BOSTON – (December 8, 2021) – Access Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced that Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd., a global leading smartphone manufacturer, has joined the HEVC Advance Patent Pool. Through the HEVC Advance Patent Pool, Vivo gains access to over 16,000 (and counting) world-wide patents essential to implementing the HEVC/H.265 video codec standard.
“We are very pleased that Vivo has chosen to join our HEVC Advance program. Vivo’s joining is another important endorsement by a major smartphone manufacturer and brand, further demonstrating the value of our HEVC pool license,” said Access Advance CEO Peter Moller. “With the addition of Vivo, our HEVC Advance program has now licensed a substantial majority of the smartphone market, including many of the largest smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung, Huawei, OPPO, and most recently Vivo and ZTE. We thank Vivo and all our Licensees and Licensors for their support and expect to have further significant announcements soon.”