Under the terms of the royalty bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted Wingtech a worldwide patent license to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber units, modules and modem cards (including PCB assemblies) implementing the CDMA2000 standard. The royalties payable by Wingtech are at Qualcomm’s standard worldwide rates.
Derek Aberle, executive vice president and president of Qualcomm Technology Licensing, said: Qualcomm is pleased to welcome another licensee as part of the fast growing China ecosystem for CDMA2000 subscriber devices. Wingtech, a leading Chinese mobile company, will contribute to the growth of the global wireless market by developing, manufacturing and selling 3G CDMA handsets and module/modem cards.
In August, 2008, Qualcomm and Shanghai HuaQin Telecom Technology announced an agreement into a subscriber unit license. Under the terms of the royalty bearing agreement, Qualcomm granted HuaQin a worldwide license under its patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA2000 subscriber units and modem cards (including Printed Circuit Board (PCB) assemblies for sale to other device suppliers).
Prior to that in May 2008, Qualcomm announced an agreement with China Zhenhua (Group) Science & Technology (Zhenhua) based on subscriber unit license. Under this agreement, Qualcomm granted Zhenhua a worldwide license under its patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell CDMA2000 subscriber units. Headquartered in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, Zhenhua manufactures digital wireless communications terminal (CDMA and GSM mobile phone and other devices) and new electronic parts.
