.

An Apple lawsuit filed in January claims that Qualcomm costs an unfair quantity, whilst the chipmaker claims that the iPhone maker has refused to pay what had already been agreed on.

Qualcomm and Apple declined to remark.