HTC And Nokia End Feud, Will Work Together

Another patent war has come to an end. All lawsuits between Finnish phone maker Nokia and Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC have been dropped and the two will work together on future projects. HTC and Nokia have not been the best of friends since quite some years now. Lawsuits flews from Europe to Asia and back at light speed. Both the smartphone makers have come together to put the feud to an end.

In a latest statement by Nokia, HTC will collaborate with the company and will make payments to Nokia. This will strengthen HTC’s LTE portfolio and Nokia’s licensing offering. The companies will also work on future technologies. The exact sum at which the two units have agreed on is still undeclared. "We are very pleased to have reached a settlement and collaboration agreement with HTC, which is a long standing licensee for Nokia's standards essential patents," said Paul Melin, chief intellectual property officer at Nokia.

The deal between HTC and Nokia has also infused fresh life into the rumour of Nokia bringing an Android phone. HTC would be the right partner to help the Finnish manufacturing plant to build its first Android mobile.