NTT docomo has signed a license agreement with Samsung Electronics for docomo’s standard-essential patents, including 5G.
The agreement includes payment of license fees by Samsung Electronics to docomo.
In order to realize an advanced and comfortable mobile communication environment, docomo is actively engaged in research and development related to networks and services such as W-CDMA, LTE and LTE-Advanced, 5G and 6G, and has filed patent applications for research and development results. promoting.
docomo already holds about 10,000 patents essential for W-CDMA, LTE, LTE-Advanced and 5G mobile communication services. More than 80 companies currently have licenses for docomo’s standard essential patents, including individual contracts and patent pool licenses.