InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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The Spreadtrum news certainly adds interest to the IDCC news and conference call today. How much of Samsung's decision to use Spreadtrum was related the IDCC settlement; if any? Will Samsung be using the Slimchip via Spreadtrum? Was that also related to and considered in the IDCC settlement? If so, will that factor into the NOK/IDCC negotiations to give IDCC a little more umphh at the settlement table? Was there a reason both of these announcements came out on the same day? It's interesting that IDCC put a certain emphasis on the potential divestiture of the Slimchip business around the same time the Samsung settlement was announced. (if I'm not wrong about that timing.)

There's been a lot of talk about the new iPhone and it's very advanced capabilities. It's already been speculated on on this thread that IFX will have the chip but is the Slimchip included? Is that one of the places IDCC will increased revenues? Is this a part of IDCC's claim of receiving upwards to $2 a phone from it's licensees?

Tea leaves.