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InterDigital Demonstrates World’s First Service-Based 5G Control Plane
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-demonstrates-world-first-based-080000968.html
InterDigital Demonstrates World’s First Service-Based 5G Control Plane
WILMINGTON, Del., July 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today released details of a successful demonstration of a 5G control plane based on service-based architecture (SBA) principles. When compared to existing 4G control plane principles, the demonstration showed how network control functions can be wholly created and run in cloud environments as web service-like implementations using standard servers, reducing cost but also dramatically improving scalability, velocity and flexibility in creating virtual control plane services. The demonstration was given at the NGMN Forum in Paris, hosted by Orange, on 17th & 18th April.
The first such demonstration of its kind, InterDigital showed its solution for 3GPP’s common communication enabler (“COEN”), which governs the control plane services in a 5G control plane. The demonstration showed how a service-based model for a 5G control plane can utilize the communication model of today’s web services to create multiple software instances within a “cloud infrastructure”. This approach supports the evolution of future telecoms infrastructure towards fully software defined networks and virtualized compute resources.
“The majority of 5G effort and focus to date has been on radio access development, but fully virtualized and dynamic core infrastructure is vital if 5G is to accomplish its latency, throughput and capacity goals,” said Dr. Robert DiFazio, Vice President, InterDigital Labs. “Web service firms like Amazon and Google have successfully used a service-based approach to create highly scalable cloud infrastructures, and our demonstration shows that adopting such techniques can solve many of the cost and efficiency challenges ahead for 5G.”
InterDigital’s COEN was based on its SBA – Service Based Architecture – technology suite, which combines the ability to flexibly route and quickly redirect service requests to virtualized service instances residing in localized micro data centres. InterDigital’s solution works through dynamic web servers, which can be spun up or down according to user need, dramatically reducing latency and throughput in line with 5G specifications.
In this solution, visibility and registration of new service instances can be achieved in less than 20ms, bringing significantly higher resource efficiency and speed to the delivery of IP-based services. The solution utilizes an edge IP architecture that deploys a topology manager, rendezvous points, a surrogate manager that redirects resources within the edge network, and SBA network access points that interface with the standard internet. InterDigital’s SBA solution can be licensed by vendors to operators
European H2020 Project Flame Launches First Urban-Scale 5G Testbed for Future Open Media Internet Trials
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/european-h2020-project-flame-launches-073000762.html
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2018 -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the European H2020 project, FLAME, has launched its 5G testbed for urban scale trials of future open media internet services across European cities. The 5G testbed will enable the first consumer-focused, real-life trial of 5G technologies to transform user experience by faster access to media and new services.
“The FLAME project offers groundbreaking and unique technologies setting this 5G testbed apart from all that have come before it,” said Dirk Trossen, FLAME’s Technical Manager and Senior Principal Engineer at InterDigital. “We’re honored to be a part of the first real-life insights into the transformation of 5G media delivery and the enablement of new media services for smart cities. The launch of the urban-scale testbed is truly a milestone for the advancement of 5G.”
The future media internet trials will utilize the FLAME Service Delivery platform, with a Next Generation Network Flexible IP-based Services (FLIPS) platform at its heart. Developed by InterDigital, the Next Generation Network FLIPS platform is modeled after prototype efforts from two other H2020 collaborative research and development projects, POINT ("iP Over IcN - the betTer IP") and RIFE (aRchitecture for an Internet For Everybody). The FLIPS platform optimizes the delivery of service requests on top of emerging programmable infrastructures, while providing the desired quantitative and qualitative benefits (such as in terms of low latency, much higher bandwidth, lower costs, improved security) for novel 5G services.
The FLAME project initially launches in the smart cities of Bristol and Barcelona with plans to expand to cities across Europe through a EUR 2 million program of open calls. The program will allow players from the creative industries, telecommunications industries and smart cities to run 5G trials at urban-scale that improve experience for consumers, reduce the complexity of media service development and reduce the cost of delivering personalized on-demand content.
The FLAME project is led by a consortium of twelve partners including University of Southampton, InterDigital Europe, Atos Spain, i2CAT, University of Bristol, Nextworks, Martel Innovate, VRT, The Walt Disney Company, ETH Zurich, Institut Municipal d’Informatica de Barcelona, and Bristol is Open. The partners have complementary competences and demonstrated capability to provide a solid contribution to the implementation of all aspects of this research and innovation action.
Attendees of Mobile World Congress can see the platform and learn more at InterDigital’s pavilion in Hall 7, Stand 7C61. For more information, please visit http://ict-flame.eu.
InterDigital Launches oneTRANSPORT Data Marketplace
http://ir.interdigital.com/file/Index?KeyFile=392269294
Company Launches Open Data Marketplace for Smart Cities as Commercial Service; Two Local Authorities and Three Private Sector Companies Join Ecosystem
Company Release - 2/21/2018 4:00 AM ET
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, announced that the company has launched the oneTRANSPORT™ data marketplace as a commercial service in the U.K. The commercial service features an actively expanding ecosystem that currently includes Northamptonshire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Arup, WorldSensing and Traak Systems.
The oneTRANSPORT data marketplace unlocks a new generation of Intelligent Transport and Smart City benefits across the U.K. The marketplace makes real-time data from a myriad of closed, siloed systems available through an open, standards-based system with data licenses, enabling the creation of new data-driven digital transport solutions. Public and private sector organizations across different sectors utilize the oneTRANSPORT data marketplace to publish, distribute and consume both real-time and historical data with each other to reveal insights and create new intelligent transport services that deliver:
More efficient transport network utilization: better matching of transport services with changing journey requirements and improved understanding and management of disruptions;
Improved traveler / customer experiences: travel services that are focused around the needs of the traveler;
Better infrastructure planning: deeper insight into travel patterns resulting in better long-term transport investment decisions; and
Greater integration with adjacent sectors: improved transport efficiencies with benefits to health and social care delivery, manufacturing, environment, energy management, education and business.
“Digital transport is a key objective in unlocking economic growth. In order to unlock this true value, transport operators, local authorities, transport agencies, and service providers will need to work together,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, Chordant, at InterDigital. “The oneTRANSPORT data marketplace enables data to be shared within a trusted ecosystem, unlocking innovation, enabling new intelligent mobility services and ultimately advancing economic growth.”
“We hold the responsibility of providing the best and most efficient citizen-centric transport services for people in our region, while sensibly managing public spend,” said Ian Achurch, Head of Development, Infrastructure & Funding at Northamptonshire County Council. “oneTRANSPORT data marketplace enables efficient real-time sharing of our transport data with neighboring regions and the wider private sector, unlocking investment in services that benefit our citizens and travelers through our region without straining our already stretched budgets.”
The commercial service is based off of the two-year oneTRANSPORT project, which brought together more than 300 different datasets, coordinated eleven public and private partners’ activities, and which was recognized with 9 global awards. The oneTRANSPORT data marketplace operates on the Chordant™ platform, a standardized cloud-based system built for real-time data, supported by a commercial framework that makes open data sharing simple for any organization. The marketplace provides numerous service features including:
“Publish once, distribute to many” architecture, enabling the efficient distribution of real-time data by data owners to any other organization without placing additional strain on existing IT systems;
Choice of Open Data licenses, allowing organizations to control what data they license and on what terms;
Cloud storage and archiving of real-time data, creating historical records for analysis and machine learning;
Options for monetizing valuable data; and
APIs based on the international global IoT standards, preventing proprietary-system lock-in.
“Previously isolated and nearly inaccessible data about real-time operations of towns and cities has now been made easily accessible to us through the oneTRANSPORT data marketplace,” said Colin Balfour, Managing Director at Traak Systems. “This free flow of transport data has helped accelerate our Smart City analytics business and unlocks opportunities for us to develop new Smart City Intelligent Transport solutions.”
“The U.K. really needs this kind of infrastructure for data, that enables smaller cities and entire regions to benefit from Smart City concepts and solutions,” said Tim Gammons, Director of Smarter Mobility and ITS at Arup. “We’ve been working with the oneTRANSPORT project for a number of years and are excited to support the growth of this data sharing ecosystem across the U.K.”
At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, InterDigital will demonstrate how the oneTRANSPORT data marketplace enables the monetization of real-time Smart City and Intelligent Mobility data streams. The oneTRANSPORT data marketplace enables data owners to distribute real-time data to multiple organizations either for free through an Open Data license, or for a fee that is set by the data owner. The oneTRANSPORT marketplace tracks and charges organizations that access the data, passing revenue back to the data owner.
Attendees of Mobile World Congress can see the oneTRANSPORT data marketplace in operation at InterDigital’s pavilion in Hall 7, Stand 7C61. For more information, please visit oneTRANSPORT.io.
InterDigital Joins European and Taiwanese Consortium to Deliver a 5G Converged Radio Access Network Living at the Edge
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-joins-european-taiwanese-consortium-090000375.html
LONDON, Jan. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that InterDigital Europe has joined efforts with a consortium of partners in Europe and Taiwan to deliver a 5G converged Radio Access Network living at the edge. The consortium, 5G-CORAL, aims at delivering a converged 5G multi-RAT access through an integrated virtualized edge and fog solution that is flexible, scalable, and interoperable with other domains including transport (fronthaul, backhaul), core and clouds.
The consortium comprises 10 partners, including InterDigital Europe, Ericsson AB, Telecom Italia, Industrial Technology Research Institute Incorporated, ADLINK, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SICS Swedish ICT AB, Azcom Technology, National Chiao Tung University, and Telcaria Ideas. This 24-month project, which started September 1, 2017, received a total of 4M€ in funding – 2.5M from the European Commission and 1.5M from the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan.
InterDigital Europe occupies a lead role in the project as the Technical Manager. This project role underscores the importance of the company’s focus on wireless innovation and commitment to deliver technologies and solutions that benefit the entire industry across all regions. InterDigital has been at the forefront of multiple generations of core wireless R&D, from 2G, 2.5G, 3G to 4G/LTE and LTE-A, and now 5G.
“InterDigital Europe is honored to be a part of this pioneering project that will provide the foundation for the realization of edge and fog intelligence in the 5G era,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe.
The 5G-CORAL project leverages on the pervasiveness of edge and fog computing in the Radio Access Network (RAN) to create a unique opportunity for access convergence. This is envisioned by the means of an integrated and virtualized networking and computing solution where virtualized functions, context-aware services, and user and third-party applications are blended together to offer enhanced connectivity and better quality of experience.
The 5G-CORAL project will conduct trials throughout 2018 and 2019 across three testbeds: a shopping mall near Taipei in Taiwan, which also includes a high-speed rail station; connected car testbeds in Torrino, Italy; and at the Industrial Technology Research Institute in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
For more information:
Project Web Page:
http://5g-coral.eu
Social media:
Twitter: 5G_CORAL
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/5g-coral
Interesting chart...
Scroll down to the IDCC Peter Lynch chart.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fpa-capital-fund-picks-4-171708096.html
Mickey - You may have seen, in the last several days, Verizon commercials that point to the IOT future.
The link below leads to the Verizon info with an embedded YouTube video to watch - How can asphalt help save the environment.
https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/humanability
More on the Verizon campaign:
https://www.cnet.com/news/verizon-new-ads-ad-campaign/
The report, commissioned by InterDigital...
$5 Trillion Smart City Question Posed in New ABI Research: Cheaper, or Smarter?
WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Smart city technologies could save enterprises, governments and citizens globally over US$5 trillion annually by 2022 according to a new whitepaper by ABI Research. The new white paper analyzes the scope for cost savings and efficiency as a driver for smart city deployments, smart technologies and the IoT.
According to the report, titled ‘Smart Cities and Cost Savings,’ the use and deployment of IoT and smart technologies will be pivotal to the future success of smart cities, but only if players collaborate to embrace a holistic approach. With higher concentrations of people and enterprises in cities as a result of urbanization, smart city and IoT technology, along with new sharing and service economy paradigms, will be key for cities to optimize the use of existing assets, maximize efficiencies, obtain economies of scale and ultimately create a more sustainable environment. Automation, artificial intelligence, along with sensors, data-sharing and analytics, will all be critical in helping cities save costs.
The report, commissioned by InterDigital (IDCC), on behalf of its Smart Cities-focused business, Chordant™, in partnership with CA Technologies (CA), considers the aggregated absolute cost-saving potential for the government, enterprises and citizens in a typical smart mega city of the future (i.e., in the next 5 years) with 10 million inhabitants. This is based on the yearly savings achievable for 75 of the world’s cities that have a total urban population of more than 5 million (source: World Atlas). Key cost savings from the ABI Research report highlight that, in each such typical smart mega city of the future:
Governments: Could save as much as $4.95 billion annually. Street lighting and smart buildings are two areas that could yield savings, with smart street lights expected to cut repair and maintenance costs by 30 percent.
Enterprises: A $14 billion cost-saving opportunity exists for enterprises, in areas that include freight transportation by using more energy efficient transport options, such as drones, robots or driverless vans and trucks, and smart manufacturing plants.
Citizens: Savings of up to $26.69 billion per year could be achieved in areas such as utilities, through the deployment of smart meters and micro-grids, and in education with the development of a hybrid education system (physical and online).
“While smart cities technologies offer multiple benefits, very significant direct cost savings represent a key incentive to embrace urban innovation for city governments, citizens and enterprises alike; this allows building stronger business cases with faster ROI, facilitating project approval and accelerating deployments,” said Dominique Bonte, VP President, Markets, ABI Research.
The report references a B2B technology survey of 455 US-based companies across nine vertical markets conducted in March 2017 in which the companies ranked a list of 11 key benefits expected from implementing innovative technologies. “Reduction in operational costs” barely surpassed “faster and more efficient decision making” as the number one expected benefit, with a five percent margin.
“Smart cities are built upon the Internet of Things (IoT) allowing citizens to reimagine how they work, live and play,” said Rahim Bhatia, General Manager, API Management, CA Technologies. “We’re excited to see quantifiable outcomes being delivered across today’s local governments, with application programming interfaces (APIs) playing a fundamental role in seamlessly connecting the critical infrastructure that makes smart cities a reality. If managed effectively, APIs deliver a number of benefits including the secure exposure and reuse of open data, acceleration of app development velocity, and the expansion of city partner ecosystems, to help maximize ROI and improve decision making across all corners of the new smart city.”
Additional findings from the report also include:
The scope for efficiency improvements across all urban sectors and segments amounts to more than US$5 trillion in yearly cost savings globally by 2022; and
Enterprises within a mega city (a city of with a population in excess of 10 million) could save as much as US$14 billion, or 25 percent of total enterprise costs, with smart city technologies.
“We understand the important role of smart cities for our future, and this report further reinforces how much these will contribute in both economic and social terms,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, Chordant, at InterDigital. “But the true potential of smart cities won’t be realized if governments, enterprises and citizens don’t work together in harmony. Doing so will promote the emergence of smart city marketplaces and open platforms, where third-party players are able to ensure seamless integration of new smart city technologies into legacy platforms and systems.”
The new report points to several use cases of smart city technology. One example is the oneTRANSPORT project in the United Kingdom which used the Chordant platform to address challenges in transportation systems with IoT technology. The oneTRANSPORT project enabled transport information to be shared by a number of stakeholders including transport authorities, municipal authorities, and new third parties, to optimize transport networks across towns and cities.
The full ABI Research report, ‘Smart Cities and Cost Savings,’ is available to download here.
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Might be a bit of the 30 day wash rule so folks selling at a loss are good to buy again come January. Emphasis on “might be”.
IDTechEX currently has a show going on:
https://www.idtechex.com/usa2017/show/en/
Exhibitor list:
https://www.idtechex.com/usa2017/show/en/exhibitors-list
The organization:
https://www.idtechex.com
Successful Completion of InnovateUK Integrated Transport Project: 300+ Datasets, 11 Partners, and 9 Global Awards
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/successful-completion-innovateuk-integrated-transport-083000310.html
LONDON, Nov. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A consortium of leading European industry, academic and transport authority partners, today announced the successful completion of a two-year integrated transport project, funded in part by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK. After two years, the project, oneTRANSPORT, was able to bring together more than 300 different datasets, coordinate eleven public and private partners’ activities, and recognized with 9 global awards.
In 2013, InterDigital Europe conceived the oneTRANSPORT concept. Buckinghamshire County Council, ARUP, Worldsensing and Traak Systems joined InterDigital Europe to deliver an initial feasibility study in January 2014, followed by Oxfordshire County Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Imperial College London, Highways England, Hertfordshire County Council, and Clearview Traffic Group in 2015, expanding the consortium to 11 partners to deliver and operate a full in-field trial.
The oneTRANSPORT project utilized the Chordant™ platform, built on the global oneM2M™standard, to enable local authorities to consolidate and share real-time data feeds within a single environment, allow independent data analytics and application developers to offer value-added data services and end-user applications, and allow third party transportation sensor owners to contribute their data streams and expertise to the marketplace.
The goal was to tackle local transport issues, deliver a superior travel experience and fuel the exploration of new revenues for local authorities, with in-journey travel optimization and value-added services that travelers desire. In 2016, the consortium conducted the first use cases that delivered on these goals, and as a result delivered tangible benefits to its participants. Three successful case studies include:
Silverstone Formula 1 Race Weekend: The project integrated and displayed real-time data from multiple data owners including Highways England, three local authorities, and private sector traffic and analytics companies. This gave organizers an understanding of the approach and departure of 16,000 cars over the four-day event, and allowed them to optimally route traffic in and out of the seven on-site car parks. Armed with visibility of traffic flow rates and real-time car park occupancies, Silverstone was able to minimize queues and congestion over the full Formula 1 race weekend.
Watford Football Club Match Day: oneTRANSPORT enabled real-time data from multiple road and parking systems around Watford town centre to be combined and displayed, providing new real-time insights into traffic behavior and the impact of visitors around Watford on football match days, which take place every two weeks and attract over 20,000 visitors. These new insights enabled interventions in signal timings and dynamic information displays that altered traffic and parking, which significantly reduced queues and congestion on key town centre roads and improved car park exit rates post-match.
Oxford Park and Ride: This project enabled the sharing of data between Oxford Council, a public bus operator, two analytics providers and two app developers, to help manage traffic and congestion in Oxford City Centre. By collaboratively sharing real-time data on road congestion, real-time bus locations and real-time parking availability, private sector organizations were able to develop new app-based information services for travelers that combine information about anticipated car journey times, predicted bus journey times and predicted parking availability for various travel options into the town centre versus the park and ride service. Such collaborative efforts have enabled the provision of reliable information to promote the benefits of the park and ride service, reducing unnecessary circulation of traffic and resulting pollution and traveler frustration in the city centre.
“InnovateUK is committed to stimulating innovation in infrastructure systems crucial to the economy, environment and society. The oneTRANSPORT project is a great example,” said Stephen Hart, Senior innovation lead, Connected Transport at InnovateUK. “The successful two-year project has proven, in real-life situations across private and public sectors, that it can enable data to be shared in such a way that unlocks innovation, enables new intelligent mobility services for the UK and ultimately benefits society through growth potential.”
The solution created as part of the oneTRANSPORT project operates as neutral, national data infrastructure and supports a federated approach to other data platforms. It enables the sharing of data between organizations of all types and is neutral in its handling of the data. The project together with the Chordant platform, upon which the project is based, have won nine global awards including 2016 Best Solution for Transportation & Logistics from IoT Solutions World Congress and a 2016 Connected Transportation Excellence Award from IoT Evolution Magazine.
“The oneTRANSPORT project enabled an important step-change in how data is shared and used by travelers and transport operators,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe. “We’re thrilled to have been at the genesis of a project that unlocks a new generation of Smart City benefits across the UK and look forward to enhancing and expanding on the platform and solutions developed for oneTRANSPORT.”
For more information on the oneTRANSPORT project, please visit oneTRANSPORT.io.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. Chordant is a trademark of InterDigital. oneM2M is a trademark of the Partners Type 1 of oneM2M.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
About Chordant™
Chordant, an InterDigital business, is part of a global company passionate about innovation and a standards-based approach that stimulates thriving global ecosystems. Solutions powered by the Chordant platform address the fundamental challenges in Smart City deployments. Like a perfect chord of musical notes, the Chordant platform brings harmony to diverse devices, data and services. We have created one of the largest Smart City deployments, integrating hundreds of transport data sources into a transport data marketplace. Our Smart City solutions have also been recognized by leading analyst firms and organizations. For more information, visit: www.chordant.io.
Boston, Chicago and Atlanta Top List of Cities Poised to Benefit Most From Smart City Tech
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boston-chicago-atlanta-top-list-080000784.html
LONDON and MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chordant, the Smart City-focused IoT business of InterDigital (IDCC), in collaboration with CA Technologies (CA), today unveiled the CA-Chordant Smart City Benefits Index – the first comprehensive study designed to examine the relative potential benefits of Smart City technology in America’s major metropolitan areas.
Industry experts agree that Smart City technology – everything from connected transportation systems to smart building technology to IoT-enabled energy systems – has the potential to unlock tremendous benefits for cities and the people, industries and businesses that call them home. But those benefits will vary widely based on differences in geography, transportation systems, demographics and a variety of other factors.
“The Internet of Things (IoT) holds huge promises for the public sector, especially as it relates to Smart Cities technology,” said Rahim Bhatia, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Developer Products, CA Technologies. “We are seeing an uptick in the adoption of Smart Cities practices. The efficiencies, conveniences and analytics that come from Smart Cities technology is something these communities can use to help improve transportation, infrastructure and services to ultimately enrich the lives of their citizens.”
The CA-Chordant Smart City Benefits Index is produced by industry-leading market research firm Compass Intelligence, and uses a proprietary algorithm to calculate the relative benefits of Smart City technology to each city based on a broad range of data points. The selection of 50 cities was based on over 1,000 compiled and curated news articles, reports, summaries, and research over the course of 3 weeks, including a review of smart city projects in place, historical listings of city rankings, and those who participated in the US Department of Transportation Smart City Challenge. The index based its ranking on five categories of data: city demographics, city spend and infrastructure, business and economy, education, and other. Data integrated into the model includes transportation costs, infrastructure needs, population density, and business needs, among others.
“The CA-Chordant Smart City Benefits Index evaluates each city’s expected position and readiness to embrace, adopt, implement, and scale smart city projects, initiatives, investments, technologies, and solutions,” said Stephanie Atkinson, Founder and Principal Consultant, Compass Intelligence. “Those cities ranked higher or that have higher total points on the index are expected to be earlier adopters of smart city technologies and could potentially reap greater benefits of a return on investment.”
In terms of results, tech hub Boston tops the list of potential Smart City beneficiaries, but it’s more traditionally industrial cities including Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia that follow close behind, ahead of Austin, TX in fifth place. Only four of the top ten cities – Boston, Austin, Seattle and San Diego – are typically seen as significant tech hubs, while cities with a more traditional mix of industries (Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, Phoenix and Kansas City) dominated the top ten. There were also some surprises: Cleveland, typically seen as a net loser in the transition from industrial to technological, came in 12th ahead of tech giants San Jose and San Francisco, while Minneapolis, one of the larger metro areas in the United States, came in at the bottom ten of the index.
“Our absolute conviction is that Smart City technology can benefit every single city in the world, but it’s useful to look at where those benefits will be felt most strongly,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, Chordant, at InterDigital. “A ranking like the CA-Chordant Smart City Benefits Index should catch the attention of public officials, as they hold the responsibility for making their cities and regions competitive as homes for people and businesses. It’s critical that they start thinking today about how Smart City technology can shape the future.”
According to Compass Intelligence, the global Smart Cities market is expected to surpass $1.4 trillion by 2020, with Smart Governance and Smart Energy topping the categories of major investment. The final results and data model can be consulted at www.chordant.io/smart_cities_index.
CA-Chordant Smart City Benefits Index Top 10 Results:
Smart City Benefits
City INDEX (X/105)
1 Boston, MA 67.1
2 Chicago, IL 64.2
3 Atlanta, GA 61.9
4 Philadelphia, PA 60.5
5 Austin, TX 59.5
6 San Diego, CA 58.9
7 Seattle, WA 58.1
8 New York, NY 57.7
9 Phoenix, AZ 56.9
10 Kansas City, MO 56.1
About Chordant™
Chordant, an InterDigital business, is part of a global company passionate about innovation and a standards-based approach that stimulates thriving global ecosystems. Solutions powered by the Chordant platform address the fundamental challenges in Smart City deployments. Like a perfect chord of musical notes, the Chordant platform brings harmony to diverse devices, data and services. We have created one of the largest Smart City deployments, integrating hundreds of transport data sources into a transport data marketplace. Our Smart City solutions have also been recognized by leading analyst firms and organizations. For more information, visit: www.chordant.io.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. Chordant is a trademark of InterDigital.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
About CA Technologies
CA Technologies (CA) creates software that fuels transformation for companies and enables them to seize the opportunities of the application economy. Software is at the heart of every business in every industry. From planning, to development, to management and security, CA is working with companies worldwide to change the way we live, transact, and communicate – across mobile, private and public cloud, distributed and mainframe environments. Learn more at www.ca.com.
About Compass Intelligence
Compass Intelligence, a market analytics and consulting firm, specializes in deep-level market segmentation and actionable research for the high-tech and telecom industries while delivering metrics-driven intelligence and insights. Compass Intelligence provides executive insights, market sizing/modeling, competitive analysis, strategic consulting, research-based marketing support, and expert recommendations on multiple markets. Visit us at http://www.compassintel.com. Follow Compass Intelligence on Twitter at @CompassIntel.
www.compassintelligence.com
An indirect IDCC mention with an accompanying "strong buy" recommendation:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/harris-hrs-rewards-shareholders-8-123412753.html
"Some better-ranked stocks in the Computer and Technology sector are InterDigital, Inc. IDCC, Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR and Sonus Networks, Inc. SONS. While InterDigital and Juniper Networks sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy)"....
InterDigital Joins 5TONIC Lab
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-joins-5tonic-lab-063000088.html
WILMINGTON, Del., July 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company has joined 5TONIC, the first 5G laboratory in Spain. Founded by experts from Telefonica and the research institute IMDEA Networks, 5TONIC exists as an open ecosystem for 5G research and innovation based in Madrid, with members including Intel, Ericsson Spain and CommScope.
5TONIC aims to create a global open environment where members from industry and academia work together in specific research and innovation projects related to 5G technologies with a view to boost technology development and drive innovative business ventures. The laboratory will promote joint project development and entrepreneurial ventures, discussion fora, events and conference sites in an international environment.
“The development of 5G is at the forefront of InterDigital’s research and development efforts,” said Alan Carlton, Vice President, InterDigital Europe. “We’re delighted to join 5TONIC and collaborate with other key industry leaders on testing, evaluating and demonstrating of the capabilities of 5G communications, services and applications.”
“5TONIC is very pleased with this new addition to the lab,” stated Arturo Azcorra, 5TONIC Vice-Chair. “InterDigital’s well rounded expertise in the development of mobile technologies worldwide and its commitment to driving innovation in 5G research, make it an ideal member of 5TONIC. We look forward to collaborating actively with InterDigital and help it bring forward optimal solutions to the critical and complex technical challenges posed by the realization of viable 5G products and services.”
5TONIC’s mission is to help define 5G application scenarios and provide lab capabilities to outline suitable 5G infrastructure. The laboratory will operate at least until the first 5G products are commercially viable, which is expected to happen approximately in 2020. 5G networks, while still in an initial phase of development, are expected to deliver considerable improvements in latency and massive increases in data throughput and connected device volume, among others advances.
For more information, please visit https://www.5tonic.org/.
Thank you OD...Must have not been paying attention to the last 10-k.
Wonder what this will mean for IDCC...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-revenue-rule-change-is-coming-and-every-company-will-be-affected-2017-07-13/print
A revenue rule change is coming and every company will be affected
By Francine McKenna
Published: July 16, 2017 4:22 p.m. ET
New rule aims to improve comparability by creating a single revenue recognition model across industries and across the globe
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It’s coming. The finish line for implementing a new standard for recognizing revenue is less than six months away—January 2018—but many companies are still just thinking about how the race will end, despite clear indications the results will have a profound affect on how they report top line results.
The new rules were approved in 2014, after almost 15 years of work by regulators and companies to finalize the details. The goal is to improve comparability by implementing a single revenue recognition model across industries and across the globe. The new rules eliminate industry-specific accounting for revenue under U.S. GAAP, the standards for financial accounting and reporting all companies listed on U.S. exchanges must follow, and introduce a principles-based approach that more closely aligns with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS.
Global audit, tax and consulting firm PwC writes that aerospace & defense, automotive, telecommunications, media and entertainment, engineering & construction, pharmaceuticals & life sciences, and technology sectors will see the biggest changes. They seem to still be in denial, however. PwC reported that only 40% of companies were more than 50% complete as of January 2017 in understanding the impact of the changes on their company, and 22% of companies had not yet started their assessment.
The standards focus mainly on the revenue from contracts with customers. In some cases those contracts will be easily identifiable and information about their terms and conditions will be readily available. In other cases, companies have to look at activities and transactions in a new way.
In preparation for the 2Q earnings season, MarketWatch took a look at some specific issues by industry, with the help of PwC’s industry specific guides, and identified some companies in those sectors that have already made disclosures in the first quarter about potential impact. MarketWatch reporters will be watching and reporting on any new disclosures about the impact of the new standard during this coming earnings season.
See also: Four key sectors to watch closely this earnings season
Media and Entertainment
The new standard eliminates previous media industry-specific revenue recognition guidance and imposes new criteria to determine how revenue will be recognized, in particular license revenue. That change will significantly affect many entertainment and media companies. Media and entertainment industry may now accelerate revenue recognition for certain types of licenses while others could be deferred.
Time Warner Inc. TWX, +0.67% made a detailed disclosure in its first quarter filings with the SEC of the potential impact of the new standard on its business model. Time Warner expects to see new deferrals related to future leased library content that will primarily impact its Home Box Office segment. Currently revenue is recognized once access to the library is granted to the licensee.
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Time Warner also says revenue for the renewed license term will not be recognized until the date the renewal term begins, compared with now, when it is recorded on the date the renewal is agreed to contractually. This new deferral will primarily impact its Warner Bros. segment, but also, to a lesser degree, its Home Box Office and Turner segments, according to the filing.
Finally, revenue from licenses of symbolic intellectual property such as brands, trade names and logos will be deferred too, primarily for the Warner Bros. segment.
Financial Services and Banking
Banks and financial services firms will not see as many changes to their core business as some other industries, but the impact will still be felt, according to recent disclosures. The new accounting standards don’t apply to revenue related to financial instruments, including loans and securities, but revenue from other contracts with customers, including various kinds of fees in their underwriting, asset management, and brokerage business, as well as any private equity-related investments are affected.
Read: Banks are beginning to admit a new rule on revenue recognition will have an impact
The asset-management industry will also see changes in accounting for upfront fees, upfront costs, and performance-based fees. For example, the new standard will require upfront fees to be deferred or recognized immediately, depending on whether or not the customer activity includes a distinct service that is provided upfront.
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Morgan Stanley's New York headquarters on April 17, 2014 in New York.
Asset managers will now recognize sales commissions—the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer—as an asset, not an expense, if it expects to recover those costs. Return-based performance fees are now considered variable consideration, so the asset manager will recognize revenue when the amount becomes fixed and is no longer subject to reversal, such as at redemption.
Both Morgan Stanley MS, -0.70% and Invesco Ltd. disclosed in the first quarter that performance fees, including carried interest, are under evaluation. Morgan Stanley said that if it determines the fees are within the scope of the new rules, there will be a significant delay in the recognition of these fees as revenue in the future.
Automotive
Automotive industry companies, including suppliers, dealers, original equipment manufacturers and their finance affiliates, will be significantly affected by the new revenue standard, which replaces all current revenue recognition guidance for companies reporting under U.S. GAAP or IFRS. The automotive industry will have to adopt new accounting for preproduction activities, such as design and tooling arrangements, marketing incentives like cash rebates, volume rebates, repurchase options, product warranties, contract costs, and lease financing arrangements.
New accounting for warranties could result in revenue deferral. Customer contracts containing repurchase options will now be accounted for as a lease when the customer has the right to require the company to repurchase the vehicle and the customer has a significant economic incentive to exercise that right. That will happen if the market price of the vehicle is less than the contract repurchase price when the customer becomes eligible for the option.
Tesla Inc. TSLA, +1.35% ended its popular resale value program for the entry-level Model S in July 2016. That buyback program guaranteed the resale value of a Model S after three years when purchased through one of Tesla’s loan financing plans. As of the end of first quarter 2017, Tesla had $1.29 billion recorded in resale value guarantees and still reports $311.7 million in deferred revenue liability from the program.
Delphi Automotive PLC. DLPH, -0.38% disclosed its most significant potential impact will likely be accounting for guaranteed reimbursements of certain preproduction engineering, development and tooling costs related to products manufactured for customers under long-term supply agreements. These reimbursements from customers are currently recorded as cost offsets, but under the new standard guaranteed recoveries may be recognized as revenues.
General Motors Co. GM, +1.37% said that it expects to see earlier recognition of certain sales incentives and fixed fee license arrangements. Certain transactions with daily rental car companies may also qualify, the company said, to be accounted for as a sale as opposed to the current accounting as an operating lease.
Retail
Retail and consumer products companies will be broadly affected because they offer a wide array of customer incentives such as coupons, rebates issued at the point of sale, free products, price protection, or price matching programs to their customers. That creates additional performance obligations, which can affect the timing of revenue recognition, and often introduce price variability, which can affect the amount of revenue recognized.
Revenue recognition for loyalty rewards, a customer contract liability, will be later than before, but recognition of gift card breakage income, as highlighted in an earlier MarketWatch article, will be faster in most cases.
See also: An obscure accounting change could boost Amazon, Starbucks, Wal-Mart profits by hundreds of millions of dollars
Franchise agreements common to the retail and consumer industry will probably be accounted for as rights to access intellectual property or IP, so revenue will be recognized over time. Extended warranties will be recognized over the warranty period but standard product warranties that are not sold separately will most likely follow current guidance.
Technology
Technology companies—software, cloud computing, internet, semiconductors, hardware / equipment, and clean-tech—frequently provide multiple products or services to their customers as part of a single transaction. Hardware vendors sell extended maintenance contracts and consulting along with the hardware, and vendors of software licenses may provide professional services in addition to the license.
For these companies the new revenue recognition standard will replace all industry-specific revenue guidance, including software revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. For software and software-related transactions, in particular, companies will have much different timing for revenue recognition of licenses than in the past.
A “sell-through approach” is also common for technology companies that use dealers or distributors. Under the new standard, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of the product, even if they have a right of return or a price protection option. That compares to prior practice where revenue was recognized once the risks and rewards of ownership transferred to the end consumer.
Revenue recognition for service revenues such as consulting and manufacturing services, including business strategy services, supply-chain management, system implementation, outsourcing services, and control and system reliance may also change under the new standard depending on whether the performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time or over time.
The new standard will require substantial judgment by companies in determining when revenue can be recognized for licensing transactions based on when the customer obtains control of the rights to use the intellectual property.
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Intel Corp. INTC, +1.29% said in its first quarter filing that its assessment had identified a change in revenue recognition timing on its component sales made to distributors. “We expect to recognize revenue when we deliver to the distributor rather than deferring recognition until the distributor sells the components,” Intel wrote. The company also identified a change in expense recognition timing related to payments to customers related to cooperative advertising programs. Those expenses will now be recognized in the period the marketing activities occur, rather than at time of sale.
Xerox Corp. XRX, +0.62% said in its first quarter filing the accounting for typical transactions, which are the majority, is not expected to change. However, revenue recognition for more complex contracts may be affected and the company is currently assessing “the types and amounts of costs that may be eligible for deferral under the new standard.”
Industrial products and manufacturing
Industrial products companies like 3M Co. MMM, +0.32% will see changes from multi-step transactions with distributors. In those cases, companies will have to allocate some of the transaction price in the contract to those goods and or services, even if they will be provided by a third party and delay revenue recognition until those goods or services are delivered. The new standard could, for example, impact the timing of revenue recognition for some transactions where software industry-specific guidance is currently used and is now being replaced.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-ceo-senator-coons-stronger-162000853.html
InterDigital CEO: Senator Coons’ Stronger Act “Works to Strengthen American Innovation”
GlobeNewswire•June 21, 2017
WILMINGTON, Del., June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- William J. Merritt, President and CEO of mobile technology research and development company InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), today reacted to the new bipartisan STRONGER Patents Act authored by Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) and introduced with Senators Tom Cotton (R- Ark.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Haw.):
“This bill comes at a time when other countries have moved ahead of the U.S. in terms of intellectual property. Until this year, the U.S. patent system was ranked first worldwide by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; it is now ranked tenth. The STRONGER bill helps pave the way for America to once again have the top patent system, improving our global competitiveness and providing a level playing field for small businesses and startups to compete with large incumbents. Senator Coons has proven himself to be a leader in protecting innovation, and we fully support his efforts to strengthen American industry and competitiveness through this bill.”
Noting there is no meat on the bones with respect to detail or methodology, the following from today's Wall Street Journal that supports what Mickey has been noting - corporate tax rate relief would provide a pop - of some degree.
Earnings
The tax plan could potentially provide a big lift to corporate earnings for publicly traded companies.
Every 1-percentage-point reduction in the effective tax rate—what companies actually pay—could increase expected earnings for companies in the S&P 500 by $1.34 a share, according to calculations by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
That might breathe new life into a long stock-market rally. Many investors have become worried that stocks are starting to look expensive, and tax cuts? “would alleviate much of the concern about valuations,” said Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Robert W. Baird.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/from-warren-buffett-to-small-cap-stocks-how-trumps-tax-plan-would-affect-wall-street-1493212352?tesla=y
As a friend notes, a two sentence PR release would have put this to rest expeditiously. That is apparently asking more than the company can accomplish. Unbelievable and sad. IMHO.
InterDigital Joins the 5G Automotive Association
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-joins-5g-automotive-association-123000797.html
WILMINGTON, Del., April 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that is has become a member of 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), a global association created to bridge automotive and communications industries. The association seeks to develop, test and promote connected mobility solutions, initiate their standardization and accelerate commercial availability and global market penetration.
5GAA was formed in September 2016 by global leaders in the automotive and telecommunications sectors, including Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm. The association aims to address society’s connected mobility and road safety needs with applications such as connected automated driving, ubiquitous access to services, and integration into smart cities and intelligent transportation. 5GAA will also lay the groundwork for implementing 5G technology in the automotive sector.
“Cross-industry collaboration and expansion of ecosystems are essential to getting the best possible performance from new technologies and ultimately to the success of 5G,” said Dr. Robert DiFazio, Vice President, InterDigital Labs. “InterDigital is excited about the opportunity to join the 5GAA. We look forward to collaborating with so many well-known players in the automotive and communications industries and to broadening our contributions to defining the future of mobility.”
Automotive technology is a key focus of research and development within the standards that InterDigital is actively involved in, including ultra-high reliability/low latency communications within the overall 5G effort. Moreover, InterDigital has been active in collaborating with research in the automotive space, and this year demonstrated a contextual driving platform with the Institute for Human Machine Cognition (IHMC) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
“The digitalization of industries, brought on with next generation networks, requires close collaboration among automotive and ICT industries,” said Dino Flore, director general of the 5GAA. “The 5GAA will benefit from InterDigital’s vast expertise in the development of global wireless standards and will contribute to the successful development of connected mobility solutions.”
To learn more about 5GAA, please visit http://5gaa.org/.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
Mickey - you can use the link below to find out many different kinds of insider activity.
http://openinsider.com/screener?s=Idcc&o=&pl=&ph=&ll=&lh=&fd=0&fdr=&td=0&tdr=&fdlyl=&fdlyh=&daysago=&xp=1&xs=1&vl=&vh=&ocl=&och=&sic1=-1&sicl=100&sich=9999&grp=0&nfl=&nfh=&nil=&nih=&nol=&noh=&v2l=&v2h=&oc2l=&oc2h=&sortcol=0&cnt=100&page=1
TIA Survey Reveals Deployment Hurdles for Operators Before Commercial 5G in 2020
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tia-survey-reveals-deployment-hurdles-090000827.html
WILMINGTON, Del., March 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A recent survey report for the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) from Tolaga Research, and sponsored by InterDigital (IDCC), has identified a number of deployment hurdles that must be overcome before 5G is fully commercialized in 2020 and beyond. In line with common industry assumptions, TIA’s survey reveals that 33 percent of operator respondents expect they will offer commercial 5G services by 2020, but that a lack of diversity in 5G network densification, disparate data offload strategies and uncertainties around backhaul technology must be overcome before 5G can become a reality.
The TIA survey has revealed that a lack of partner diversity is likely to challenge 5G network densification efforts. Small cell sites are a key requirement for the mainstream rollout of 5G, which means operators need to ensure they have the right partnerships in place to address site acquisition challenges for small cells. The survey revealed that most operators planned to partner with building owners (75%), electrical utilities (64 %) and public lighting companies (61%) for their network densification efforts. Without broader partnership strategies, operators in many markets will struggle with their 5G network densification objectives, and it is therefore crucial for operators to broaden their range of partnerships to enable the small cell densification demanded by 5G.
The survey also revealed that operators have diverse data offload strategies for 5G, looking towards both licensed and unlicensed spectrum in order to meet bandwidth requirements for 5G. However, data offload strategies differ depending on market conditions, competitive landscapes and the legacy systems that they operate. While just over half of respondents (55%) plan to deploy Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) and prefer the notion of operating LTE in unlicensed spectrum, the majority, at 79%, plan to use plain Wi-Fi. 41% favored both LTE Wi-Fi integration as well as more advanced LTE Wi-Fi aggregation (LWA) technology, while just 4% are interested in deploying MulteFire where they do not have access to licensed spectrum or as an alternative technology for small cell partnerships.
As 5G requires high capacity backhaul to deliver its intended peak data rates, it is unsurprising that every operator identified fiber as an important backhaul and transport technology for 5G. However, fiber is costly to implement and is not necessarily economical for many deployment scenarios. But point-to-point millimeter wave technology was also identified as important by 61% of operators – higher than all other technologies identified except fiber.
Millimeter wave backhaul technologies have traditionally been challenged by operational complexities, but advancements in antenna technologies and signal processing are helping address its technical challenges. At Mobile World Congress this year, InterDigital demonstrated Crosshaul technology with its EdgeLink™ 60GHz Platform, integrating fronthaul and backhaul traffic over a common packet-based transport network, to provide a unified control plane and user plane for the diverse set of 5G traffic requirements. The EdgeLink™ 60GHz Platform is a millimeter wave transport solution that delivers multi-gigabit per second throughput with low-latency and high-availability.
“There is a clear industry consensus that we will see commercial deployments of 5G by 2020, which means there are increasing pressures for technology players to showcase market thought leadership and bring 5G to life sooner rather than later. However, we shouldn’t underestimate the significant deployment challenges ahead; areas like network densification, data offload and backhaul are all key to make 5G a reality, and operators need to ensure they have a strategy in place for the mainstream rollout of 5G,” said Dr. Robert DiFazio, Vice President, InterDigital Labs. “This research demonstrates the efforts operators are putting into making 5G a reality. However, while significant strides are being made, there is still some way to go to ensure operators have the capabilities to handle and offer 5G services.”
Additional insights from the survey also reveal:
Over a quarter (26%) of operators are planning to trial 5G over the next 24 months. This is especially evident in markets such as China, Japan, Australia and the United States.
Almost half of respondents expect to have made 5G investments as part of their capital expenditure budgets by the end of 2020.
More than two thirds of respondents are in favor of trialing radio rather than core network technology. For the operators trialing core network, efforts are being focused around deploying NFV and SDN functionality – precursors of 5G.
Fiber was ranked as the most important backhaul and transport technology for 5G, followed by millimeter wave.
Security concerns around 5G are on the rise. Almost all respondents (90%) believe that security is more challenging for autonomous vehicles; 66.7% believe security will be a challenge for ultra-reliable and low latency services; and 63.3% believe security will be difficult for massive machine type communications.
There is optimism around network slicing. 70% of operators believe it is important for network efficiencies; 73.4% believe it is important for enhanced service quality; and 83.4% believe it’s important for revenue opportunities.
InterDigital develops wireless technologies for mobile devices, networks, and services, and is a key contributor to global wireless standards. It designs and develops a wide range of innovations, and has been involved in the development of 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G. It is playing a key role in a number of key 5G projects including the EU 5G-Crosshaul project. 5G Crosshaul is a next generation integration project involving players such as Nokia, Ericsson, Orange and Telefonica, and will bring a coordinated approach to the transport technologies and protocols needed for 5G deployments.
The full TIA White Paper, entitled ‘5G Operator Survey,’ is available to download here.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. EdgeLink is a trademark of InterDigital.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
Methodology
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and InterDigital commissioned Tolaga Research to develop a study of 31 executives employed by network operators that are either directly involved in 5G technology development and trials, or have a clear understanding of the 5G activities being pursued by their company. The objective of the survey was to gain insights into the 5G trial and deployment activities, design priorities and target markets for communication network operators across different global regions.
Yes...and this type of slop doesn't help:
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/03/09/why-interdigital-inc-fell-10-in-february.aspx
I think it was bulldzr who questioned if the company was actively courting and keeping analysts up to speed. Good question.
We all hope IDCC goes good and everyone is pulling for MickeyBritt! Be persistent!
Loop- CA Technologies has been around for 40+ years - formerly known as Computer Associates. A big, powerful company that continues to evolve.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA_Technologies
2 Cheap Stocks You Can Buy Right Now
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Comment - a new company PR today, another news piece and demand for shares going into earnings...good.
BTW - Mickey, we're all for you!
3 Stocks With NVIDIA-Like Return Potential
https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/18/3-stocks-with-nvidia-like-return-potential.aspx?source=yahoo-2&utm_campaign=article&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=yahoo-2
It's almost hard to fathom the growth we have seen at NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) over the past several years. The graphics processing units that were known for years by gamers have become critical components in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving, two of the hottest tech ideas out there today. As a result, the company is up a staggering 500% over the past three years.
In the spirit of NVIDIA's fantastic run, we asked three of our contributors to highlight stocks that they think have the potential for huge stock returns like NVIDIA. Here's why they picked First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR), National Beverage (NASDAQ:FIZZ), and InterDigital (NASDAQ:IDCC)
A 5G wireless network play
Beth McKenna (InterDigital): For a stock to possess NVIDIA-like return potential, it needs a mighty catalyst for growth. Mobile technology research and development company InterDigital has just the ticket: the impending arrival of the fifth-generation, or 5G, wireless network
5G promises to significantly increase internet connection speeds. More impressively, however, 5G will extend beyond the realm of cellphones and other mobile devices to support all those billions of connected things from driverless cars to connected factory machines that together are expected to comprise The Internet of Things, or IoT. Full roll-out of 5G is widely expected in 2020, though major carriers are already testing 5G technologies.
InterDigital designs and develops advanced technologies that enable and enhance mobile communications and capabilities, with 5G and the IoT currently its areas of focus. The company licenses its technology to others and earns royalties from entities that use its patented tech.
In the third quarter, InterDigital's revenue soared 107% and earnings per share surged 340%. Analysts estimate that InterDigital will grow EPS at an average annual rate of 27.1% over the next five years. Despite its 132% total return over the one-year period through Feb. 14 -- not in 300%-plus NVIDIA territory for this period, but darn great -- the stock remains attractively valued: Its price-to-earnings and price-to-free-cash flow ratios are 17.3 and 14.6, respectively.
Comment - 500% in three years like NVIDIA? Sign me up.....! Go Mickey, be persistent!
Pete Najarian is on the CNBC 5 PM (ET) show Fast Money. Let's see if there is an IDCC mention today, following his earlier Tweet.
FWIW -
http://www.prweek.com/article/1423836/showcase-internet-things-research-gets-interdigital-hooked-new-leads
And...
http://www.ccgrouppr.com
Further...
http://www.ccgrouppr.com/practices/internet-of-things-pr/ (Specific IDCC mention).
Enthusiastic you!
The price rip today makes one wonder who was the intended audience for the three releases of the IBD article was last week. And also whom, if anyone, pushed that article. We will never know.
Mickey...good for you and your persistency!
Split....the last thing in the world you'd want while there is demand for the shares. IMHO.
Breakout Watch: Why Are Top Funds Buying This 5G, IoT Tech Stock?
http://www.investors.com/research/ibd-stock-analysis/interdigital-top-tech-stock-5g-iot-leader-near-breakout-q4-eps-due/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/interdigital-receives-2016-connected-transportation-220103002.html
InterDigital Receives 2016 Connected Transportation Award From IoT Evolution
InterDigital’s oneMPOWERTM powered by wot.ioTM honored for innovation and excellence
WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced it has received a 2016 IoT Evolution Connected Transportation Award from IoT Evolution magazine, a leading publication covering IoT technologies.
The award honors organizations delivering services, software or hardware solutions that enable advancement of connected devices. InterDigital was recognized for the application of its IoT platform in oneTRANSPORTTM, one the largest to date smart city initiatives that enables transport data brokerage and innovative services covering numerous counties in the United Kingdom.
“We’re honored to receive this award from IoT Evolution magazine,” said Jim Nolan, Executive Vice President, IoT Solutions, InterDigital. “This marks the fourth time that one of InterDigital’s IoT solutions has been shortlisted or won a major award in the connected transportation space.”
“The solutions selected for the IoT Evolution Connected Transportation Award exemplify excellence in creating and bringing to market solutions contributing to the fast-growing Internet of Things marketplace. It is my honor to congratulate InterDigital for their innovative work and contribution to this rapidly evolving industry,” said Carl Ford, CEO of Crossfire Media, a co-publisher of IoT Evolution Magazine.
“It is my pleasure to recognize oneMPOWERTM powered by wot.ioTM, an innovative solution that earned InterDigital the 2016 IoT Evolution Connected Transportation Award,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “I look forward to seeing more innovation from InterDigital in the future.”
oneTRANSPORTTM is a two-year Innovate UK project, involving a consortium of eleven partners including Arup, Buckinghamshire County Council, Clearview Intelligence, Hertfordshire County Council, Highways England, Imperial College London, Northamptonshire County Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Traak Systems, Worldsensing and InterDigital Europe. Through the collaboration of its participating members, the technology utilized by this integrated transport initiative will assist transport authorities while laying the foundation for smarter multi-modal, multi-regional and multi-system transport networks in the UK.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve many of the industry's most critical and complex technical challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and strategic relationships with many of the world's leading wireless companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap 400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. oneMPOWER, wot.io, and oneTRANSPORT are trademarks of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
Just thinking out loud in the same thought of there being something in this for IDCC - If Hillcrest produces, or has produced by contractors their product...if IDCC pops into that product some of their patented logic, do they lose the stigma of being an NPE and gain a stronger bargaining position with regard to infringement? Might be too much of a stretch?
Olddog, can't argue with your point....and I can't argue with Trump's:
https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/trump-tax-reform.pdf
Guaranteed they won't consult with us!
Best.
Mickey - I don't think there is any plan to further reduce long term capital gains and qualified dividend taxation rates from the current 15/20% format. Short term rates will probably remain as is, based on an individual's personal income tax rate.
Personal income tax rates should go down as well as corporate rates.
I've read recently that the 3.8% tax on top of capital gains might go forward. Seems Congress might need the bucks as they can't stop spending.
Time tells all, lets see where we end up. Hopefully it gets done fast and retroactive for all 2017.
One of the principal reasons for a stock split is that the equity has become expensive relative to its peers. With a PE of 15, what could be the positive?
As someone noted this week, shares put up for sale at $100/share were snapped up immediately. Demand shows (as does news) that IDCC is not expensive at this time. IMHO.
Now a bit more news as we hit the holidays would be a wonderful thing!
Opinion: S&P 500 companies would save $87.1 billion if Trump passes his tax plan.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sp-500-companies-would-save-871-billion-if-trump-passes-his-tax-plan-2016-12-14
From the second page:
"The best companies to look for are those that pay high tax rates in the upper-30% to lower-40% range. This means they’re probably paying the full 35% federal tax. (The rest is state, local and foreign taxes.) Consider favoring companies that have little to no debt."
Actually, the largest holding presently.
http://www.ftportfolios.com/Retail/Etf/EtfHoldings.aspx?Ticker=FTXL
motley fool bit...
http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/28/is-interdigital-inc-a-buy.aspx?source=yahoo-2&utm_campaign=article&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=yahoo-2
"With InterDigital sitting on solid financial footing headed into what the company believes will be another round of technological advancement with continued IoT growth and the 5G network, I think the company is a solid bet even after this year's strong turnout."
In today's WSJ, a somewhat topical article.
Shareholders Are Disappearing Before Our Eyes
Hope this link opens: http://on.wsj.com/1rgudMC