InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

[postyle]

sjratty,

please explain the significance of licensing those standards

I guess to really appreciate the announcement of per device royalties under GSM/GPRS, a history of the GSM cabal and the complete lack of respect given to IDCC's IPR is in order.

Here's an old post with reference (and link that still works) to a research paper discussing the essential IPR holders in GSM:

http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=CLB00004&read=42996

After you read the paper, you might want to check out subsequent comments from infinite_q, which Bill D. has archived at his old site:

http://www.telecomtechstocks.com/focusstock/whatstakingso.htm#2