InterDigital joins Femto Forum

KING OF PRUSSIA, USA: InterDigital Inc. has joined the Femto Forum, the independent industry and operator association that supports femtocell deployment worldwide.

As a full member, InterDigital will contribute to the technical advancement of femtocell products and services through active participation in working groups, standardization initiatives and technical presentations.

InterDigital’s value-added technologies for smart bandwidth management and new services over heterogeneous networks enable:

* Bandwidth and QoS management across any radio access within heterogeneous networks - such as femto and WLAN - including bandwidth segregation and aggregation, and mobility;
* Operator-enabled machine-to-machine (M2M) services, connecting capillary WLAN/WPAN networks to operators’ wide-area networks; and
* Seamless bandwidth-efficient multimedia delivery and mobility across a variety of devices in a connected home or enterprise.

“Femtocells have continually pushed the boundaries of modern cellular radio technology. We are delighted to welcome InterDigital to the Femto Forum and look forward to benefitting from its significant cellular experience,” said Simon Saunders, chairman of the Femto Forum.

“The Forum is chartered to encourage the growth of a partner ecosystem committed to innovation in standards-based network infrastructure and to achieve high levels of collaboration and product interoperability. We look forward to InterDigital’s contributions to the Femto Forum working groups to develop and standardize solutions.”

James J. Nolan, executive VP R&D, InterDigital, said: “The charter of the Femto Forum is well aligned with InterDigital’s vision of tomorrow’s Network of Networks, characterized by the seamless integration of advanced cellular systems with multiple other air interfaces that intelligently and constantly connect people and things across a myriad of wide, local and personal area networks.

“We applaud the Forum’s achievements to date and InterDigital is looking forward to participating in this independent, technology agnostic organization; one that is inclusive of all relevant stakeholders.”