InterDigital and Infineon Expand Cooperative Agreement to Include HSDPA Technology Development
January 19 2006 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
InterDigital Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:IDCC) and Infineon
Technologies AG (NYSE:IFX) today announced the expansion of their
long standing cooperative development and marketing agreement to
include the joint development of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet
Access) 3G protocol stack software technology for Infineon's 3G
platform. HSDPA is a packet-based data service for 3G mobile
networks supporting peak data transmission rates of 14 Mbps. Since
March 2001, InterDigital and Infineon have been developing and
commercializing 3G technologies and products in a strategic
relationship. Under the expanded agreement, InterDigital and
Infineon will continue to jointly develop and upgrade the 3G
protocol stack incorporating UMTS Release 5 and HSDPA. InterDigital
will be compensated for associated non-recurring engineering
services. "Infineon believes that by partnering with InterDigital
in our 3G protocol stack development, we can more quickly bring a
mature 3GPP Release 5 product to our customers, with committed
HSDPA deliveries this quarter. We therefore are pleased to have
expanded our joint 3G development with InterDigital to include
HSDPA," said Thomas Lindner, Senior Director of Marketing at
Infineon's Mobile Software Business Unit. "Infineon is the second
customer for HSDPA solutions from InterDigital, further validating
our strength as an effective technology partner and leading
provider of HSDPA technology," said Mark Lemmo, Senior Business
Development and Product Management Officer. InterDigital and
Infineon also amended the royalty structure established under their
original 2001 cooperative agreement. The new royalty rate structure
extends the term and amends the per-unit royalty rates to be paid
to InterDigital for the sale of Infineon's ASICs containing
jointly-developed protocol stack software. About InterDigital
InterDigital Communications Corporation designs, develops and
provides advanced wireless technologies and products that drive
voice and data communications. InterDigital is a leading
contributor to the global wireless standards and holds a strong
portfolio of patented technologies which it licenses to
manufacturers of 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 802 products worldwide.
Additionally, the company offers baseband product solutions and
protocol software for 3G multimode terminals and converged devices.
InterDigital's differentiated technology and product solutions
deliver time-to-market, performance and cost benefits. For more
information, please visit InterDigital's web site:
www.interdigital.com. InterDigital is a registered trademark of
InterDigital Communications Corporation. About Infineon
Technologies Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers
semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and
multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as
memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates through
its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific
region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2005
(ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 6.76 billion
with about 36,400 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the
DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock
Exchange (ticker symbol:IFX). Further information is available at
www.infineon.com. This news release is available online at
http://www.infineon.com/news/.
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