Aren't Huawei on the Entity List? How can Qualcomm enter into agreements like this without getting into massive hot water?
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.
Qualcomm doing sneaky stuff as usual. Nothing more
Cartels.
Patents serve cartels. Good luck for innovative startups trying to enter this rigged game.
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Ah yes, Huawei, that well known adherent to patent agreements.
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 ?