Avanci

OPPO announced that it would license its worldwide 3G and 4G standard-essential patents to the IoT and automotive markets through leading patent licensing platform Avanci. The company that has been at the forefront of innovation in the smartphone market is diversifying its portfolio to include frontier technologies such as IoT, 5G and Augmented reality (AR), to provide

Growth in the Internet of Things (IoT), will accelerate in 2017 with the commercialisation of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), as is clearly shown by increasing launches, investments and partnerships, say industry analysts Frost & Sullivan.

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, announced that the company has joined Avanci.

InterDigital, Inc., a mobile technology research and development company, announced that it has joined Avanci, said to be the industry’s first marketplace for licensing cellular standards-essential technology for the Internet of Things (IoT).

Avanci claims to have launched the first marketplace for licensing patented wireless technology to the Internet of Things (IoT).