Ericsson and ZTE today announced that they have come to terms over patent litigation between them. The companies have both signed a global cross-licensing agreement and agreed to drop all litigation. ZTE has also signed a royalty-bearing license agreement to certain Ericsson patents. The patents in question concerned GSM and 3G/UMTS cellular technology. Companies in the telecommunications space often use litigation as a tool to forge such licensing agreements. Tweet Vote on HN ...
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ZTE to double phone shipments, expand Windows Phone deployment in 2012
According to Reuters, ZTE has set some lofty goals for its 2012. The company, which is generally considered the fourth largest phone manufacturer in the world, has said that it plans to at least double the number of phones it ships in 2012 Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE Scores U.S. Distribution Deal with PCS Wireless
PCS Wireless and ZTE today announced that PCS Wireless will distribute ZTE’s phones and other devices to regional U.S. network operators. The deal with give smaller network operators better access to customized handsets and services from ZTE, including custom flash screens to retail packaging. Tweet Vote on HN ...
ZTE Aiming High-End Smartphones at U.S. Market
ZTE said it intends to tackle the high-end smartphone market in the U.S. with new, flagship phones as soon as next year. “By 2015, we expect the U.S. to be the largest market for handsets for ZTE,” said Lixin Cheng, president of the Chinese company’s North American operations, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “Next year, we’re going to launch LTE and high-tier phones in the U.S. With a similar feature set [as the iPhone], ZTE can offer an alternative” to handsets from other smartphone makers, said Cheng. ZTE has made a number of entry-level ...
ZTE Licenses 3D Android User Interface Technology
ZTE today indicated that it has licensed the Embedded Inflexion UI product from Mentor Graphics. The Inflexion UI tools will allow ZTE to create 2D and 3D user interfaces for its future Android smartphones. According to Mentor Graphics, its product offers drag-and-drop functionality for creating user interfaces and will reduce the time it will take ZTE to develop new user interfaces and reduce the time it will take to get them to market. Terms of the licensing deal were no disclosed. ...
CTIA to Appeal San Francisco Radiation Ruling
The CTIA Wireless Association has indicated that it plans to appeal the ruling in its lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over a law that requires retail stores to display warning signs about radiation from cell phones. The ruling, handed down on October 28, severely limited the original intent of the law, but the CTIA believes that even the narrowed ordinance is unacceptable. It is asking the federal appeals court to block the ordinance from going into effect on November 30. The city of San Francisco, meanwhile, is also appealing the ruling in hopes of reversing the judge’s ...
Hands On with the ZTE Chorus
When is Android not Android? When it’s the ZTE Chorus for Cricket. This unique music-focused feature phone reminds us of the Motorola i886 with its unique use of Android software to create a powerful phone that isn’t actually a smartphone. Read on for our hands-on impressions of this curious creature. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Hands On with the ZTE Warp for Boost
The Warp is ZTE’s first phone for Boost, and a part of Boost’s new and growing lineup of Android phones. Like all Boost phones, there’s an emphasis on affordability. However, the specs aren’t bottom of the barrel. Read on for our first hands-on impressions from the launch event. Tweet Vote on HN ...