Most LTE licensors walk into IoT negotiations carrying the same argument: portfolio size.

Meanwhile, implementers are quietly asking a different question, not how many LTE patents you have, but how many of them actually matter for a constrained, low-power, narrowband device.

Those are two very different numbers. And your competitors already know the difference.

The IoT licensing market is not behaving like the handset market. Implementers are not just pushing back on rates; they are challenging the premise that a full LTE portfolio justifies royalties on a device that implements 30% of LTE.

And they are right to ask.

The licensors who are winning in this environment are not the ones with the biggest declared portfolios. They are the ones who can walk in and say: here is exactly which LTE-M capabilities our patents cover, here is the feature adoption data across the device market, and here is why our portfolio is more relevant to your products than any other licensor at this table.

This webinar teaches you how to build that position.

What You’ll Walk Away With

A framework to map your portfolio specifically to LTE-M capabilities, not LTE overall.

LTE-M operates across a defined set of technical layers: narrowband operation, half-duplex communication, coverage enhancement, power saving, and reduced complexity. We show you how to score your portfolio against each one and where you lead.

A way to prove you are more relevant than competing licensors technically, not just commercially.

Portfolio size is a starting point. Feature-level relevance is the argument that closes deals. We show you how to build a licensing narrative around LTE-M core SEPs, LTE foundational SEPs, and the extended LTE patents that weigh your portfolio down in an IoT negotiation.

A benchmark of how major LTE portfolios actually score when mapped to LTE-M devices.

The ranking looks different when the lens is LTE-M. Some licensors move up significantly. Others have been overestimating their position for years. Know where you stand before your next negotiation tells you.

A defensible differentiation story you can take into any licensing conversation.

Not “we have X declared families.” But “our portfolio covers Y% of LTE-M core capabilities, higher than any competing licensor.” That is the conversation that shifts leverage.

The Three-Step Framework We Will Cover

Step 1: Build your LTE-M capability taxonomy. Understand exactly which technical layers LTE-M devices actually implement — and which LTE features never show up in an IoT product.

Step 2: Score your portfolio against it. Separate your SEPs into three buckets: LTE-M core, LTE foundational, and LTE extended. Know which bucket drives your real licensing leverage in IoT negotiations.

Step 3: Benchmark against competing licensors. See where your portfolio leads, where it is exposed, and how to construct a differentiation argument that holds up under technical scrutiny.

If Your Licensing Argument Is Still “We Have a Large LTE Portfolio,” This Changes That.

Register for Free for a technically defensible position you can use in your next LTE-M licensing negotiations.