Qualcomm

Huawei and Qualcomm, two companies that have spent two decades alternating between rivals and business partners, just signed their biggest patent truce yet. On Monday, Oct. 5, the pair announced a broad multi-year Huawei Qualcomm patent deal covering 5G, compute, artificial intelligence and networking — a cross-license agreement that also has Qualcomm buying some of Huawei’s U.S. patents outright. The companies did not disclose financial terms. But Huawei said the deal pushes the expected total value of its patent licensing agreements past $6.9 billion, a number that quietly makes the sanctioned Chinese giant one of the world’s most valuable IP businesses. ...

Apple is breaking up with Qualcomm’s modem chips. It is not breaking up with Qualcomm. Qualcomm announced Thursday that the two companies renewed their global patent licensing agreement, with the new deal taking effect April 1, 2027. That’s the day after the current agreement, signed as part of the landmark 2019 settlement, expires. The announcement was almost comically short. One sentence to state the renewal. One quote to celebrate it. No details on how long the new deal runs or what Apple pays. ...