KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) today announced it has joined the Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide. As a full member, InterDigital will contribute to the technical advancement of femtocell products and services through active participation in working groups, standardization initiatives and technical presentations.

InterDigital’s value-added technologies for smart bandwidth management and new services over heterogeneous networks enable:

• bandwidth and QoS management across any radio access within heterogeneous networks - such as femto and WLAN - including bandwidth segregation and aggregation, and mobility;
• operator-enabled machine-to-machine (M2M) services, connecting capillary WLAN/WPAN networks to operators’ wide-area networks; and
• seamless bandwidth-efficient multimedia delivery and mobility across a variety of devices in a connected home or enterprise.

“Femtocells have continually pushed the boundaries of modern cellular radio technology. We are delighted to welcome InterDigital^® to the Femto Forum and look forward to benefitting from its significant cellular experience,” said Simon Saunders, Chairman of the Femto Forum. “The Forum is chartered to encourage the growth of a partner ecosystem committed to innovation in standards-based network infrastructure and to achieve high levels of collaboration and product interoperability. We look forward to InterDigital’s contributions to the Femto Forum working groups to develop and standardize solutions.”

“The charter of the Femto Forum is well aligned with InterDigital’s vision of tomorrow’s Network of Networks, characterized by the seamless integration of advanced cellular systems with multiple other air interfaces that intelligently and constantly connect people and things across a myriad of wide, local and personal area networks,” remarked James J. Nolan, Executive Vice President Research and Development, InterDigital. “We applaud the Forum’s achievements to date and InterDigital is looking forward to participating in this independent, technology agnostic organization; one that is inclusive of all relevant stakeholders.”

InterDigital extends an invitation to fellow global market participants in the wireless eco-system to collaborate on integrating its advanced technologies into products and services for field testing and deployment. For more details, contact mike.regensburg@interdigital.com.

About The Femto Forum

Femtocells are low-power wireless access points that operate in licensed spectrum to connect standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network using residential DSL or cable broadband connections. The Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org) has been set up to promote the wide-scale adoption of femtocells. It has over 120 members, including over 55 operators representing 1.4 billion mobile subscribers – 27% of the global total. The Forum supports and drives the adoption of industry wide standards and common architectures to enable the widespread adoption and deployment of femtocells by operators around the world. It also directs and implements a multi-faceted marketing campaign to raise the profile, drives technology development and deployment and promotes the potential of femto solutions among industry stakeholders, journalists, analysts, regulators, special interest groups, standards bodies and consumers.

About InterDigital

InterDigital develops fundamental wireless technologies that are at the core of mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. As a long-standing contributor to the evolution of the wireless industry, we solve many of the industry’s most critical and complex technical challenges years ahead of market deployment. Our advanced solutions support more efficient wireless networks, a richer multimedia experience, and new mobile broadband capabilities. Accordingly, we have established licenses and partnerships with many of the world’s leading wireless companies.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.

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