On the morning of March 7th, Beijing time, according to the report of the Wall Street Journal, Qualcomm is negotiating with Huawei to try to resolve the patent dispute. The two parties may reach an agreement in the coming weeks. From the current situation, the negotiations are progressing smoothly.
At present, Broadcom is eyeing and wants to acquire Qualcomm for a price of US$117 billion. Broadcom once stated that once Qualcomm is acquired, Qualcomm will change the rigid relationship between Qualcomm and its customers. In this situation, Qualcomm has taken the initiative to step forward and resolve disputes with customers.
Qualcomm's mysterious patent licensing customers unveiled it!
Qualcomm disputed with two major patent-licensing customers. One was Apple, and one company was unknown. In April 2017, the company refused to pay royalties. Analysts believe that this unidentified company is Huawei.
In January, Qualcomm released the news that the company has reached an authorized R&D agreement with Samsung. This news confirms to the outside world that Samsung is not a mysterious customer who has not paid the licensing fee. At the January investor conference, Qualcomm general counsel Dan Rosenberg once said that the company is still negotiating with this mysterious client.