Apple announces it's first store in Vienna,Austria, opening on February 24, with a custom vinyl seen on Feb. 1, 2018 in Vienna, Austria. Stefan Fuertbauer/Getty Images for Apple
SAN FRANCISCO —Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. on April 18 settled an acrimonious two-year legal dispute. Shortly afterward, Intel Corp. said it will exit the smartphone modem chip business.
The entire drama played out as the mobile phone industry prepares to shift to a technology called 5G.