The Chinese company realme, following vivo, leaves the German market. Even earlier, OnePlus and OPPO did it.
What is known
The Chinese corporation BBK Electronics leaves Germany in its entirety. This is due to a patent dispute with the Finnish company Nokia.
Realme representative confirmed that the brandrestricts business operations in Germany. At the same time, the company has no plans to leave Europe yet. Investments will be directed to other countries in the region. Smartphone owners in Germany will be able to continue to enjoy software and service support.
As regards the lawsuit, it was filed by Nokia in2022. The legendary Finnish brand has accused competitors of using 4G and 5G signal processing technology without paying royalties. Earlier, OPPO said that Nokia is demanding unreasonably high royalties.