Motorola and Nokia sign 4G mobile agreement

Motorola and Nokia have signed a cross-licensing agreement covering technologies for 4G mobile phones

The deal effectively extends an existing intellectual property licensing agreement.

The technologies covered include LTE, WiMAX and LTE-Advanced, which are the core wireless technologies for the next generation of mobile phone network, known as 4G. 

According to Paul Melin, v-p, intellectual property of Nokia:  "This agreement shows that the industry is making fast progress in resolving LTE licensing issues between the major patent holders.”

“LTE has now become a key element of Nokia's licensing program, and we expect strong returns for our pioneering development,” said Melin.

This is the latest in a number of collaboration between developers of next generation mobile phones.

Nokia is also working with Intel and to merge their respective mobile Linux platforms, into MeeGo, and they are working together again.