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Huawei pursues more patent-licensing deals for 4G, 5G mobile technologies to boost sales amid struggles with US sanctions
- More than 2 billion non-Huawei Android smartphones have benefited from licensing deals involving the firm’s 4G and 5G technologies in the past five years
- Most of these licensees are from mainland China, the US and other Asian countries, including South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics
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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co expects its patent-licensing arrangements in the industry to expand and help boost revenue, as US trade sanctions continue to hurt its core smartphone and carrier equipment businesses.
More than 2 billion non-Huawei smartphones have already benefited from licensing deals involving the firm’s 4G and 5G mobile technologies in the past five years, according to data presented during Huawei’s intellectual property (IP) conference on Wednesday at its headquarters in Shenzhen.
Huawei indicated that most premium Android smartphones in the global market use its licensed 4G and 5G technologies. Most of these licensees are from mainland China, the US and other Asian countries, including South Korean smartphone giant Samsung Electronics, according to the company, which did not provide further details.
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“We expect revenue from patent licensing will continue to grow, but the company does not operate this as its main moneymaking business,” said Alan Fan, head of the intellectual property rights department at Huawei.
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Privately-held Huawei previously estimated that total sales generated from patent licensing reached “about US$1.2 billion to US$1.3 billion” between 2019 and 2021.
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