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So confused. So in essence, Google bought a team from HTC?

ytch 9y ago
Yeah, from announcement of HTC to Taiwan's stock exchange, Google buys HTC's Pixel team, license to HTC's IP, and a RF lab (Subsidiary of HTC) for 1.1 billion USD.
- bitmapbrother 9y ago
  Where is the RF Lab announcement?
  - ytch 9y ago
    From HTC's announcement to Taiwan's stock exchange, in Chinese only[1] > 本公司董事會決議通過出售世界通全球驗證股份有限公司100%股權予Google The company is named 世界通全球驗證股份有限公司 (communication global certification inc), website[2]. [1] http://news.cnyes.com/news/id/3923532 http://news.cnyes.com/news/id/3923532 [2] http://www.cgctw.com/CGCWebsite/ http://www.cgctw.com/CGCWebsite/
  - daburninatorrr 9y ago
    A simple Google search failed me, maybe I don't know what I am looking for, but now I am at the mercy of the internet when I ask... What is a RF Lab?
    - obmelvin 9y ago
      I would guess RF = radio frequency, so a lab dealing with cellular chips
    - ytch 9y ago
      It's a Lab for Testing about radio, something like TRP, TIS, LTE OTA test and so on.
- roymurdock 9y ago
  This should be the title of the post.
- vit05 9y ago
  Someone has made a terrible deal, and the other an awesome deal. But we will only be certain in one year. It is impossible something like this be good to both, losing 100 people that have worked on the best project that the company has worked in the last years. Or overpaid for just some people that are not soo great, as they thought.
  - s73ver_ 9y ago
    Best? The Pixel is good, but it's hardly the best thing HTC has done. HTC still has the Vive team.
vvanders 9y ago
The bigger thing is the IP acquisition. That's largely why they grabbed Moto and then spun it out. With this they can skip the middle step.
- MBCook 9y ago
  Are we sure they actually get the IP?
  - aeleos 9y ago
    > The deal also includes a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property From the blog post, seems to be a license.
  - ytch 9y ago
    It seems there is a little different. In the press release of HTC[1] > Google will continue to have access to HTC’s IP to support the Pixel smartphone family Is it means HTC only licenses IP to Google, not sells them to Google? [1]https://www.htc.com/us/about/newsroom/2017/2017-09-21-htc-google/ https://www.htc.com/us/about/newsroom/2017/2017-09-21-htc-go...

ytch 9y ago

Yeah, from announcement of HTC to Taiwan's stock exchange, Google buys HTC's Pixel team, license to HTC's IP, and a RF lab (Subsidiary of HTC) for 1.1 billion USD.

bitmapbrother 9y ago
Where is the RF Lab announcement?
- ytch 9y ago
  From HTC's announcement to Taiwan's stock exchange, in Chinese only[1] > 本公司董事會決議通過出售世界通全球驗證股份有限公司100%股權予Google The company is named 世界通全球驗證股份有限公司 (communication global certification inc), website[2]. [1] http://news.cnyes.com/news/id/3923532 http://news.cnyes.com/news/id/3923532 [2] http://www.cgctw.com/CGCWebsite/ http://www.cgctw.com/CGCWebsite/
- daburninatorrr 9y ago
  A simple Google search failed me, maybe I don't know what I am looking for, but now I am at the mercy of the internet when I ask... What is a RF Lab?
  - obmelvin 9y ago
    I would guess RF = radio frequency, so a lab dealing with cellular chips
  - ytch 9y ago
    It's a Lab for Testing about radio, something like TRP, TIS, LTE OTA test and so on.
roymurdock 9y ago
This should be the title of the post.
vit05 9y ago
Someone has made a terrible deal, and the other an awesome deal. But we will only be certain in one year. It is impossible something like this be good to both, losing 100 people that have worked on the best project that the company has worked in the last years. Or overpaid for just some people that are not soo great, as they thought.
- s73ver_ 9y ago
  Best? The Pixel is good, but it's hardly the best thing HTC has done. HTC still has the Vive team.

vvanders 9y ago

The bigger thing is the IP acquisition. That's largely why they grabbed Moto and then spun it out. With this they can skip the middle step.

MBCook 9y ago
Are we sure they actually get the IP?
- aeleos 9y ago
  > The deal also includes a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property From the blog post, seems to be a license.
- ytch 9y ago
  It seems there is a little different. In the press release of HTC[1] > Google will continue to have access to HTC’s IP to support the Pixel smartphone family Is it means HTC only licenses IP to Google, not sells them to Google? [1]https://www.htc.com/us/about/newsroom/2017/2017-09-21-htc-google/ https://www.htc.com/us/about/newsroom/2017/2017-09-21-htc-go...