Wireless
Global cellular communications
About Wireless
In 2011, Sisvel acquired a portfolio of 47 patent families comprised of more than 500 patents and patent applications originally filed by Nokia.
The Sisvel Wireless licensing programme includes 33 patent families consisting of more than 450 patents and applications (the "Sisvel Wireless Patents"). The Sisvel Wireless Patents have been declared essential to second, third and fourth-generation communications standards such as GSM, WCDMA and LTE. Therefore, they cover technologies used in a wide range of mobile communications devices and services.
Products with cellular connectivity make use of the Sisvel Wireless Patents. Examples of such products are: mobile phones, smartphones, mobile hotspots, tablets, e-book readers, laptops and M2M devices.
Companies commercialising products with cellular connectivity require a licence under the Sisvel Wireless licensing programme. The remaining portion of the portfolio consists of implementation patents including video encoding optimisation technologies.
Sisvel is offering licences to the patents within the Sisvel Wireless licensing programme on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms.
Patents
The Sisvel Wireless Patents have been declared essential to second, third and fourth-generation communications standards, including GSM (Global Systems for Mobile communications), WCDMA (Wide-Band Code Division Multiple Access) and LTE (Long Term Evolution).
The table in this document ("Patent Brochure" *) allows interested parties to understand how the Sisvel Wireless Patents are utilised by products complying to such standards and, to this end, indicates relevant standards, technical specifications, versions of the standards and sections of the standards.
Sisvel grants non-exclusive licences under these patents ("Sisvel Wireless Patents" *).
*(this document is updated on a regular basis)
The royalty rates for a licence to the Sisvel Wireless Patents are as follows:
Number of licensed wireless products per calendar year | Standard Rate per Unit |
|---|---|
From 1 to 500,000 | €0.14 |
From 500,001 to 2,500,000 | €0.10 |
From 2,500,001 to 5,000,000 | €0.075 |
5,000,001 and above | €0.06 |
However provided that the licensee is in full compliance with its obligations under the agreement then the royalty rate payable in respect of each licensed product shall be calculated under the Compliant Rate.
Number of licensed wireless products per calendar year | Compliant Rate per Unit |
|---|---|
From 1 to 500,000 | €0.11 |
From 500,001 to 2,500,000 | €0.075 |
From 2,500,001 to 5,000,000 | €0.06 |
5,000,001 and above | €0.05 |
Further information on our FRAND rates can be found here.
A one-time non-refundable entrance fee of €5,000 (Five Thousand Euros) is due on the licence agreement signature date. Our standard Sisvel Wireless licence agreement can be found here.