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  "id": 12178233,
  "title": "Huawei and Qualcomm Struck a Broad Multi-Year Patent Licensing Deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/huawei-and-qualcomm-struck-a-broad-multi-year-patent-licensing-deal-12178233",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/10/05/1412251/huawei-and-qualcomm-struck-a-broad-multi-year-patent-licensing-deal"
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  "account": "Huawei and Qualcomm have announced a multi-year, comprehensive patent licensing deal that encompasses 5G, artificial intelligence, compute, and networking technologies. This marks the first time the two companies have entered into such an agreement for 5G technologies, according to Reuters. The agreement, which includes cross-licensing of both companies' patent portfolios, is expected to bring the cumulative value of Huawei's patent licensing deals above $6.9 billion once it is finalized. All aspects of the transaction will be governed by fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) principles. The deal must still obtain the necessary regulatory approvals before it can be completed. Huawei's intellectual property licensing unit has been profitable since 2021, with the company first making a licensing payment to Qualcomm in 2001 and receiving its initial licensing income from Motorola in 2011. American export controls enacted in 2019 have significantly limited Huawei's access to advanced chips and essential software, prompting the Chinese tech giant to increase its research and development spending in recent years.",
  "summary": "An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: Huawei and Qualcomm on Monday announced a multi-year, broad patent license agreement covering 5G, artificial intelligence, compute, and networking technologies, along with Qualcomm's purchase of certain Huawei U.S. patents in those same fields. The deal is the first patent licensing agreement between the two companies to cover 5G technologies,…",
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        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/huawei-agrees-to-a-multi-year-patent-licensing-deal-with-qualcomm",
        "published": "2026-10-05T06:02:42.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/huawei-agrees-to-a-multi-year-patent-licensing-deal-with-qualcomm-12102210",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:21:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Huawei agrees to a multi-year patent licensing deal with Qualcomm covering AI, 5G, computing, and networking tech, its first 5G licensing deal with Qualcomm (Miyoung Kim/Reuters)",
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        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "Huawei, Qualcomm sign multi-year patent licensing deal",
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        "published": "2026-10-05T10:17:17.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Huawei and Qualcomm struck a broad multi-year patent licensing deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/huawei-and-qualcomm-struck-a-broad-multi-year-patent-licensing-deal",
        "published": "2026-10-05T13:30:15.000Z"
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