EU antitrust regulators accuse Qualcomm of hindering rivals

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators charged U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on Tuesday of using anti-competitive practices to block rivals. The accusations by the European Commission set out in a charge sheet known as a statement of objections followed a formal investigation begun in July. "The Commission informed Qualcomm of its preliminary conclusions that the company may have illegally paid a major customer for exclusively using its chipsets and sold chipsets below cost with the