https://wccftech.com/apple-admits-qualcomm-4g-baseband-chips-sole-supplier/

Apple and Qualcomm are still engaged in a legal battle, with the Cupertino giant alleging that the chip maker abuses its monopoly position, and the latter refuting that by saying that modern smartphones wouldn’t have been possible without Qualcomm’s technology. Recently though, an admission was made in the court which seems to suggest that Qualcomm might be right after all and interestingly, this revelation comes from none other than Apple.

According to a new report, Matthias Sauer, director of cellular systems architecture at Apple, gave a testimony in which he said that when the company wanted to transition to 4G connectivity with the iPhone 5, neither Ericsson, nor Broadcom, nor Intel could deliver the chip specifications that the iPhone manufacturer wanted. Qualcomm was the only company that was able to deliver 4G modems Apple needed.