Nokia said yesterday it would receive an up-front payment and royalties from BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) for use of its wireless technology patents.
Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, said RIM has renewed a multi-year patent licence agreement with it, but declined to comment on the size of the payments.
The deal covers use of GSM, WCDMA and CDMA2000 patents.
"Today's announcement demonstrates the success of Nokia's increased focus on patent out-licensing," Ilkka Rahnasto, Nokia's VP in charge of intellectual property rights, said in a statement.
In September, Nokia signed a similar deal with China's Huawei HWT.UL.
Earlier this year, Nokia settled a long patent battle with mobile chipmaker Qualcomm, agreeing on a 15-year deal which included a one-time payment of 1.7 billion euros to Qualcomm.
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