BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said yesterday it had renewed a licencing agreement with Ericsson to use each other’s technologies.
Huawei and Ericsson – based in Stockholm – have signed a “long-term” global agreement to licence each other’s patents, the Chinese company said in a statement.
The deal covers patents essential to 3G, 4G and 5G cellular technologies as well as both companies’ “respective sales of network infrastructure and consumer devices”, Huawei said.
The company’s Intellectual Property Chief Alan Fan said the agreement “demonstrates the commitment both parties have forged that intellectual property should be properly respected and protected”.
“Our commitment to sharing leading technological innovations will drive healthy, sustainable industry development and provide consumers with more robust products and services,” he said.
The previous such agreement between Huawei and Ericsson was signed in 2016.
Back then, Huawei was an insurgent force in the global technology sector with an eye on dethroning Apple and Samsung as the world’s top seller of smartphones.
Huawei could begin producing its own chips for 5G phones this year, according to media reports.
