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Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement

68 points • by 0xedb • today at 7:46 AM • 43 comments • view on HN

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whatever1 • today at 8:26 AM

Remember when they were telling us how important the 5G race was and how critical was for the US to lead it?

And now they are just giving it away ?

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rwmj • today at 8:28 AM

Aren't Huawei on the Entity List? How can Qualcomm enter into agreements like this without getting into massive hot water?

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maxglute • today at 10:16 AM

How the turntables etc.

Pre sanctions, HW fine buying QC for mobile chipset StandardEssentialPatentswhile QC pay HW for 5g SEPs, with net balance favoring QC. Huawei indigenized mobile SoC + 5g hardware with Kirin 9000 in 2023. Hilariously, now that Huawei weaned off QC SoC... QC simply stuck net paying Huawei.

quincy_jones • today at 10:10 AM

Qualcomm doing sneaky stuff as usual. Nothing more

zoobab • today at 10:06 AM

Qualcomm is a patent troll, boycott.

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zoobab • today at 8:27 AM

Cartels.

mirekrusin • today at 8:57 AM

Patents serve cartels. Good luck for innovative startups trying to enter this rigged game.

ExpertAdvisor01 • today at 8:38 AM

"This transaction will close following receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals"

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derin-picment • today at 9:59 AM

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alexx-devv • today at 10:21 AM

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soltanov • today at 9:29 AM

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nickdothutton • today at 8:24 AM

Ah yes, Huawei, that well known adherent to patent agreements.

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