Qualcomm Faces EU Probe Into Smartphone Technology

  • EU checking if company broke antitrust rules in ‘RFFE’ market
  • Tech giant has been on EU commission’s radar for years

Components on a circuit board at the Qualcomm Inc. booth at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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Qualcomm Inc. is back in the European Union’s cross-hairs after regulators opened an early-stage probe into some of its wireless technology used in smartphones.