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Samsung to pay 1.3 billion US dollars for Qualcomm patents

08 November, 2009 | Read the news | Post your comment
Samsung to pay 1.3 billion US dollars for Qualcomm patents - read the full textWhile some companies make their way to the top using others' achievements, there are still ones that are willing to pay for patent licenses without mumbling too much. Like Samsung who have just signed an agreement with Qualcomm, according to which the Korean company will have to pay a fortune for...

 

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Atleast samsung paid for what they wanted and let that company know........unlike some other company........*cough..cough...apple....cough

Pirates

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  • 2009-11-08 21:33
  • kJqf

hey,

i tought that samsung was great, but this is not the way to work i think, i think they can best beat the other big companies by create new things for there own, and take a patent on that, but now they use the hard work of other developers, and like this everyone will have the same stuff in there phones, where's the competition in that? there is none, telecom is going to be very boring for us salesmen if that would happen, what can we say if every phone would be the same? there wouldn't be any competition left, and the competition makes it so much fun to work in telecom.

davy

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  • 2009-11-08 19:52
  • 381Z

Well when you talk to inventive companies in the telecom business that's not the picture you get. Samsung is regarded as a company you don't show new technology unless you want it duplicated, incorported in new Samsung products and en up not getting paid.

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  • 2009-11-08 19:41
  • n{7y

Thumbs UP Samsung, thats why u r the best!!!

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  • 2009-11-08 19:37
  • fuk1

Thats what Grubby APPLE is like... Wat a shame!!! Thats how they make it through the economic crisis, because they dont even pay for wat is not their property...

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  • 2009-11-08 19:36
  • fuk1

> In reply to jack @ 2009-11-08 16:35 from vGCV - click to readapple has only 2.1% market share so the 15% you mentioned doesn't even exist

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  • 2009-11-08 17:10
  • MWWi

nokia seems to be in a sore mood obviously due to their poor Q3 earnings.. .. .......

and also Owing to the fact that in such a small time period of 2yrs apple have eaten into the market share with a whopping 15% !!

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  • 2009-11-08 16:35
  • vGCV

samsung proven it credibility, and not become a robber like... uhmm...

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  • 2009-11-08 16:12
  • wrXC

ver2 smart move n strategy from samsung....samsung rules!!!

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  • 2009-11-08 14:22
  • txIk

> In reply to b @ 2009-11-08 11:49 from 3Jby - click to readand you really think asking on gsmarena is a quicker way? tsk. tsk.

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  • 2009-11-08 14:04
  • fu{e

Wow, and how much aple have to pay to nokia for it's patents, i wonder if they can cope with it?

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  • 2009-11-08 13:34
  • TmxD

samsung can easily recover its investmant easily coz they have excellent marketing strategy in which they can easily sell their products everywhere in the world..Unlike apple and motorola their marketing sucks especially with their new products, full of delays worldwide

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  • 2009-11-08 12:24
  • j019

holy crap 1.3 billion US dollars... OUCH Samsung

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  • 2009-11-08 12:08
  • UijP

Wuh herro Samsung says qualcomm

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  • 2009-11-08 12:05
  • vuVC

> In reply to b @ 2009-11-08 11:49 from 3Jby - click to readThey're radio communication systems, similair to GSM.

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  • 2009-11-08 11:54
  • 3KHC

i cant be bothered to google this, what are CDMA, WCDMA and OFDMA for?

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  • 2009-11-08 11:49
  • 3Jby

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