Microsoft will be happy to hear that Google is to keep Android free
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: "Android has a patent fee. It's not like Android is free. You must have a license patents."
During a tour in South Korea, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt company strives to offer Android operating system free handset partners. Microsoft will surely appreciate it.
Although Google does not care about Android directly, it makes a lot of money, around $ 2.5 billion a year, from pushing ads to Android devices. And that $ 2.5 billion is expected to double over the next 12 months, so it is of interest for Google Android-free handset partners.
But Google is not the only company that charges of Android. Microsoft is making money on Android too. The Redmond giant has signed a long series of patents, licensing agreements with Android handset makers and rumored to pull in about $ 3 to $ 6 per sold Android device. Android last year was worth $ 444 million to Microsoft, and this number is set to grow as more patent deals are signed and many more Android devices are sold. It's not big money, but it's still a big money maker for Microsoft, which requires little in the way of care and feeding. Another must make sales, Microsoft just sit back and wait for the royalty checks roll in.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a different view in Google Android-free:
"Android has a patent fee. It's not like Android is free. You must have a license patents."
And Microsoft has every intention to pick on these patents. Next in their sights, the Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
So it is not only to handset makers, who are happy to hear that Google is committed to keeping Android free, Microsoft is also pleased to hear that.
During a tour in South Korea, says Google CEO Eric Schmidt company strives to offer Android operating system free handset partners. Microsoft will surely appreciate it.
Although Google does not care about Android directly, it makes a lot of money, around $ 2.5 billion a year, from pushing ads to Android devices. And that $ 2.5 billion is expected to double over the next 12 months, so it is of interest for Google Android-free handset partners.
But Google is not the only company that charges of Android. Microsoft is making money on Android too. The Redmond giant has signed a long series of patents, licensing agreements with Android handset makers and rumored to pull in about $ 3 to $ 6 per sold Android device. Android last year was worth $ 444 million to Microsoft, and this number is set to grow as more patent deals are signed and many more Android devices are sold. It's not big money, but it's still a big money maker for Microsoft, which requires little in the way of care and feeding. Another must make sales, Microsoft just sit back and wait for the royalty checks roll in.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a different view in Google Android-free:
"Android has a patent fee. It's not like Android is free. You must have a license patents."
And Microsoft has every intention to pick on these patents. Next in their sights, the Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
So it is not only to handset makers, who are happy to hear that Google is committed to keeping Android free, Microsoft is also pleased to hear that.
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