Nokia and Honor have signed a new patent cross-license agreement covering both manufacturers’ fundamental 5G inventions and other cellular technologies. Nokia says it has invested more than €140 billion invested in research and development over the last 23 years since 2000 to develop around 20,000 patent families. These include 6,000 patent families essential to 5G.

New deal renews patent licence that expired in December  Nokia and Samsung have agreed 5G patent license agreement that will see Samsung make royalty payments to Nokia for several more years. It supersedes the agreement which expired in December. “Samsung is a leader in the smartphone industry, and we are delighted to have reached an

Co-operation follows battles with Nokia over alleged patent infringements.