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BRISTOL IS OPEN WINS INTERNET OF THINGS AWARD FOR PROGRAMMABLE
CITY INITIATIVE

InterDigital partner initiative wins The Smart Cities Award at the World Communication
Awards & Internet of Things Awards
WILMINGTON, DEL. — December 05, 2016 — Bristol is Open, an ambitious joint venture
between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council, received the Internet of Things award
in the “The Smart Cities Award” category for its programmable city initiative at the World
Communications Awards & Internet of Things Awards on November 29, 2016 in London, U.K.
The Smart Cities Award recognizes leadership in the new smart cities space, from traffic
management, transport and security services to street lighting, parking, waste management, and
many other related applications. Bristol is Open was shortlisted alongside other industry leaders
including Cisco Jasper, InterDigital (NASDAQ: IDCC), and Telekom Malaysia.
Bristol is Open is an open “programmable city” initiative that provides citizens with the ability to
participate and contribute to the way their city works. The initiative uses dedicated fiber, mesh
and wireless networks especially deployed across the city to create an experimental high-speed,
high-performance software defined network. The network provides next generation network
research and development opportunities to technology companies, enterprises, research
organizations and others. The initiative comprises a number of industry, local host and ecosystem
partners including Nokia, NEC, InterDigital, University of Bath, Knowle West Media, and
Engine Shed, among others.
Since joining the project in December 2015, InterDigital has actively utilized the city-scale
research and development network to discover how programmable networks can be used to
address a variety of challenges in the city of the future. In February 2016, the company
demonstrated a live large scale demonstration over the Bristol is Open test bed that yielded
exponential video streaming gains at Mobile World Congress. This demonstration of FLIPS –
Flexible IP-based Services – was recognized as ETSI’s MEC Industry Specification Group’s
Fourth Proof-of-Concept. FLIPS was again demonstrated using the Bristol is Open network in
Bristol, U.K. in May 2016.
“The World Communications Awards and Internet of Things Awards are hailed to be one of the
industry’s most prestigious awards, recognizing innovation, merit and outstanding performance in
telecoms,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe. “We’re thrilled to congratulate
Bristol is Open and honored to partner in building the world’s first open programmable city.”
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