Huawei will charge patent fees for 5G patents. What impact will this have on the market and users?

Recently, at the release forum of Huawei's "White Paper on Innovation and Intellectual Property in 2020", Huawei said that it would charge a patent licensing fee for mobile phones produced according to the 5G standard. The maximum licensing fee for a single mobile phone is 2.5 US dollars, which also indicates that Huawei, as the main R&D and patent enterprise of 5G, will start to recover the R&D cost, and this decision will not have too great or even negligible impact on the market and users.

At present, all mobile phone manufacturers will pay different rates of patent fees for mobile phone patents in the production process. For example, Qualcomm will charge patent fees for all mobile phones using Qualcomm chips, which will also bring them billions of dollars in income every day, which is very important for enterprises' R&D enthusiasm and normal R&D investment. After all, an important thing for enterprises to survive is to constantly develop new technologies, which promote the development of industry and human beings and form a positive cycle of scientific and technological development.

Huawei's current R&D investment in the field of 5G is very large, which also ensures that the number of 5G patents held by Huawei is among the best in the world. Huawei began to collect royalties after the official promotion of 5G, which is also an act of caring for the market. With the gradual formation and improvement of the 5G market, it is the best time for Huawei to collect patent royalties. After all, Huawei's initial investment needs to be rewarded, otherwise it will not be conducive to the long-term development of the enterprise.

Where do mobile phone manufacturers pay patent fees? Of course, they get it from consumers. The patent fee of each mobile phone will be included in the production cost of the mobile phone, so the final price of the mobile phone will ensure the legitimate profits of the mobile phone manufacturer beyond these costs. Therefore, the patent fees charged by Huawei are finally acceptable in the sales prices of various brands of mobile phones, but the cost of up to $2.5 is really insignificant in front of the current sales prices of several thousand yuan, and consumers may not be able to notice this change.