Microsoft is a long-term partnership with the Chinese mobile providers Xiaomi. But the US group important technology patents sold to the Chinese. Around 1,500 rights for voice communications and cloud computing went to Xiaomi, the US company said.
The weakness in patents previously considered big problem for Xiaomi, the Chinese company should venture into western mobile markets. It remains a goal, even in the US phones for sale, but it will not be so far this year, responsible for international expansion Xiaomi manager Hugo Barra told the “Wall Street Journal”.Xiaomi had with its business model, hi-tech ‘equipment for sale in China relatively low over the Internet, can the big brands abjagen shares. Recently the company came but even more under pressure through similar active rivals like OPPO and Vivo.
Microsoft announced last week announced evaporate its business with smartphones and 1,850 points underscore want to. The unsuccessful acquisition of the mobile phone business of Nokia burdened the US group with another $ 950 million. Experts speculate about a complete withdrawal of the Group from the business with smartphones. The market share of equipment is down to 0.7 percent worldwide.
Xiaomi installed Office and Skype from their devices
Part of the agreement between Microsoft 
and Xiaomi whether, in future each other to license patents, the company shared further with. At the same time Xiaomi undertake to install Microsoft products such as corporate software Office and the video telephony program Skype on its smartphones and tablets. “It is a large-scale cooperation between the two companies,” said Xiaomi vice president Wang Xiang. Both companies declined to comment on financial details to.
The status in 2010 and smartphone maker is valued at 45 billion dollars, one of the most expensive non-listed technology companies worldwide. Xiaomi is earlier to the market research institute IDC, worldwide number five behind Samsung, Apple, Huawei and Lenovo.
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