In a bid to avoid the bitter battles that have raged around third-generation wireless technology, owners of the patents on which the fourth-generation LTE wireless technology is built have agreed to charge each other “reasonable” license fees. The Magnificent Seven are Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker by volume sold; Sony Ericsson; NEC; Alcatel-Lucent; NextWave Wireless; Nokia Siemens Networks; and Ericsson.
They’ve agreed to a framework based on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing, and won’t charge each other royalties of more than 10 percent for handsets.
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Magnificent Seven Band Together for 4G Showdown
Posted by: Richard Adhikari April 15, 2008 01:51 PMIn a bid to avoid the bitter battles that have raged around third-generation wireless technology, owners of the patents on which the fourth-generation LTE wireless technology is built have agreed to charge each other “reasonable” license fees. The Magnificent Seven are Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker by volume sold; Sony Ericsson; NEC; Alcatel-Lucent; NextWave Wireless; Nokia Siemens Networks; and Ericsson.
They’ve agreed to a framework based on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory licensing, and won’t charge each other royalties of more than 10 percent for handsets.