China Telecom Group said it is in talks with the U.S. software giant over patent violations perceived by smartphones and tablets

telecommunications giant Huawei China confirmed that Microsoft is demanding royalties on the same products using the Android software.

Victor Xu, chief marketing officer of Huawei devices, told the Guardian on Monday night that "negotiations are ongoing" on the licensing of certain patents of Microsoft as the software giant violated by the U.S. hardware implementations of Android.

"Yes, Microsoft came to us," said Xu Monday, the company launched a new smartphone and tablet 7 inches for the UK market. "We always respect the intellectual property business. But we have 65,000 patents throughout the world as well. We have enough to protect our interests. We are a very important player in Android."

Currently, the manufacturer of smartphones from RIM is fifth with its BlackBerry range, which in the third quarter of 11.8 million phones sold worldwide. The third largest was Nokia, with 16.8 million euros.
Huawei plans to open a design center in London, employing "tens" of people working on product design for the company. Mark Mitchinson, Vice President of Huawei UK, said it should be open in early 2012.