alt Hacker NewsThey're not giving it away, rather they're essentially forming a patent oligopoly. Huawei and Qualcomm together hold the bulk of patents for 5G. It's of no value to them to try to litigate against each other. Here they're getting a cross-licensing deal that will solidify their patent licensing wall/revenues.
Is it potentially anticompetitive? Yes.
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whizzter • today at 9:36 AM
Asking Gemini it seems their patents covers about 25% of the number of applicable patents, behind them is Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia.
No breakdown on the age of the patents though so it'd be interesting to see how things evolve over the years.
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No corporations would enter an agreement that is pro-competition, doesn’t make sense. That’s where government needs to step up and provide some value