Huawei’s 5G Patents Means U.S. Will Pay Despite Trump Ban
- Study finds Chinese company owns the most essential technology
- Trump barred companies using U.S. tech from supplying Huawei
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Huawei Technologies Co. owns the most patents on next-generation 5G technology, ensuring the Chinese company will get paid despite Trump administration efforts to erase it from the supply chain, according to a new study.
The study by two research firms identified the inventions most closely connected to the 5G standards and found that six companies owned more than 80% -- Huawei, Samsung Electronics Co., LG Electronics Inc., Nokia Oyj, Ericsson AB and Qualcomm Inc., the only U.S.-based company in the group.