Leadtek licenses Flash-OFDM and other patents from Qualcomm

QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Leadtek Research, Inc., based in Taipei, Taiwan, today announced the companies have signed a OFDM/OFDMA patent license agreement. Under the terms of the worldwide, royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has granted Leadtek a patent license to develop, manufacture and sell OFDM/OFDMA subscriber unit and modem card products for high-speed broadband wireless OFDMA technologies, including, among others, QUALCOMM’s FLASH-OFDM(R) technology.

“QUALCOMM welcomes Leadtek as the newest licensee of its OFDM/OFDMA patent portfolio,” said Marvin Blecker, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. “Leadtek’s international presence combined with their access to QUALCOMM’s OFDM/OFDMA patented technologies will enable their participation in providing end user products for use in OFDM-based services around the world.”

“This agreement will enhance Leadtek’s product line by enabling us to offer our customers exciting new devices for mobile broadband connectivity, including a broadband-series videophone,” said K.S. Lu, president and CEO of Leadtek Research. “This type of cutting-edge product demands the powerful features and low-latency that FLASH-OFDM delivers. With this license from QUALCOMM, a leader in OFDMA technologies, we now have access to these capabilities.”