3GPP Activities and Patent Holdings Paint a Bleak Picture of Telco's Failure to Innovate Toward Techco Status
"Telecom operators from China and Japan are currently at the forefront of technology transformation, which shows in their involvement in 3GPP and patent holdings," says Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director at ABI Research. "
- "Telecom operators from China and Japan are currently at the forefront of technology transformation, which shows in their involvement in 3GPP and patent holdings," says Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director at ABI Research. "
- Their Standards Essential Patent (SEP) holdings are similar, with China Mobile and NTT Docomo leading the market.
- Standards contributions and patent holdings are good measures of willingness to innovate and get involved in leading the market.
- These findings are from ABI Research's Telco versus Techco: Operators' Role in Shaping Cellular Innovation and 3GPP Standards application analysis report.