"We are delighted to reach this licensing deal with Xiaomi," said Alan Fan, Head of Huawei s Intellectual Property Department. "This licensing agreement once again reflects the industry s recognition of Huawei s contributions to communications standards and will help us enhance our investment in researching future mobile communications technologies."
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Huawei and Ericsson have signed a long-term global patent cross-licensing agreement that covers patents essential to a wide range of standards such as 3GPP, ITU, IEEE, and IETF standards for 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular technologies.
Rival tech firms and contributors of standard essential patents for mobile communication recognise value of each other’s intellectual property in agreement designed to create stronger patent environment.