MEDIA RELEASE PR38134
Sisvel Advances in Facilitating the LTE/SAE Patent Pool and Renews its Call for Essential LTE Patents
STUTTGART, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire- AsiaNet/ --
Sisvel announced today that more than 20 companies are now participating
in its facilitation process to create an LTE/SAE patent pool. The first
general meeting of participating companies will be held in Frankfurt
beginning tomorrow, February 2nd. Participants in Sisvel's LTE facilitation
process represent the entire spectrum of relevant industries, and include
telecommunications companies (device vendors, network equipment providers,
and operators), consumer electronics and integrated circuit manufacturers, as
well as research institutes coming from China, Japan, Korea, Europe, and
North America.
Sisvel's in-house technical expertise and its commitment to creating
customized licensing solutions through a transparent and inclusive process
have been cited as key factors in bringing together this diverse group of
owners of essential LTE patents. "Sisvel's patent call has been extremely
successful," explained Giustino de Sanctis, Managing Director of Sisvel
Germany, GmbH. "The number and breadth of essential patent holders in
attendance tomorrow will provide an invaluable opportunity to make further
progress toward creating a joint licensing platform for this emerging
technology."
"An open and broad-based LTE/SAE patent pool will support the adoption of
LTE, make the licensing process much more efficient, and ensure a healthy
ecosystem for LTE to thrive," continued Mr. de Sanctis. "This is also an
ideal time for any patent holders to put forward their ideas to design and
administer the pool. Sisvel encourages everyone who holds an essential patent
to join Sisvel's facilitation process and contribute to the creation of such
a significant patent pool."
All parties holding a patent or patent application that they believe to
be essential to LTE/SAE are invited to contact Sisvel to arrange for a review
of essentiality by an independent evaluator. 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 Contact:
Federica Brotto,
+39-011-9902301,
federica.brotto@sisvel.it;
U.S. Media Contact:
Larry Bouchie, TurboPR for the Sisvel Group,
+1-781-620-0278,
larry@turbopr.com; or
SISVEL GERMANY GmbH Representative:
Thomas Hartmann,
+49-711-4889200,
thomas.hartmann@sisvel.com
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