KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its first-quarter earnings would be ahead of expectations, news that sent the technology vendor's stock up 20 percent to $18.90 per share.InterDigital said NEC Corp.'s third-generation handset sales, along with strong sales from the rest of the...
Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name or understand the business, over the course of its 30-year history InterDigital has managed to inject its innovations into the...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it signed a new license agreement with Sierra Wireless Inc. for the sale of GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.InterDigital has licensing deals with a variety of players, but is also...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors reacted harshly to a decline in InterDigital Communications Corp.'s net income, sending the company's stock down almost 15 percent after the news to about $21 per share.InterDigital's net income in the fourth quarter clocked in at $1.1 million, down from...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Just a few months after it acquired the company, InterDigital Communications Corp.'s subsidiary Tantivy Communications Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. InterDigital said the suit covers seven patents, and that the company is seeking damages...
KING of PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary signed a nonexclusive worldwide royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. The agreement covers the sale of wireless terminals and infrastructure built to IS-136/GSM/GPRS/EDGE and W-CDMA/CDMA2000/TD-SCDMA standards. "This agreement...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is looking to join Nokia Corp. in its legal disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. Samsung is requesting international arbitration in its fight against InterDigital and that its case be combined with that of Nokia.InterDigital outlined the legal...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Corp. reported a net income of $3.4 million, or 6 cents per share, for the third quarter of this year. This compares with a net loss of $5.8 million, or 11 cents per share in the same period last year.Revenues...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company's stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license...
Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company's stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license agreements with Sharp...
InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has acquired all the assets of Tantivy Communications Inc., which develops data-enabling products.The assets cover patents, patent applications, know-how, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and other technologies related to cdma2000, smart antennas, wireless local area networks and other wireless technologies.Tantivy received...
As the wireless industry aims to work together to exploit data initiatives and conserve cash through network sharing, it continues to play hard ball whenever it has the chance. The competition is the enemy, after all. It must be frustrating to "work" with them....
Nokia Corp. requested international arbitration in a licensing disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp., news that sent InterDigital's stock down almost 25 percent after the news.The company's stock was back up slightly to $18.35 in trading the following day.Nokia's request for arbitration...
Nokia Corp. has requested international arbitration in a licensing disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp., news that sent InterDigital's stock down almost 25 percent after the news.The company's stock was back up slightly to $18.35 in trading today.Nokia's request for arbitration was...
PHILADELPHIA-As one of the biggest patent names in the wireless space, InterDigital Corp. said it projects to rake in $360 million in revenues from its new royalty agreements during the next year, four times its total takings in 2002.Some of the royalty agreements are...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary has signed a patent license agreement with Nakayo Telecommunications Inc. covering wireless terminal units and infrastructure compliant with TDMA-based PHS standards.Nakayo, which manufactures telecommunications equipment for the Asian market, will pay ITC an advance...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp. has extended its 1998 patent license agreement with Sharp Corp. of Japan covering sales of terminal devices compliant with TDMA-based PDC and PHS standards.Sharp will make a "multi-million dollar" payment to ITC...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s first quarter results reflected an improved financial performance during the past year.InterDigital reported revenues of $37.3 million, a 78-percent improvement from the year-ago quarter's $20.9 million. The company credited the increase to the recognition of $24.7 million in...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. has named Charlie Brogan senior director of corporate development. In the newly created position, Brogan will lead InterDigital's strategic mergers and acquisitions activities. He joined InterDigital in 2000 as director of business analysis.
FLEET, United Kingdom-InterDigital Corp. said it has chosen Anite Telecom's test cases to deliver 3GPP-validated protocol stacks for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, mobile computing devices, other terminal-end wireless devices and base stations."Anite's GCF (Global Certification Forum) approved test and measurement solution will play...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will demonstrate its W-CDMA air interface solutions at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The demonstrations will feature InterDigital's Wideband Time Division Duplex (WTDD) system and a W-CDMA solution for mobile terminals, including the company's Frequency...
China's homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry's subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players.The Chinese government recently allocated the 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands to Time Division Duplex, where TD-SCDMA is expected to...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-The International Court of Arbitration ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. must pay InterDigital Communications Corp. an extra $500,000 due to a dispute over the companies' patent licensing agreement.The dispute springs from patents covering TDMA poducts Samsung licensed from InterDigital in...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has joined the TDD Coalition, an organization formed to promote third-generation Time Division Duplex (TDD) technology."There is growing interest in TDD technology, an integral component of the 3GPP solution," said Dr. Alain Briancon, chief technology officer...
