Huawei and HP Inc. announced today the signing of a multiyear global patent cross-licensing agreement, including a license to HP Inc. for certain Huawei WiFi patents. This agreement marks a significant milestone in intellectual property cooperation between the two companies, reflecting Huawei's innovation capabilities and core technological strength, as well as HP's position as a global leader in computers and peripheral equipment.
Alan Fan, Huawei's Chief Intellectual Property Officer, stated, "Huawei is pleased to reach this patent cross-licensing agreement with HP Inc. This agreement is a strong testament to Huawei's persistent independent innovation in cutting-edge fields in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Through patent licensing, Huawei shares its innovation with the industry, particularly in the area of standardized technologies, which brings leading technological experiences to consumers worldwide."
Steven Geiszler, who represented Huawei in the negotiations, added: "This is another successful licensing of Huawei patents, particularly in the area of standardized Wi-Fi technologies—while obtaining valuable reciprocal patent rights from HP Inc. I appreciate the professionalism and courteousness shown by HP's negotiation team during this project."
The agreement underscores the importance of Wi-Fi technology, which has become one of the most widely used wireless technologies globally, connecting homes, schools, hospitals, offices, and public spaces. Each generation of the standard is developed openly, drawing on technical contributions from companies across the industry, and is then made broadly available to implementers.
Wi-Fi 4 and 5, while lacking the speed and throughput of newer generations, are still widely used, providing reliable networking for less demanding applications. Wi-Fi 6 offers high speed, large capacity, and lower energy consumption, enabling multiple high-definition video streaming, gaming, and AR/VR services alongside legacy broadband and IoT devices such as laptops, refrigerators, cameras, doorbells, thermostats, and lightbulbs—all with a single wireless router. Wi-Fi 7 builds on Wi-Fi 6 to deliver higher throughput, lower latency, and more reliable connectivity, supporting an exceptionally smooth experience for 8K video, gaming, AR/VR, remote work, online video conferencing, and cloud computing.
These advances have made reliable wireless connectivity part of the basic infrastructure of everyday life, supporting remote healthcare, digital education, and more energy-efficient homes and workplaces. Huawei has played a significant role in contributing to the development of Wi-Fi technologies over successive generations and makes the resulting technologies available publicly, so that innovation created in one place can benefit users everywhere.
This cross-licensing agreement is expected to have broad implications for the technology industry, as it facilitates the sharing of standardized technologies and promotes further innovation. It also highlights the importance of intellectual property licensing in fostering collaboration among industry leaders, ultimately benefiting consumers through improved products and services.
