Qualcomm's business model is on trial over a $7.50 per-iPhone fee

iPhone maker's complaint about fee follows deal Jobs accepted

Apple Inc didn’t mind paying a modest technology fee to Qualcomm when it first launched the iPhone, but times have changed.

Testimony in the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against Qualcomm reveals that Steve Jobs gladly agreed to the San Diego-based chipmaker’s request for a licensing royalty in 2007 when Apple’s chief executive needed chips for his company’s nascent smartphone.

On Monday, Apple’s current second-in-command took the witness stand to denounce the $7.50-a-phone fee as an unfair business practice. The regulatory agency called Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams as a witness to help show that Qualcomm has abused its global