Business Recorder - World - Asia https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:56:00 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:56:00 +0500 60 Taiwan's HTC to pay $75m for ADC patents https://www.brecorder.com/news/9889/taiwans-htc-to-pay-75m-for-adc-patents <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" alt=" " src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/april/htc_400.jpg" width="400" height="256" />TAIPEI: Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Sunday it planned to spend $75 million buying dozens of patents from a US communications company.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The deal will enable HTC to obtain 82 global patents from Minnesota-based ADC Telecommunications, HTC said in a brief statement. It will also include 14 pending patent applications.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The Taipei-based Economic Daily News said the deal was expected to help HTC consolidate its leadership in next-generation, or 4G, telecommunications technologies.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">HTC makes handsets for a number of leading US companies and is the manufacturer of the Nexus One, unveiled by Apple rival Google last year.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</b></i></center></p> TAIPEI: Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Sunday it planned to spend $75 million buying dozens of patents from a US communications company.

The deal will enable HTC to obtain 82 global patents from Minnesota-based ADC Telecommunications, HTC said in a brief statement. It will also include 14 pending patent applications.

The Taipei-based Economic Daily News said the deal was expected to help HTC consolidate its leadership in next-generation, or 4G, telecommunications technologies.

HTC makes handsets for a number of leading US companies and is the manufacturer of the Nexus One, unveiled by Apple rival Google last year.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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