American chip giant Qualcomm is a reference example. Qualcomm announced the patent charging standard of 5G in Qualcomm several years ago. Globally, all 5G mobile phones that use the core patent of Qualcomm Mobile Network must pay.
Among them, the single-mode 5G mobile phone rate is 2.275%, and the multi-mode 5G mobile phone rate (3G/4G/5G) is 3.25%. For those 5G mobile phones that use both core patents and non-core patents of Qualcomm mobile network standards, the single-mode 5G mobile phone rate is 4%, and the multi-mode 5G mobile phone rate is 5%.
According to this standard, domestic mobile phone manufacturers will pay Qualcomm 97.5~ 150 yuan for every 3,000 yuan mobile phone sold. Because Qualcomm has a large number of patents on communication technology, patent licensing fees have become an extremely important source of income for this company.
In the fiscal year of 20 18, Qualcomm's patent licensing revenue was as high as $5 1 billion, accounting for a quarter of its total revenue. In July last year, Qualcomm also signed a long-term patent licensing agreement with Huawei, which cost Huawei $6,543.8+$80 million.
Song Liuping, a chief law officer of Huawei, said in an interview that intellectual property income will not be Huawei's main source of income. He added that Huawei's main business is operating products and services, which is also the company's long-term revenue focus.
In fact, Huawei has long planned to charge 5G patent fees. Many people even think that Huawei charges too late. 2065438+June 2009, Ren responded in a forum: "Huawei has developed rapidly in recent years, and everyone is too busy to charge. When they are free, they will charge some fees, but not as high as in Qualcomm.
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Huawei said that it will reduce the license fee for 5G patents as much as possible:
Since Huawei holds the largest number of 5G patents in the world, the outside world is worried that Huawei will raise prices without authorization. However, Huawei wrote in a statement that it will, as always, abide by the FRAND principle, never blackmail any other company or society, and try to reduce the license fee for 5G patents.
Ren revealed that many large companies in the world are paying patent fees to Huawei, but he did not announce the specific list. According to the materials provided by Huawei, since 20 15 years, Huawei has accumulated more than1400 million USD in intellectual property income.
Strictly speaking, all manufacturers using Huawei's patented technology (including operators and terminal equipment companies) need to pay Huawei patent licensing fees, including companies such as Apple and Samsung. Huawei also said in an interview after the press conference that it would negotiate specific rates with the above-mentioned enterprises.
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