InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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Eneerg just posted the kind of news this investor likes to see coming out of IDCC over on AB(copied below with my highlites and comment).

Giddy up big horse! This news today appears to update the story we heard at Needham just last week. Sounds like they acquired the layer 1 GSM/GPRS/EDGE "missing piece" from Infineon and already have it "fully integrated" with everything else.

In addition, it states that InterDigital will provide full customer support on this new product offering. That means engineering help to make it work in your products. IDCC is moving into the product space for real, and they are moving fast!

I'm looking forward to seeing more product news from IDCC at the 3GSM show in Spain next month.
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Great Deals on the Latest 3G Handsets(link below)
16th January, 2005

US: InterDigital Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:IDCC) today announced the availability of an integrated, standards-compliant, dual-mode 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and 3G (UMTS) protocol stack for integration into mobile terminal devices.

The complete dual-mode protocol stack is available for integration with existing dual-mode baseband solutions. Alternatively, the single-mode 3G stack can be integrated with existing GSM/GPRS/EDGE designs. Key features of the solution include the following items:

-- Global Certification Forum (GCF) -certified legacy 2G protocol stack with 75 type approvals and interoperability tested by more than 80 operators in 40 countries;

-- 2G/3G dual-mode protocol stack completed ten interoperability tests with major equipment producers and operators;

-- 2G/3G dual-mode protocol stack GCF certification expected in early Q1 2006;

-- High data throughput performance - customer-based interoperability tests validated peak data rates of 384 kbps in UMTS offerings;

-- Adaptable to future releases including UMTS Release 5 scheduled in Q1 2006 and UMTS Release 6 scheduled in the second half of 2006;

-- Seamless handover between GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS networks.

"A key initiative for us has been to create a comprehensive product offering that we can offer to terminal unit manufacturers in a complimentary fashion with our strong patent portfolio," noted William J. Merritt, InterDigital's President and Chief Executive Officer. "The recent licensing of legacy GSM/GPRS/EDGE technology from Infineon Technologies AG (Infineon) completes a high value dual-mode protocol stack that both expands the target market for our product offerings and creates new synergistic offerings for handset licensees."

InterDigital's integrated dual-mode protocol stack is comprised of Infineon's 2G protocol stack and the 3G protocol stack co-developed by InterDigital and Infineon. InterDigital offers full customer support from initial integration through product introduction. (My comment; And,... to ease any concerns about InterDigital having the financial strength to remain in business as your source of product support, take note that two major financial institutions have checked them out recently and extended a $60 mil line of credit. No reason to worry, go ahead and license the protocol stack your product guys want.)

Link to article;

http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Jan2006/2457.htm