7 comments

  • whatever1 32 minutes ago
    Remember when they were telling us how important the 5G race was and how critical was for the US to lead it?

    And now they are just giving it away ?

    • vachina 17 minutes ago
      Huawei has been leading in 5G deployments until US decides him and his allies cannot be friends with Huawei.

      Qualcomm will benefit greatly from this arrangement.

      • yftsui 11 minutes ago
        Leading in 5G deployments yet cannot make a 5G phone?
        • froh 1 minute ago
          HUAWEI Mate 20 X 5G was launched in 2019, so what exactly are you referencing here?
        • bayindirh 3 minutes ago
          Nokia and Ericsson is leading telecommunications without making 5G phones.

          I'm not talking about the company which makes "Nokia Phones". I'm talking about Nokia the infrastructure company.

        • dudisubekti 4 minutes ago
          ?

          They've been making their own 5g phones since 2023 (mate 60)

  • rwmj 29 minutes ago
    Aren't Huawei on the Entity List? How can Qualcomm enter into agreements like this without getting into massive hot water?
    • nicce 28 minutes ago
      With the current state of the U.S politics, nothing is sure.
    • Havoc 25 minutes ago
      They can just donate some crypto to one of the Trump kids to get it approved…
  • mirekrusin 1 minute ago
    Patents serve cartels. Good luck for innovative startups trying to enter this rigged game.
  • ExpertAdvisor01 19 minutes ago
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  • zoobab 31 minutes ago
    Cartels.
  • newsclues 32 minutes ago
  • nickdothutton 33 minutes ago
    Ah yes, Huawei, that well known adherent to patent agreements.
    • vincnetas 31 minutes ago
      You know, at this scale law, is more like suggestion if benefits of not following it are better.

      Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6je85n2vyleo)

      You can ask AI to summarise the list of when for example apple ignored patents. I get 16 cases.

    • phatfish 28 minutes ago
      Patents just embed western monopolies and cost everyone except the sovereign wealth funds and private equity that own everything in the west.

      Someone has to tear it down, and it's not going to come from within. No balls on this side.

      • zoobab 23 minutes ago
        Here in Europe, the Unified Patent Court just rubberstamped software patents with a smartwatch decision, saying adding a button makes the whole thing patentable, even though it's only software.

        Like FFII.org predicted in 2006:

        https://ffii.org/

        "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalize software patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy. Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of software, they are now seeking to create a central Unitary patent court (UPC), which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or democratically elected legislators."

        Not to mention the judges in that court are part time working for Nokia or Airbus.

    • dudisubekti 8 minutes ago
      What a strange sarcasm, nobody's forcing Qualcomm to do this.
    • whatever1 30 minutes ago
      QC will send them a sad emoji if their patents are violated in China.