It has been more than a year since Qualcomm has been struggling to get Chinese OEMs to comply with the new licensing terms laid out by the Chinese government. The company was accused of monopolistic practices by the NDRC of China and had to pay $975 million and lower its royalty rates in the region as a result of the settlement in 2015. However, slow progress by Qualcomm in implementing the NDRC licensing terms and non-compliance by Chinese OEMs of these terms have been affecting the company’s licensing profits since then. Nevertheless, recent developments, as discussed below, suggest that Qualcomm is making significant progress in solving the compliance issues in China and it can soon be over the hump in the large smartphone market.

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