Qualcomm

Apple holds up to a two year lead on rival Qualcomm, when it comes to software and hardware development of accurate 3D sensing systems.

The advances will feature in the company's Qualcomm Spectra Module Program, capable of improved biometric authentication and high-resolution depth sensing for mobile devices and head mounted displays.

The U.S. International Trade Commission said Tuesday it will investigate Qualcomm’s charge that certain iPhones and iPads infringe on six of its patents.

Qualcomm has hit back at claims by a lobbying group that a requested ban on iPhone imports would hurt consumers by accusing the Computer & Communications Industry Association of "misdirecting regulators."

The chip maker has filed its own declaration with the FTC in support of Apple in its fight against Qualcomm.

Four contractors that build iPhones and other Apple products say Qualcomm violated two sections of the U.S. Sherman Antitrust Act.

Smartphone manufacturing giant Apple and chipmaking company Qualcomm have been fighting legal spat in different countries for the past six months.

Qualcomm has asked the US International Trade Commission to ban imports of some iPhone and iPad models from the US, on the grounds that they violate six of their patents.

Qualcomm unveiled its own under-screen fingerprint-sensing technology at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai, and Chinese phone maker Vivo is the first to use the technology in a phone.

The legal fight between the two companies has escalated.

Apple Tuesday filed a brief to a federal court in the Southern District of California accusing Qualcomm of operating an illegal business model.

The iPhone 8, the next installment of Apple's smartphone, is due out this fall, but according to new reports it appears that the device won't support faster Gigabit LTE networks.