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Articles tagged with: Abi Research and Patents
New Devices Will Challenge Mobile Royalty Levels
The status quo of mobile phone licensing today is that royalties are levied for access to patents that are essential to the mobile standard being incorporated in each device. For a multimode WCDMA and GSM device, the average cumulative royalty rate is 12.2%. As the relative value of new components such as advanced displays and, more importantly, software, increases in the average device, many companies are questioning the fairness of current licensing models. more
Related Tags: intel, wcdma, cdma, gsm, displays, etsi
Linux to be the Fastest-Growing Smartphone OS over the Next 5 Years
Research director Stuart Carlaw states, "Serious initiatives from the likes of Intel and Access are gathering pace and momentum, whilst the carrier community continues to identify Linux as one of the few operating systems that it intends to support in its long-term plans." Carlaw adds, "Linux is benefiting from growing support in the handset OEM community, most notably Motorola, but also Nokia with less traditional types of devices aimed at mobile broadband applications." The rise of mobile broadband and the impact that this has upon device convergence and format plays into the hands of Linux. more
Related Tags: oem, linux, os, pace, motorola,, patent
More Than a Dozen Vendors will be Shipping Sub-$50 Handsets by 2008
Related Tags: china-unicom, zte, reliance-communications, huawei, reliance, unicom, nokia,
Nokia vs Qualcomm IP Dispute Intensifies on the Question of Quantity vs Quality
The Qualcomm versus Nokia royalty spat has intensified once again with a court filing from Nokia claiming that some of its licenses from Qualcomm in Europe are fully paid up. This is another instance of brinkmanship that will reach a crescendo next month when the technology sharing license between the two companies expires. more
Related Tags: patent
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