Since our founding in 1972, InterDigital’s research and innovation has enabled every generation of cellular wireless, from the earliest analog to 5G and beyond, and unlocked new capabilities for increasingly immersive video content on a variety of devices and services. We are committed to not only inventing the technologies that make life boundless, but also exploring innovative solutions to make our technologies, and the world around us, more sustainable. We recognize the responsibility to consider... Read More

Over the years, wireless technology has evolved to better communicate human sensory information. While the first cell phones leveraged our sense of hearing, our technology has developed over wireless generations to leverage our sense of sight in order to send and receive data and stream video. The next natural frontier for sensory connection is touch, and InterDigital teams leading Next Generation Networking research are committed to cutting-edge innovations that may one day equip wireless networks... Read More

Nearly a year after an InterDigital-driven energy consumption effort was proposed within the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and integrated within ITU-R Working Party 6G (WP 6C)’s responsibilities, the diverse team of experts have addressed the consideration of energy consumption within their research. While WP 6C’s purview of video and program production standards is specialized, the technologies they develop have a huge impact when they are eventually integrated into consumer electronics and associated services. InterDigital’s Erik... Read More

At InterDigital, we take pride in our heritage of demonstrating working systems years ahead of market rollout by showcasing our suite of patented system architecture and connectivity solutions that unlock and enable future generations of wireless. While enterprises and consumers tangibly experience the benefits of technological evolutions through faster speeds and other new capabilities, InterDigital’s most transformational innovations are those we can’t see because they take place at the most foundational levels. At InterDigital, we... Read More

The recent public comment period for feedback on the Department of Justice’s draft policy statement on licensing negotiations and remedies in standard essential patent (“SEP”) FRAND licensing attracted plenty of interest from innovators and device manufacturers, current members of the U.S. Senate and a bi-partisan group of former government officials, and even a Chinese public policy group. This level of feedback clearly points to what’s at stake here. SEPs lie at the heart of so... Read More