Huawei and HP have signed a multiyear global patent cross-licensing agreement covering certain Wi-Fi technologies.
Under the agreement, HP will receive licenses to certain Wi-Fi patents held by Huawei, while Huawei will obtain reciprocal patent rights from HP. Neither company disclosed the financial terms or specified which patents are covered.
HP said the agreement grants a standard essential patent license covering Wi-Fi technology and that it does not consider the deal a broader strategic or commercial relationship, partnership, or collaboration with Huawei.
The deal centers on Wi-Fi, a technology used in devices ranging from laptops and smartphones to household appliances. Wi-Fi standards are developed with technical contributions from companies across the industry, with successive generations designed to improve speed, capacity, latency, and energy efficiency.
Huawei said its contributions span multiple generations of Wi-Fi technology. It highlighted Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7, which are designed to support bandwidth-intensive applications such as high-definition and 8K video, gaming, augmented and virtual reality, video conferencing, and cloud computing.
