Nokia announced earlier today that has signed a multi-year patent licensing deal with the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo. While not many details have been revealed about the contract, we knew that the BBK-owned company will now rely on the biggest license holder (Nokia) in the mobile industry.
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Nokia’s CLO and President of Nokia Technologies, stated simply that “Oppo is one of the leaders in the smartphone industry and Nokia will be pleased to welcome the Chinese firm as a licensee. This agreement comes to reinforce, once again, Nokia’s global licensing program.
Oppo now sits alongside other manufacturers such as Samsung, Xiaomi, and Huawei that have been using a great part of Nokia’s Intellectual Property for the past years.