Nokia renews patent licence agreement with Apple, covering 5G and other technologies

HELSINKI –

Network infrastructure and 5G expertise supplier Nokia has signed a brand new long-term patent licence settlement with Apple to interchange the present deal between the 2 firms that’s set to run out on the finish of 2023.

The deal, which allows Apple to make use of the Finnish firm’s expertise in its merchandise, covers Nokia’s innovations in 5G and different applied sciences. The phrases of the settlement introduced late Friday stay confidential.

Nokia expects to acknowledge income associated to the settlement beginning January 2024, and the corporate mentioned the deal is in keeping with its long-term outlook disclosed within the first quarter.

“The agreement reflects the strength of Nokia’s patent portfolio, decades-long investments in R&D, and contributions to cellular standards and other technologies,” Nokia Technologies president Jenni Lukander mentioned in an announcement.

The earlier licence settlement between Apple and Nokia was introduced in May 2017.

Nokia mentioned its patent portfolio is constructed on greater than 140 billion euros (US$153 billion) invested in analysis and growth since 2000, and consists of round 20,000 patent households, together with over 5,500 patent households declared important to 5G.

The Espoo, Finland -based Nokia is without doubt one of the world’s essential suppliers of 5G, the newest technology of broadband expertise, together with Sweden’s Ericsson, China’s Huawei and South Korea’s Samsung.