WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sued Qualcomm Inc., alleging the chip maker engaged in unlawful tactics to maintain its monopoly on a semiconductor device used in cellphones. The FTC, in a suit filed in a California federal court, alleged that Qualcomm used its position as the dominant provider of baseband processors, devices that enable cellular communications, to impose onerous terms on phone manufacturers and...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 17, 2017 21:49 UTC