While 5G is still being developed and implemented, the 3GPP has already initiated discussions on 6G technology. Given the transformative impact of 5G across various industries, 6G innovation will [...]
Major players like ZTE, Xiaomi, Zyxel, Sagemcom, Maxlinear, TP-Link, Buffalo, Gemtek, and a few others have already begun marketing their Wi-Fi 7 routers, following the certifications received [...]
Identifying Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) is a resource-intensive task, especially when dealing with a large patent portfolio. In this process, manual analysis is the preferred method, but [...]
While Wi-Fi 6 has reshaped the connectivity landscape, the arrival of Wi-Fi 7 presents both a challenge and an opportunity for telecom players. Poised to power everything from immersive AR/VR [...]
The Traditional process to identify Standard Essential Patent (SEP) is time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially when dealing with large patent sets. While manual analysis cannot be [...]
Generally, patents are filed with a particular standard in mind. Take, for instance, a scenario where researchers filed a patent related to a concept in 5G technology. The typical route for [...]
With the IoT devices projected to surpass 24 billion by 2025, the importance of enhanced connectivity has never been more evident. This is where 6G emerges as the zenith. With speeds 100 times [...]
Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) often dominate headlines, but the role of intellectual property (IP) though crucial, is often overlooked. IP can influence industry competition and innovation, [...]
This is the third article of the 5G series. The first article covered the features that set 5G apart from its predecessors, along with new technologies. In the second article, its application [...]
While one cannot deny NPEs’ role in innovation protection, heavy litigation from them does create uncertainties and turmoil for companies. Do you remember when 5G networking became the talk [...]
The adoption of 5G will propel the whole range of disruptive technologies, including AI, IoT, and robotics. With 5G bringing so much possibility in almost every domain, one must think – [...]
The world of 6G will be one of abundance. By the time 6G matures in 2030, the way we communicate with each other could change drastically, incorporating everything from holograms to virtual [...]
Have you been busy building fantastic games and are unaware of all the recent happenings in the industry? By recent happenings, I mean the increased involvement of telecom companies in the cloud [...]
This report is an update to the report titled “Exploration of 5G Standards and Preliminary Findings on Essentiality” published May 26, 2020. This report covers more than 700 technical [...]
As the rollout of 5G is pacing up across the world, the buzz of 6G has also started. Given that the world has just witnessed the launch of 5G, it’s obvious that 6G will take ~10 years to become [...]
SEPs are a honeypot for the companies that are aiming to gain supremacy over their competitors. The current status of the SEP world is painted in our other articles. Looking at the average share [...]
Preamble In this study, we aimed to identify the top players in the 5G technology (NOT 5G SEP, NOT Core SEP) and countries which are flag-bearers for innovating in this technology. The intent was [...]
On Apr 28, 2020, InterDigital entered a worldwide patent licensing agreement with Huawei Technologies Ltd, and also settled all litigation against each other. The licensing agreement runs through [...]
5G is the next-generation network technology that succeeds 4G LTE network and offers much faster download and upload speeds with low latency than 4G. The battle for 5G supremacy is in full swing. [...]
The interest of the companies in having a fortified patent portfolio (SEPs) is growing at the rate of knots. The R&D-Sales and R&D-Marketing departments of various companies are making [...]
Recently, it made to the headlines that Daimler had lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Nokia as Nokia refused to license mobile components and insists on indirect licensing [...]
With the exponential improvement in innovations in the communications domain, the cars of today are becoming increasingly connected – both with each other and the environment. V2X, which [...]
Recently, we noticed that many companies, especially with big patent portfolios, may not be aware that some of the patents in their portfolio are getting delayed in being officially listed as [...]
For big companies with active R&D departments, keeping track of the many thousands of individual patents that often make up their patent portfolios frequently represents a daunting task, the [...]
5G – Is it truly disruptive or just a few Mbps faster than the current network? After a while lost in bringing life to the idea that existed only in theory years ago, 5G is finally here! [...]
In 2017, we heard from an executive who was heading up a team that specialized in mobile and augmented reality-related technology at a large Asian telecom company. She had a troublesome problem [...]
LiFi right after its public disclosure took the world by storm. The new communication method claimed to use LEDs instead of dongles or antenna devices to provide internet access and data transfer [...]
Blockchain, with its emergence, has brought companies of several domains on their doors and one of those domains is telecommunications. As communication service providers are openly accepting the [...]
There is a lot of research and implementation going on to provide solutions for the telecom industry using Blockchain technology. This study could give you an idea about the level of intensity in [...]
Did you know that LiFi can transfer data at speeds up to 224 Gbps? The sad fact is, the technology is still in the development phase and it’s going to be a while before it reaches our [...]
As 5G technology is approaching realization faster, a surge could be noticed in the patent filing activity by telecom companies. China is at the forefront, in terms of filing numbers, as major [...]
Imagine – You are in the middle of a very important telephonic conversation – maybe with a friend, or a potential investor, or business partner – pitching your breakthrough million-dollar idea [...]
Of late, we have been performing a lot of invalidation searches on patents of 4G LTE. And I noticed a weird pattern – call it insight if you would like to – that I didn’t discover earlier while [...]
LiFi technology has been in the public eye since Prof. Harald Haas first introduced it to the world in his Ted talk in August of 2011. LiFi uses characteristics like intensity, and the frequency [...]
I am very fond of Nokia and its products. Mostly because I feel they have greatly contributed to developing various 3GPP standards. So when I found out that Blackberry was suing Nokia (Source) [...]
In our last post of the LiFi series, we learned how LiFi Technology evolved in the past few years. We also learned how the companies are trying to make LiFi a household name. In this article, we [...]
In our last post in the LTE series Top 50 Innovative Companies of 4G LTE, we shared that Qualcomm is one of the top innovators in this space, filing a maximum number of patents in the 4G LTE [...]
A tall gentleman is standing at the center of the stage. All eyes in the audience are glued to him. The audience is in a state of confusion and is skeptical after what he announced. The hall is [...]
From beating drums and lighting a fire for smoke signals to say a hello over a receiver, and then to the 2G, 3G eras, and from there to the current hot topics of communication – 4G and 5G – we…
