Re: Wrong - read
Wrong? If you're referencing Ammaross Danan's post, I don't agree.
Lets look at some facts:
The iPhone 4S uses a Qualcomm baseband chip
The iPhone 4S was NOT the subject of the Motorola ban in Germany rumored to be because its a Qualcomm chip powering the radio.
The iPhone 3GS / 4 (maybe more) uses an Infineon baseband chip
Motorola changes their licensing terms with Qualcomm's license with Apple
Motorola offers the FRAND license to which Apple decline.
My guess:
The iPhone 4S chip is licensed through Qualcomm and unaffected. I guess its iicensed through Qualcomm.
The iPhone 3GS / 4 chip now requires separate licensing. I can only guess it was licensed before..
My guess would be that Apple is trying to license the 3GS and 4 through the Qualcomm license. (Purely my interpretation with the evidence)
I have however just found that late 2011, the 3GS uses another different baseband chip, a Toshiba one - see Wikipedia.
While we're here, many of the major phone makers have contributed years of R&D to various telephony standards. Why should a newcomer ie. Apple, pay the same as say Nokia / Moto who have pumped billions in R&D over many years. Cross licensing is what makes this situation extremely complex.