Qualcomm, the world's leading producer of mobile phone chips, owns key patents for code division multiple access (CDMA), one of the most widely used wireless network standards in the world.

The contract calls for Samsung to allow Qualcomm to use Samsung's 57 patents for mobile technology, but Samsung will not be paid by Qualcomm due to the higher value of Qualcomm's licenses.

Samsung said the deal is more favorable than the previous one, but it declined to say why. "The new deal is better for us," a Samsung spokesman said, without elaborating.

The San Diego-based chipmaker welcomed the extension of the cross-licensing deal with one of its biggest customers.

"I am also pleased to announce that we recently extended our license agreement with Samsung, covering both 3G and 4G," said Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm, in a statement posted on its Web site.

South Korea is a major market for Qualcomm as the country is home to Samsung and LG Electronics Inc., the world's third-largest cellphone maker, with nine out of every 10 South Koreans owning at least one handset.

In July, South Korea's antitrust watchdog fined Qualcomm $208 million for violating the nation's fair competition rules by abusing its monopoly over the mobile handset chip market.

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Sulpizio's appointment increases the Board membership to 10, eight of whom are independent.

Sulpizio retired in July 2001 as president and chief operating officer of Qualcomm Inc., a leading mobile technologies company. After his retirement, Sulpizio returned to Qualcomm to serve in several successive high-level executive positions including president of Qualcomm China, president of Qualcomm Europe and president and chief executive officer of MediaFLO, USA, Inc., a Qualcomm subsidiary chartered with bringing multimedia services to the wireless industry. Sulpizio was a member of Qualcomm's Board of Directors from 2000 until 2007.

Sulpizio, 59, has been serving as a director of ResMed, Inc., a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical products, since August 2005. He also currently serves on the advisory board of the University of California San Diego's Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and the Board of Directors of the Danny Thompson Memorial Leukemia Foundation.

Sulpizio holds a bachelor of arts degree from California State University, Los Angeles, and a master's degree in systems management from the University of Southern California.

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