Ondrej Holzman Apple ya amince da Ericsson kan dogon lasisin juna na haƙƙin mallaka masu alaƙa da fasahar LTE da GSM waɗanda masana'antun iPhone ke amfani da su. Godiya ga wannan, giant ɗin sadarwar Sweden zai karɓi wani ɓangare na abin da yake samu daga iPhones da iPads.
Kodayake Ericsson bai sanar da nawa zai tara ba a tsawon shekaru bakwai na haɗin gwiwar, duk da haka, ana hasashen kusan kashi 0,5 na kudaden shiga daga iPhones da iPads. Sabuwar yarjejeniyar ta kawo karshen takaddamar da aka dade ana yi tsakanin Apple da Ericsson, wanda aka shafe shekaru da dama ana yi.
Yarjejeniyar lasisi ta shafi yankuna da yawa. Ga Apple, haƙƙin mallaka masu alaƙa da fasahar LTE (da GSM ko UMTS), wanda Ericsson ya mallaka, sune maɓalli, amma a lokaci guda, kamfanonin biyu sun amince da haɓaka hanyar sadarwar 5G da ƙarin haɗin gwiwa a cikin batutuwan cibiyar sadarwa.
Yarjejeniyar ta shekaru bakwai ta kawo karshen duk wata takaddama a kotunan Amurka da Turai, da kuma hukumar cinikayya ta kasa da kasa ta Amurka (ITC), sannan ta kawo karshen takaddamar da ta fara a wannan watan Janairu lokacin da yarjejeniyar da ta gabata a shekarar 2008 ta kare.
Bayan kammala kwangilar na asali, Apple ya yanke shawarar shigar da kamfanin Ericsson a watan Janairu na wannan shekara, yana mai cewa kudaden lasisin nasa sun yi yawa. Duk da haka, 'yan sa'o'i kadan bayan haka, 'yan kasar Sweden sun shigar da karar tare da neman dala miliyan 250 zuwa 750 a duk shekara daga Apple don amfani da fasaharsa ta mara waya. Kamfanin California ya ƙi yin biyayya, don haka Ericsson ya sake kai ƙararsa a cikin Fabrairu.
A cikin karar ta biyu, an zargi Apple da keta haƙƙin mallaka 41 masu alaƙa da fasahar mara waya waɗanda ke da mahimmanci ga aikin iPhones da iPads. A lokaci guda kuma, Ericsson yayi ƙoƙarin hana siyar da waɗannan samfuran, wanda ITC ya yanke shawarar bincika, kuma daga baya ya ƙara ƙara zuwa Turai ma.
A ƙarshe, Apple ya yanke shawarar cewa zai fi kyau a sake yin shawarwari tare da babban mai samar da kayan sadarwar wayar hannu, kamar yadda ya yi a cikin 2008, ya fi son haɗa kai da Ericsson don haɓaka hanyar sadarwa ta ƙarni na biyar.
