Apple and Samsung users in the United Kingdom may be entitled to 480 million pounds

Nearly 30 million people in the United Kingdom who bought the Apple or Samsung smartphone between 2015 and 2024 may be entitled to obtain about 17 pounds if the consumer campaign group? Successful in a case against Qualcomm, the giant of American technology.

The Consumer Group takes the technology giant to the competition’s competition in London on Monday.

The trial between any? Qualcomm is expected to last five weeks. The consumer group accuses the chips company for anti -competition practices.

It claims that the company forced Apple and Samsung to pay raated prices and licensing fees for the basic phone components, which then paid the cost of these smartphones for consumers.

BBC has reached Qualcomm for comment.

The trial that begins on Monday will focus on whether Qualcomm is carrying the strength of the market, and if so, whether it has offended a dominant position.

if it was? Successful, there will be a second stage that seeks to obtain 480 million pounds from Qualcomm, to be distributed between an estimated 29 million British phone owners affected.

any? It seeks damage to all Apple and Samsung smartphones purchased from October 1, 2015 and January 9, 2024.

The consumer group says this is likely to succeed in about 17 pounds. Qualcomm already said that the issue “has no basis.”

A similar case against Qualcomm continues in Canada, and the company has been fined by the European Union to combat monopoly.

Annabel Holt, CEO who? He said: “This experience is a great moment. It shows how the power of consumers – supported before?

Qualcomm is one of the largest smartphone producers in the world, and has faced allegations about anti -competing behavior before.

The Federal Trade Committee in the United States filed a lawsuit against the company for unfair practices in the way it was licensed in 2017, but its case was rejected in 2020.