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...

Samsung Electronics will pay Qualcomm $1.3 billion in a cross-licensing deal that will allow Samsung to use the chipmakers's 3G and 4G wireless technology and for Qualcomm to use 57 of the manufacturer's mobile patents. Read the full story here.

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...

Qualcomm looks set to be the leading patent holder in 4G wireless communications after recording 24% of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, as well as 16% of the 26,000 patents that have potential relevance to 4G technologies generally, including WiMAX. Other notable players in the LTE field include Interdigital (18%), Huawei (10%), LG (9%), Nokia (9%) and Samsung (7%). When considering the whole 4...

At first blush it might seem like 2007 was a rough year for Qualcomm. Between losing a controversial ITC ruling regarding 3G phone patents to Broadcom that led to a subsequent ban on its phones from entering the U.S. to Verizon Wireless choosing LTE as its next-generation network technology, the year seemed like a bleak one for the company. However, Qualcomm's financial outlook is as strong a

InterDigital and Samsung settled two long-standing patent-infringement lawsuits just as the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) was about to make a decision on whether to recommend banning imports of Samsung phones containing 3G phones. The patents pertained to 3G technology used in Samsung's Balckjack II and Instinct smartphones. According to the Wall Street Journal, InterDig...

Qualcomm leading in 4G wireless communciations patents reports ABI Research.

Leading developer of wireless technologies, services and products, Qualcomm Incorporated, and leading provider of telematics solutions Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), successfully showcased recently the needed data transmission technology for the future pan-European, in-vehicle emergency call (eCall) standard. The two companies made the demonstration at the 12th eSafety Forum Plenary meeting, &ldqu...

Worldwide leading communications solutions provider Qualcomm is expected to take the lead in the 4G wireless communications area when it comes to patent holding. According to a recently published report from ABI Research, the company recorded 24 percent of ETSI declarations surrounding LTE, and 16 percent of the total number of 26,000 patents that are expected to prove relevant for the 4G technolo...