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Sisvel Gains Momentum for Creating the LTE/SAE Patent Pool with Expansive Group of Patent Holders
STUTTGART, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Participation will Continue to Grow before Next Meeting in April 2010
Following Sisvel's LTE/SAE facilitation meeting last week in Frankfurt,
Sisvel announced today that the participating holders of essential LTE/SAE
patents are making significant progress toward establishing the framework for
a broad-based patent pool, and invited all others interested in contributing
to this process to join before the group's next meeting in Hong Kong on April
21-22.
The Frankfurt meeting, which brought together the largest and most
diverse group of stakeholders interested in forming an LTE/SAE patent pool to
date, gave participants an opportunity to exchange ideas about the best ways
to structure a pool to foster further participation and maximize the pool's
benefits for the overall LTE ecosystem. "At this first meeting, Sisvel
outlined a number of creative proposals that it had developed following
discussions with many key players in LTE," indicated Giustino de Sanctis,
Managing Director of Sisvel Germany, "and we are now refining those proposals
further based on the feedback from this diverse group."
Sisvel's LTE/SAE facilitation process now includes 23 participants
covering the full spectrum of the telecommunications and electronics
industries from 11 countries and three different continents. Participants
include major device makers, network operators, chip and consumer electronics
manufacturers, and research institutes. "There is a widespread understanding
that the IP landscape in LTE/SAE is different from previous generations of
telecommunications standards," Mr. de Sanctis noted, "and Sisvel is uniquely
well-positioned to create a successful LTE/SAE pool."
"Sisvel is the only truly independent major licensing administrator, and
will devote its worldwide licensing team and in-house technical staff to the
success of the LTE/SAE patent pool," Mr. de Sanctis explained. "Especially at
this early stage with different technologies competing, having an
administrator that can fully commit to promoting LTE from both a licensing
and commercial perspective will benefit all LTE users and could be critical
for the success of the LTE technology."
Sisvel encourages all stakeholders to be part of this dynamic group and
join the discussions on forming the best possible LTE/SAE patent pool.
Detailed information on patent submission, as well as other procedures for
participating in the facilitation process, can be obtained from Sisvel by
sending an email to the following address: LTE@sisvel.com.
About LTE/SAE
LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the evolution of 3GPP standards for land
mobile communications. It will provide higher transmission rates and enhanced
user experience, primarily with high speed data services. SAE (System
Architecture Evolution) is the enhancement of Packet Switched technology to
cope with rapid growth in IP traffic. LTE/SAE form the basis of 3GPP Release
8 specification set.
About Sisvel
Started in 1982 when Sisvel S.p.A. was founded in Italy, the Sisvel Group
has become a world leader in managing intellectual property and maximizing
the value of patent rights. The Sisvel Group is global in scope and reach,
with companies in Italy (Sisvel and Sisvel Technology in None Torinese, and
Edico in Rome), the United States (Sisvel US and Audio MPEG in Metropolitan
Washington, DC), China (Sisvel Hong Kong), Japan (Sisvel Japan in Tokyo), and
Germany (Sisvel Germany in Stuttgart), and with over eighty professionals
worldwide with technical, legal, and licensing expertise.
Sisvel has a long history of managing successful patent portfolios
including those related to the audio compression standards known as MP3 and
MPEG Audio. In addition to managing a portfolio of patents relating to the
DECT standard for portable digital telephones, Sisvel administers patent
pools for the CDMA2000 family of cellular telecommunications standards, the
UHF-RFID air interface standard, and the DVB-T broadcast standard, and is
currently facilitating the creation of LTE, DVB-H, and DVB-T2 patent pools.
Through its subsidiary Sisvel Technology, Sisvel is also engaged in the
development of new technologies, including projects for 3D television and
broadcasting.
For additional information regarding Sisvel, please visit
SOURCE: Sisvel
CONTACT: Media,
Federica Brotto,
+39 011 9902301,
federica.brotto@sisvel.it, or
SISVEL GERMANY GmbH Representative,
ThomasHartmann,
+49 (711) 4889200,
thomas.hartmann@sisvel.com,
both of Sisvel; or
U.S. Media,
Larry Bouchie of TurboPR for the Sisvel Group,
+1-781-620-0278,
larry@turbopr.com
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