Huawei Technologies plans to increase its investments in research and development to expand its patent portfolio for mobile phone technologies, making it less dependent on intellectual property from other manufacturers, a senior executive said Tuesday.Huawei owns only about 5 percent of the intellectual property rights for components used in its handsets, Senior Vice President Guo Ping said Tuesday during a news conference at the Telecom World conference and exhibition in Hong Kong.Huawei is best known outside of Asia for its networking equipment, but it also supplies handsets to more than 70 operators around the world. While the company recognizes the intellectual property rights of others, it also sees a need to have to have a larger patent portfolio of its own, according to Ping.Patents are a valuable commodity in high-tech industries. Companies with fewer patents often have to pay more to use technologies developed by others in their products. Huawei could potentially benefit from the Chinese government’s support of time division synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA), a homegrown third-generation (3G) technology. Many of the technology’s core intellectual property rights are owned by Chinese companies.Ping declined to comment on the ongoing feud over patent royalty payments between Qualcomm and Nokia. The Finnish mobile phone maker, which has been unable to work around Qualcomm’s CDMA patents for its own 3G wideband CDMA handsets, has been trying to pressure the U.S. company into agreeing to a cap on royalties in 3G phones. At a separate press conference on Tuesday in Hong Kong, Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs said the company continues to negotiate, but the talks are not progressing far.“Ideally, we would like to see if we can get a win-win situation for both companies, but this will be very difficult,” he said. “But both companies have a history of competing vigorously.” Telecom World, which is organized by the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency, runs through Friday.-John Blau, IDG News Service (Dusseldorf Bureau)Related Links: Cisco CEO ‘Would Love’ to Team With Huawei ITU: LG Preps Mobile WiMax Devices for ’07 Launch ITU: Agni to Build Bangladesh WiMax NetworkCheck out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe