Koreans and European firms dominate 4G LTE patent pool, no Chinese firm ran

[Korean]

http://telecomlead.com/inner-page-details.php?id=8258&block=4G

Ericsson, Nokia, InterDigital, Qualcomm to retain LTE 4G patent position
2012-04-13 09:47:54, India

Top 5 essential and highly novel LTE 4G patent holders

According to a report by Article One Partners (AOP), a patent research community, with Thomson Reuters, Nokia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson and LG are the top 5 essential and highly novel LTE 4G patent holders. The ranking is significant as companies use patents as a way to differentiate from the competition and lead their industry. Patents protect a company's intellectual property and allow it to foster innovation. Companies use patents as a way to lead their industry and differentiate from the competition.

 

[sweetgrape]

Ericsson, Nokia, InterDigital, Qualcomm to retain LTE 4G patent position

The participation of Chinese companies in patent filing and participation in standardization is also a notable trend. Huawei and ZTE, among other Chinese companies, are very cognizant of the importance of 4G patents. Chinese companies, as well Japanese and South Korean companies, will shift some of the patent power from Europe and the US to the Asia-Pacific.

Airtel 4G launch in Kolkata: ZTE stands for LTE?
Airtel 4G launch in Kolkata: ZTE stands for LTE? - 4G\cn-c114 ¡ª C114 - China Communication Network
Bharti Airtel will launch India's first TD LTE / 4G services in Kolkata on April 10. ZTE, the Chinese telecom equipment maker, will be the backbone of its network in Kolkata. How ZTE became the best choice for Airtel in Kolkata when other equipment vendors such as Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei were pinning their hopes on LTE launches in India.

ZTE says it is a leader in developing LTE technologies and has applied for 381 essential patents (EPs) for LTE standards, which account for approximately seven percent of the total number of EP applications globally.

ZTE has won 30 contracts for LTE commercial application and has deployed test networks in cooperation with more than 100 operators across the globe.

To date, ZTE has signed three contracts related to deploying and upgrading 3.5GHz TD-LTE networks in Asia-Pacific and Africa. ZTE is a major global vendor driving the use of 3.5GHz and 3.6GHz bands. The use of these bands has now been approved as an industry standard by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project.

ZTE also has helped operators like Japan's Softbank, Sweden's Hi3G and China Mobile successfully deploy TD-LTE networks.

ZTE is dedicated to becoming the world's No. 1 TD-LTE brand.

On innovation front, ZTE is spending almost 10 percent of its revenue. ZTE aims to increase its current share of LTE essential patents from 7 percent to 10 percent by 2012. The company will also commit more R&D resources to accumulate essential patents and adopt a pro-active approach in improving 4G and incubating 4G+ standards.

According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ZTE filed for the most PCT patents of any company worldwide in 2011 with 2,826 filings. Of these, more than 60 percent were related to smart terminals and new technologies such as LTE/3G, cloud computing and The Internet of Things. The company's 4G/LTE patent applications accounted for 7 percent of patents applied for by global telecom vendors.

The share of LTE essential patents is a result of ZTE's continuous R&D investment in the LTE-related key technologies since 2004. As of the end of 2010, ZTE had submitted more than 6800 proposals to 3GPP, of which more than 3900 proposals involved LTE/SAE technologies, and had made more than 2900 LTE-related patent applications.

The organization offers a full range of LTE base stations, including widely distributed macro stations.

On 20 March 2012, ZTE released the world's first 3.5GHz high-power TD-LTE distributed base station. The base station has wide coverage and transmission power of 80W. In addition, its RF module supports a 4-port antenna, with each port capable of transmission power of 20W. The base station also has interference suppression and carrier aggregation features. This increases site coverage by more than 25 percent, reducing operator network development costs.

Airtel is pioneering 4G TD LTE India. Can ZTE convince other Indian telecom operators such as Aircel, Reliance Industries, Tikona, Qualcomm, etc.
Source:telecomlead

 

[northeast]

we are advanced in td-lte

 

[Roybot]

No ZTE or Huawei? I thought they had the highest number of patents or something?

 

[Solar Flare]

I think ZTE is there.

 

[Korean]

No ZTE or Huawei? I thought they had the highest number of patents or something?

Chinese posters here would like to portray China as being bigger than it really is, and those without the background information are easily fooled by their misrepresentation.

The truth is that Chinese companies are minor players in value-added segments, which tend to report big sales based on the strength of China's domestic market, not based on their competitiveness in the global markets.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Chinese posters here would like to portray China as being bigger than it really is, and those without the background information are easily fooled by their misrepresentation.

The truth is that Chinese companies are minor players in value-added segments, which tend to report big sales based on the strength of China's domestic market, not based on their competitiveness in the global markets.

Huawei 2010 Profit Gains 30% on Higher International Sales - Businessweek

Chief Executive Officer Ren Zhengfei initially expanded the company he founded in 1987 into the international market by taking his China strategy of serving less-developed rural areas into Asia and Africa. Now, Ren has Huawei increasingly focused on winning sales in Europe and the U.S. Huawei got 65 percent of its revenue from international markets last year, up from 60 percent in 2009, according to data in the report.

Koreans like to portray their country as bigger than it actually is. The truth is that Korean companies are minor players in value added segments, which tend to report big sales based on low quality volume sales, not based on their technological competence.

 

[ephone]

You just do not understand how market works. Thinking about HD-DVD vs Blu-ray: Is Blu-Ray is really better than its competitor???

When market strength is strong enough with enough players, it will kill off other competitors while so-called technology becomes 2nd important factors.

In any single day, China can designate one technology as its official one in China market and disallow or discourage another technology as secondary choice. Indeed, China has done so. For example, China has designed her own standards and ask device makers to follow those standards.

Sooner or later, the first choice one will win out with more and more followers while the secondary one will die out.

Well, what can you do???

Little s.k. can do nothing. Just cry to its big daddies.

Chinese posters here would like to portray China as being bigger than it really is, and those without the background information are easily fooled by their misrepresentation.

The truth is that Chinese companies are minor players in value-added segments, which tend to report big sales based on the strength of China's domestic market, not based on their competitiveness in the global markets.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

You just do not understand how market works. Thinking about HD-DVD vs Blu-ray: Is Blu-Ray is really better than its competitor???

When market strength is strong enough with enough players, it will kill off other competitors while so-called technology becomes 2nd important factors.

In any single day, China can designate one technology as its official one in China market and disallow or discourage another technology as secondary choice. Indeed, China has done so. For example, China has designed her own standards and ask device makers to follow those standards.

Sooner or later, the first choice one will win out with more and more followers while the secondary one will die out.

Well, what can you do???

Little s.k. can do nothing. Just cry to its big daddies.

That's true. China has designated TD-LTE, a different variant of LTE which we invented ourselves, as the standard in China. Those who do not follow this standard are banned from the market.

 

[Korean]

In any single day, China can designate one technology as its official one in China market and disallow or discourage another technology as secondary choice. Indeed, China has done so. For example, China has designed her own standards and ask device makers to follow those standards.

And that standard stays in China and is used by no one else.

It's sort of like how Japan insisted on its unique wireless standard to protect its market against foreigners. The end result was that Japanese cell phone companies did their business mostly in Japan only and could not compete outside of Japan, and most of them are leaving business to cut losses. China is repeating the mistake the Japan made.

 

[northeast]

And that standard stays in China and is used by no one else.

It's sort of like how Japan insisted on its unique wireless standard to protect its market against foreigners. The end result was that Japanese cell phone companies did their business mostly in Japan only and could not compete outside of Japan, and most of them are leaving business to cut losses. China is repeating the mistake the Japan made.

lol，japanese company softbank would use td-lte built by huawei and ZTE，india is the same.

 

[shuttler]

And that standard stays in China and is used by no one else.

It's sort of like how Japan insisted on its unique wireless standard to protect its market against foreigners. The end result was that Japanese cell phone companies did their business mostly in Japan only and could not compete outside of Japan, and most of them are leaving business to cut losses. China is repeating the mistake the Japan made.

The following table details global mobile- phone handset sales to end customers and market shares, according to Stamford, Connecticut-based research analysts Gartner Inc.
===========================================================================
3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q
2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010
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---------------------Market Share----------------------
Nokia 23.9% 22.8% 25.1% 24.7% 28.2% 30.3%
Samsung 17.8% 16.3% 16.1% 16.0% 17.2% 17.8%
LG 4.8% 5.7% 5.6% 6.1% 6.6% 8.0%
Apple 3.9% 4.6% 3.9% 3.3% 3.2% 2.4%
ZTE 3.2% 3.0% 2.3% 2.2% 1.9% 1.8%
RIM 2.9% 3.0% 3.0% 2.7% 3.0% 3.2%
HTC 2.7% 2.6% 2.2% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6%
Motorola 2.5% 2.4% 2.1% 2.2% 2.1% 2.5%
Huawei 2.4% 2.1% 1.6% 2.6% 1.3% 1.4%
Sony Ericsson 1.9% 1.7% 1.9% 2.1% 2.5% 3.0%
===========================================================================
3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q
2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010
===========================================================================
All Other 57.9% 58.6% 61.3% 60.9% 60.6% 58.3%
------------------Unit Sales in Thousands----------------
Total 440,502 428,661 427,846 452,037 417,086 367,987
Nokia 105,354 97,869 107,556 122,278 117,461 111,474
Samsung 78,612 69,828 68,782 79,169 71,672 65,328
LG 21,015 24,421 23,997 30,119 27,479 29,367
Apple 17,295 19,629 16,883 16,011 13,484 8,743
ZTE 14,108 13,070 9,827 8,476 7,817 6,731
RIM 12,701 12,652 13,004 14,762 12,508 11,629
HTC 12,100 11,016 9,314 8,907 6,494 5,909
Motorola 11,183 10,221 8,790 10,908 8,961 9,109
Huawei 10,668 9,026 7,003 7,824 5,478 5,276
Sony Eric 8,476 7,267 7,919 10,599 10,347 11,009
All Other 148,991 153,662 154,771 142,983 135,384 103,413



----------------------YoY % Change----------------------
Total 5.6% 16.5% 19.0% 32.7% 35.0% 28.2%
Huawei 94.7% 71.1% 33.7% 125.3% 64.0% 52.5%
===========================================================================
3Q 2Q 1Q 4Q 3Q 2Q
2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010
===========================================================================
HTC 86.3% 86.4% 175.7% 139.2% 144.2% 139.1%
ZTE 80.5% 94.2% 61.0% 76.0% 88.7% 82.0%
Apple 28.3% 124.5% 104.1% 84.5% 91.5% 64.2%
Motorola 24.8% 12.2% -8.2% -9.3% -35.6% -42.9%
Samsung 9.7% 6.9% 6.0% 15.9% 18.2% 17.9%
RIM 1.5% 8.8% 20.9% 40.5% 46.8% 49.4%
Nokia -10.3% -12.2% -2.3% -1.9% 3.5% 5.7%
Sony Eric -18.1% -34.0% -19.7% -21.8% -22.8% -18.9%
LG -23.5% -16.8% -11.7% -8.8% -13.9% -3.7%
===========================================================================
NOTE: "All Other" category calculated by Bloomberg. Historical data
based on previous releases and subject to revisions.

SOURCE: Gartner Inc.

Global Mobile-Phone Sales and Market Share: Summary - Bloomberg

The growth rates of ZTE and Huawei are phenonmenal while Samsung plateaued or slowing down; LG is -ve!

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

No ZTE or Huawei? I thought they had the highest number of patents or something?

Above talks about patent holders, ZTE was highest number of patents applied

Zte corporation top international patent aplicant in 2011, says WIPO

 

[avene]

And that standard stays in China and is used by no one else.

It's sort of like how Japan insisted on its unique wireless standard to protect its market against foreigners. The end result was that Japanese cell phone companies did their business mostly in Japan only and could not compete outside of Japan, and most of them are leaving business to cut losses. China is repeating the mistake the Japan made.

you forgot that the market size diff between China and Japan is huge
China's population is 10 times Japan's.

 

[ephone]

Well, japan's market cannot be compared to China's. BTW, japan's market is like dead water for almost three decades without growth. China is the growth market the whole world is looking for.

BTW, with China market strength and its tech giants reach out the world, more and more China's standards will be adopted by the world.

And that standard stays in China and is used by no one else.

It's sort of like how Japan insisted on its unique wireless standard to protect its market against foreigners. The end result was that Japanese cell phone companies did their business mostly in Japan only and could not compete outside of Japan, and most of them are leaving business to cut losses. China is repeating the mistake the Japan made.