Android to contribute 3.4 billion dollars to Microsoft revenue this year

Tencent Science and Technology (Shanhui) Beijing time May 9 News, according to foreign media reports, although Microsoft in persuading people to use Windows Phone operating system, but the patent licensing agreement with the Android device manufacturers will bring up to 3.4 billion U.S. dollars revenue this year. According to the agreement, each Android device could bring Microsoft up to $8 trillion in revenue, meaning Microsoft could get 3.4 billion dollars from Android sales this year. Since 2011, Microsoft has gained hundreds of millions of of dollars in revenue from Android every year. Microsoft has vowed to file patent infringement lawsuits and sued several companies for Android devices that do not sign a patent-licensing agreement. Of course, the lawsuit is not Microsoft's purpose. In recent months, Microsoft has persuaded Foxconn, Nikon, ZTE and a number of other Android device manufacturers to sign patent licensing agreements. Currently, Motorola Mobility and Huawei have not signed an Android patent agreement with Microsoft. "This is Microsoft's usual tactic," said Matt Kallman, a spokeswoman for Google, Matt Kaman the media. Instead of developing good products, Microsoft is cracking down on market competition and driving up prices for consumers to buy Android devices. ”