DEALS: Vendors hash out LTE licensing

DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, NEC

NextWave, Nokia, Nokia Siemens, Sony Ericsson

Committed to IPR licensing framework for LTE

Where is Qualcomm and InterDigital?

Ericsson

China Mobile, China Unicom

Ericsson inked $1.44 billion worth of deals in China

The vendor inked a $1.33 billion deal with China Mobile and a $140 million one with China Unicom.

STMicro

NXP

STMicro plans to merge its wireless chipsets biz with NXP's

STMicro is set to pay NXP $1.55 billion for an 80 percent stake in the JV and the option to buy the other 20 percent after three years.