South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics, the second largest handset vendor in the world, announced today that it reached an agreement with Qualcomm, according to which it woluld pay US$ 1.3 billion for the use of its patents. According to the phone manufacturer, the agreement includes the use of Qualcomm's CDMA, WCDMA and OFDMA patents for the following 15 years. Samsung will pay ...

Samsung and Qualcomm recently announced a renewed cross-licensing agreement regarding each firms' patents in mobile and wireless technology. Samsung will be making use of up to 57 of Qualcomm's 3G and 4G patents. Samsung will make a down payment ...

Samsung and Qualcomm have wrapped up a cross-licensing deal with ten figures of US currency in it, which will permit the Korean giant to continue producing 3G- and 4G-enabled wireless devices for the next 15 years. In exchange, Samsung is letting Qualcomm make use of its own 57 patents on mobile technology and splashing out a further $1.3 billion as a down payment. Further royalty payments are inv...

The world’s No. 2 mobile phone maker, Samsung Electronics, announced it has signed with Qualcomm, the CDMA patent holder, to pay US$ 1.3 billion for CDMA, WCDMA and OFDMA patent usage for the next 15 years. Besides the up-front license fee, Samsung said it will also pay additional running royalties, but the detailed royalty rate was not disclosed. Reportedly, Qualcomm’s royalty rate is differe...

Wireless chip supplier Qualcomm Inc. on Wednesday forecast weaker than expected full-year results, but its extension of a key deal with Korea's Samsung Electronics helped offset the disappointment for some investors.

Qualcomm Inc. said LG Electronics Co. Ltd. is one of three major phone makers that agreed to license its 4G high-speed wireless technology, solidifying its position in the mobile market for years.

Samsung has signed a brand new deal with the cell phone chip manufacturer Qualcomm. The contract is to last over the next 15 years and started with a down payment of 1.3 billion dollars, chump change for the number two handset maker of the world. The deal is to include for QUALCOMM to allow Samsung rights to 3rd and 4th gen wireless technology, also Samsung will pay out royalties to Qualcomm but p...

Novatel Wireless  has completed a technology transfer with Qualcomm Incorporated of two Qualcomm Wearable Mobile Device module designs. This new technolgoy could mean faster smaller devices like Novatel's  MiFi USB portable Wi-Fi network Or small USB devices that connect the web and networks for consumers electronics. The Qualcomm Wearable Mobile Device supports integrated GPS, accelerom...

Samsung and Qualcomm have reached a cross-licensing deal which will let Samsung continue producing 3G and 4G wireless phones for the next 15 years.  Samsung is also letting Qualcomm 57 of its patents on mobile technology.  The $1.3 Billion is a down payment and future loyalty payments will be involved, but arent detailed.  It is

Samsung Electronics has signed a $1.3 billion licensing agreement with Qualcomm...