Ericsson and ZTE resolve patent issues

Ericsson and ZTE have signed a global cross-licensing agreement, and have agreed to drop all litigation.

''We have signed more than 90 patent agreements with different vendors worldwide. Now we can add ZTE to this group,'' said Kasim Alfalahi, chief intellectual property officer at Ericsson.

ZTE has signed a royalty bearing cross-licensing agreement that complies with fair, reasonable and non- discriminatory (FRAND) royalty compensation for access to part of Ericsson's patent portfolio.

In April 2011 Ericsson filed lawsuits in Germany, UK and Italy against ZTE for infringing on several of its patents related to GSM and 3G/UMTS cellular technology.