Published: November 6, 2017
Publisher: IAM
“A fundamental change to SEP licensing related to mobile communications technology is on the verge of being proposed by the European Commission. According to IP Europe – a coalition of IP intensive, R&D companies including Orange, Ericsson and Nokia – plans being championed by the Competition directorate-general would see the Commission endorse a “license to all” policy in place of the currently used “access to all” approach. This could have a dramatic effect on the roll-out of 5G technology, as well as rapidly developing sectors based around the Internet of Things.”