[April 24, 2012]

InterDigital Smart Access Manager Client Available on Android, Windows Platforms

InterDigital (News - Alert), Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC) today announced the availability of its Smart Access Manager (SAM) client on the Android and Windows Phone platforms. The announcement follows the successful interoperability and demonstration with Alcatel-Lucent's (News - Alert) lightRadio™ Wi-Fi solution, offering an intelligent traffic management solution for mobile operators that optimizes access and application connectivity according to service provider control.

InterDigital's SAM is a policy-driven client that enables smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices to make intelligent traffic management decisions using Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE (News - Alert) networks. The SAM client dynamically directs traffic flows by type of application, resulting in optimized connectivity and enhanced service provider visibility and control. Its availability on Android (News - Alert) and Windows platforms provides device OEMs with the ability to offer seamless and secure policy-driven Wi-Fi handover as a differentiator - a key capability given the increasing use of mobile devices for data-rich applications such as streaming video.

The successful integration with Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio™ Wi-Fi solution, first demonstrated at Mobile World Congress (News - Alert) in Bacelona, provides operators with an ANDSF-based and 3GPP-compliant solution that extends 3G and LTE networks to include Wi-Fi. The lightRadio™ Wi-Fi solution uses the 5780 Dynamic Services Controller (DSC) Wi-Fi Control Module to dynamically send policies to participating mobile devices helping to ensure that subscribers are receiving the best access and application experience possible. The combined capabilities allow operators and device OEMs to deliver:

• dynamic, seamless, and secure Wi-Fi handover, with network selection driven by operator and/or user preferences and network conditions
• allocation of individual applications to specific networks, based on Service Provider policy, QoS/QoE specifications, service entitlements, and network conditions
• QoE and reliability management for Wi-Fi, with dynamic adjustment of network selection & policy based on network status and utilization

"Integration of Wi-Fi and more dynamic, distributed network strategies are a necessary response to increasing mobile data demand, and a focus of development at InterDigital®. By announcing the availability of the platform for integration with Android and Windows Mobile, we're providing device OEMs with a compelling differentiator, and by interoperating SAM with Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio Wi-Fi solution, operators now have a compelling end-to-end solution for operators that can address data demands," said Michael Regensburg, Executive Vice President of Business Development at InterDigital.

About InterDigital

InterDigital develops fundamental wireless technologies that are at the core of mobile 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.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.

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