Shenzhen, China – Huawei and Qualcomm have entered into a multi-year patent licensing agreement covering their respective patent portfolios across several technology areas, including 5G, computing, AI and networking.
The agreement includes cross-licences to the companies’ patent portfolios, as well as Qualcomm’s purchase of certain Huawei US patents covering computing, AI, networking and other technologies.
The transaction is subject to the necessary regulatory approvals before it can close.
The companies said the agreement reflects their commitment to intellectual property rights and licensing practices based on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) principles.
“Huawei’s decades of sustained investment in fundamental R&D have driven innovation and progress in mobile communications and other technology fields,” said Alan Fan, Chief Intellectual Property Officer at Huawei.
“Huawei’s broad contributions to the 4G/5G standards, such as the near-physical-limit signal transmission technology using polar codes, have established Huawei’s leadership in the mobile communications industry, and continuously transformed the way people communicate and live.
This agreement not only demonstrates the value of Huawei’s innovations, but also recognises Qualcomm’s foundational contributions to modern communication technologies,” Fan continued.
“Qualcomm has invested in foundational wireless technologies that have enabled successive generations of mobile innovation and earned broad recognition across the global wireless industry,” said John Han, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technology Licensing.
“This agreement reaffirms industry recognition of Qualcomm’s 5G technology leadership and the success of Qualcomm’s 5G SEP licensing program. This agreement likewise reflects Qualcomm’s recognition of Huawei’s continued innovation and intellectual property in 5G and other technology fields,” Han continued.
