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QUALCOMM Incorporated Announces Long-Term Patent Cross-License Agreement with Transsion

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Qualcomm Incorporated, which develops chips and technology for devices and licenses its patents, said on October 16, 2026 that it has entered into a long-term renewal of its global patent licenses with Transsion Holdings, described as a patent cross-license agreement.

Key details

  • The licenses cover 4G and 5G (fourth- and fifth-generation mobile network) devices and run through the end of 2031.
  • According to John Han, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), Qualcomm's licensing business, this is an early renewal that combines the existing 4G and 5G agreements into a single long-term agreement.

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Qualcomm Announces Long-Term Patent Cross-License Agreement with Transsion
Oct 16, 2026
SAN DIEGO

Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that it has entered into a long-term renewal of its global patent licenses with Transsion Holdings, covering 4G and 5G mobile devices through the end of 2031.

"We are pleased to have reached this early renewal of Transsion's 4G and 5G licenses and to combine the existing 4G and 5G agreements into a single long-term agreement," said John Han, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL).

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a global computing leader at the center of the AI era, enabling intelligence to scale from the most personal devices to large-scale infrastructure. Building on more than four decades of innovation, we develop platforms and solutions that bring together advanced AI, high-performance, low-power computing and industry-leading connectivity-powering products and services used around the world. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.

Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering and research and development functions and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business. Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Qualcomm patents are licensed by Qualcomm Incorporated. Qualcomm, Snapdragon, Qualcomm Dragonwing and Qualcomm Dragonfly are trademarks or registered trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated.

Snapdragon and Qualcomm branded products are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

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