Eurobites: Ericsson and OPPO agree patents dealEurobites: Ericsson and OPPO agree patents deal

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Nokia helps bring 5G to Egypt; Salt offers 40Gbit/s speeds to business customers; Channel 4 streaming hits new heights.

Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe

July 15, 2024

2 Min Read
Ericsson logo on office building
(Source: Ericsson)
  • Ericsson has signed a global patent cross-license agreement with Chinese phone maker OPPO. The multi-year agreement covers patents deemed essential to standards for a range of cellular technologies, 5G included, and will see OPPO making royalty payments to Ericsson. The two companies say they will also cooperate on a number of 5G-related projects, including device testing and marketing. Commenting on the agreement, Ericsson's chief intellectual property officer, Christina Petersson, said: "The license confirms that the patent licensing industry works and is proof that a vast majority of license agreements are based on business negotiations." Licensing has long been the most profitable part of Ericsson's business activities – and the same goes for Nokia too. (See Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia chase 5G royalties beyond smartphones.)

  • Nokia is bringing 5G to Egypt through a new partnership with Telecom Egypt which will introduce the technology to several of the country's densely populated cities, Cairo and Alexandria among them. Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia will deploy 5G RAN equipment from its AirScale range, comprising baseband units and its latest generation of Massive MIMO radios. Earlier this year, Telecom Egypt secured the country's first 5G license, which is valid for 15 years.

  • Swiss operator Salt is introducing symmetric 40Gbit/s broadband speeds for business customers on its fiber network. IT services provider Infologo, which uses the high-speed connectivity to carry out near-instant software updates for its customers, is the first company to sign up for the Pro Office service.

  • Channel 4, the UK public service broadcaster, is having success on the streaming front, with its streaming audience last month up 30% year-over-year. Last week Channel 4 appointed Ruth Brougham – most recently head of digital banking at Virgin Money –  to the newly created role of streaming business director.

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Paul Rainford

Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading

Paul is based on the Isle of Wight, a rocky outcrop off the English coast that is home only to a colony of technology journalists and several thousand puffins.

He has worked as a writer and copy editor since the age of William Caxton, covering the design industry, D-list celebs, tourism and much, much more.

During the noughties Paul took time out from his page proofs and marker pens to run a small hotel with his other half in the wilds of Exmoor. There he developed a range of skills including carrying cooked breakfasts, lying to unwanted guests and stopping leaks with old towels.

Now back, slightly befuddled, in the world of online journalism, Paul is thoroughly engaged with the modern world, regularly firing up his VHS video recorder and accidentally sending text messages to strangers using a chipped Nokia feature phone.

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