Huawei and Qualcomm have entered a multi-year patent license agreement, granting each other cross-licenses to their portfolios in 5G, compute, AI, and networking.
“Huawei’s decades of sustained investment in fundamental R&D have driven innovation and progress in mobile communications and other technology fields. 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,” said Alan Fan, Huawei’s chief intellectual property officer.
He added: “This agreement not only demonstrates the value of Huawei’s innovations, but also recognises Qualcomm’s foundational contributions to modern communication technologies.”
Broad patent license agreement
The agreement also includes Qualcomm’s acquisition of select Huawei U.S. patents related to compute, AI, networking, and other technologies.
“Qualcomm has invested in foundational wireless technologies that have enabled successive generations of mobile innovation and earned broad recognition across the global wireless industry. This agreement reaffirms industry recognition of Qualcomm’s 5G technology leadership and the success of Qualcomm’s 5G SEP licensing program,” said John Han, executive vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Technology Licensing.
“This agreement likewise reflects Qualcomm’s recognition of Huawei’s continued innovation and intellectual property in 5G and other technology fields,” added Han.
