History

One of the key lessons learned in the mobile market has been the importance of standards - of solutions that enable people and companies to access guaranteed interoperability, technologically and geographically.

3G was the first technology to bring data to the handset in a meaningful way. InterDigital pioneered some of the standards-based technologies that delivered 3G to your phone.

As the 90s draw to a close, the undisputed market leader reaches out to a small company with an oversized intellectual presence for a helping hand in developing a new technology.

The Ronald Reagan Ranch. Desert Storm. Avianca flight disaster. When bulletproof security was the first and biggest need, InterDigital was there.

In 2007, InterDigital built on its legacy of innovation and launched one of the first HSPA chipsets on the market: the SlimChip - a technological success with performance near the top of the market... but a market that was about to change significantly.

So much has been achieved... and yet, the possibilities of mobile communications are perhaps just beginning to expand. Engineers glimpse into what the future might hold.

Two of our key engineers look at changes that have shaped an industry that never stays still and never slows down.

The question is always "How?" How does a small company located outside the major tech centers play such an outsize role in the history of the mobile market.

Above all else, InterDigital is an engineering company. "Some engineers are very uncomfortable if you ask them to do anything out of the box. Those are not the kind you'll find here..."

No industry has had a greater impact on our daily lives, and on how ideas spread and people interact, than mobile. How?