(Yicai Global) June 20 -- Huawei Technologies, a struggling Chinese telecoms giant, has confirmed a media report about its attempt to charge several Japanese companies licensing fees for components used in wireless communication.

Huawei will continue to protect its innovations, The Paper reported today, citing the Shenzhen-based telecoms giant. The company will build a high-value patent portfolio in the global market, and legally share and use patented technologies through cross-licensing or paid licensing under the principle of "fairness, reasonableness, and non-discrimination" to promote the popularization of technology, thereby advancing the whole industry and social development, it added.

Nikkei Asia reported on June 18 that the Chinese firm is in talks with around 30 Japanese companies with a few to over 100 workers to collect fees for the use of wireless communication modules patented by Huawei. The planned rate is "on par with international standards," an industry insider said to the Japanese publication.

Huawei is one of the world's largest holders of patents. The phonemaker, which has been suffering from declining profits in the past years amid its trade restrictions in the United States, had more than 120,000 valid patents worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2022, based on the firm's annual report. Some of its strongest fields include mobile communications, short-range communications, and codecs. Some 29 firms from regions and countries including the US, Europe, Japan, and South Korea were licensed to use Huawei's intellectual property.

Editor: Emmi Laine