On June 26, 2026, OPPO made an announcement regarding the execution of a bilateral patent licensing pact with Verifone, a globally renowned payment technology enterprise. Under this agreement, OPPO will license its cellular communication standard essential patents to Verifone for use in its POS (Point of Sale) payment devices, with the primary objective of elevating the user experience. This milestone represents OPPO's fourth publicly disclosed outbound licensing deal and its inaugural foray into the POS machine industry through such an agreement. It underscores the swift and expanding application of OPPO's cellular communication standard technology, extending its reach beyond the smartphone realm and into the commercial IoT (Internet of Things) and financial hardware sectors. As of March 2026, OPPO has submitted over 122,000 patent applications worldwide and has been granted more than 67,000 patents.