In order to avoid future disputes related to 5G patent licensing, Nokia recently announced the licensing rate for 5G standard essential patents: 3 Euros per device (approximately RMB 23). The flat rate is significantly lower than that of rival Ericsson. The company, Qualcomm announced the 5G patent license rate.
The 5G international standard was finalized in June this year, mainly based on engineering and experimental achievements of wireless giants Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, Samsung and Nokia. As a reward for developing the 5G standard, these companies have the right to license their contributions to equipment manufacturers. But with the principle of 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (FRAND), try to get more people to use 5G technology.
Nokia's 3 Euro flat rate contrasts with Ericsson, which offers a floating price range that charges $2.50 to $5 per 5G device, depending on the price of the phone. Nokia's license fee is still much lower Qualcomm, the latter plans to charge a license fee of 2.275% of the wholesale price for each single-mode 5G mobile phone, and a license fee of 3.25% for the wholesale price of the multi-mode 5G mobile phone. The upper limit of the sales price of the whole machine is 400 US dollars.
In this way, for each 5G mobile phone, Qualcomm's 5G license fee alone reaches $13. Together with the patent fees of Ericsson and Nokia, the license fee for each 5G device exceeds $2.1 billion. This is not counted. License fees for other standard essential patent holders such as Huawei, Samsung, etc. However, large equipment manufacturers generally negotiate bulk purchase discounts with patent holders, and the actual paid patent rate is much lower than the patent holder’s public disclosure fee. rate.
