The estimated percentage of cellphones that were recycled in 2007.
The EPA estimated that of the 126.3 million cellphones disposed of in 2007, only 14 million -- about 10 percent -- were recycled. The rest? Landfill heaven. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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I agree, Qualcomm's business practices are anti-competitive and incredibly bad for the consumer.
They gain IP by either patenting existing technologies (CDMA was used by the military long before Qualcomm started to take an interest) or by buying existing companies. Their solutions lock manufacturers and carriers into Qualcomm's equipment and technology, before bleeding them dry.
It's no wonder that Nokia are refusing to pay and it's no wonder that developing nations are migrating their IS-95/CDMA2000 networks to GSM.