Sisvel Responds To Ngmn Rfi For Lte Patent Pool Administrator

< BACK TO REAL ESTATE starstarstarstarstar   Business - Real Estate Press Release
7th September 2009, 11:37am - Views: 1040






Business Real Estate SISVEL 2 image











MEDIA RELEASE PR35990


SISVEL Responds to NGMN RFI for LTE Patent Pool Administrator


ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


    SISVEL today announced its decision to respond to the Request for Information (RFI) that the Board of the

NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks) Alliance issued on August 17, 2009 to facilitate the selection of an

LTE (Long Term Evolution) patent pool administrator by parties owning patents essential to the LTE standard.

In May, SISVEL issued a call for patents and patent applications essential to the LTE standard, in an effort to

support the creation of a joint licensing program to make LTE technology accessible to all users on fair,

reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.


    "We welcome the decision of the Board of the NGMN to issue an RFI on LTE

patent pool administration. This RFI will greatly enhance the transparency of

the selection process for an LTE patent pool administrator since it will

offer an opportunity for the LTE stakeholders to compare the services,

capabilities, and vision of each prospective patent pool administrator on how

to manage an LTE patent pool," said General Richard I. Neal, President of

SISVEL US.


    "At SISVEL we have long believed that a transparent selection process

without undue pressure or conflict of interest and a merit based appointment

of the pool administrator will confer immediate credibility on an LTE patent

pool. We view NGMN's RFI as a very positive step toward allowing the LTE

stakeholders to select the best possible LTE patent pool administrator. With

this in mind, SISVEL has responded to NGMN's request," Gen. Neal said.


    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 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 more than seventy 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, and widespread technologies such as OSD (On Screen Display), ATSS

(Automatic Tuning & Sorting System), and WSS (Wide Screen Signaling - for

automatic switching of television image formats). Most recently SISVEL has

been appointed as the administrator of patent pools for the UHF-RFID and

DVB-T standards.




    SOURCE: SISVEL


    CONTACT: Media, 

             Larry Bouchie of TurboPR for SISVEL US, Inc.,

             +1-781-454-5287, 

             larry@turbopr.com; 


Business Real Estate SISVEL 3 image

             SISVEL US Representative, 

             Sean Corey,

             +1-703-820-5373, 

             sean.corey@sisvel.com


Translations:
















To view this and other AsiaNet releases please visit http://www.asianetnews.net






news articles logo NEWS ARTICLES
Contact News Articles |Remove this article