One of the main motivations for Qualcomm to come to a settlement with Chinese antitrust authorities last year was to restart the flow of patent licensing revenues from the country’s manufacturers. Many companies had withheld payments until the new terms were negotiated, and even when the truce was agreed, Qualcomm warned that it still might take a long time to get the royalties flowing again. It seems to have opened the floodgates now though, judging by the recent string of announcements of new deals, and analysts estimate that over 90% of Chinese companies are now in compliance with Qualcomm’s terms – reduced as those may have been by the 2015 settlement. Just ahead of its quarterly results announcement, Qualcomm said…