Vincent Neil

Apple has signed a 3G patent permission agreement with the wireless technological company InterDigital of U.S.A., this seven - year long agreement value costs 56 million dollars, contain iPhone that has already gone on the market and 3G edition iPhone issued soon. The same day (Friday) The stock of InterDigital goes up by between 2.99 dollars and 24.20 dollars, 14.1% of amount of the increase.

The apple iPhone supports EDGE network of 2.75G, and Wi-Fi wireless network at present. EDGE covers in U.S.A. well, but the message transmission rate is quite limited, though there is Wi-Fi wireless broadband as supplementing, it supports 3G to be iPhone loud to regret. AT&T is the first operator which puts out 3.5G HSDPA business network in the world too, the speed exceeds EDGE several times.

In iPhone sale propagating poster of T-Mobile of Germany, have indicated clearly T-Mobile edition iPhone will support HSDPA network, speed 3.6Mbps. T-Mobile prepare 49.95/59.95/69.95 for iPhone three kinds of monthly payment expenses set menu, offer the holding time on 200/300/400 minute separately, the message of the string on 100/150/200, does not limit the flowrate of Net surfing.

InterDigital is a wireless technical pioneer, it once sold the unhonored high pass at that time of CDMA IS-95 and key patent. InterDigital lies in Pennsylvania state of U.S.A., its most incomes come from the patent fee which other companies paid in the mobile field. Though is a little company, InterDigital is a global wireless canonial main formulator, hold multiple patented technology, and authorize global 2G, 2.5G, 3G and 802 products manufacturers. Authorize the respect in the patent, InterDigital hits out again and again, famous companies such as Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Panasonic, Sanyo,etc. have the patents of several hundred million dollars to authorize the use agreement with it.

While announcing iPhone news in January of this year, apple CEO Jobs shows the company has already filed 200 remainder term patented technologies on the iPhone cell-phone. However, the apple is regarded as " communication layman " ,Buy the technical patent of mobile communication from other companies to authorize. So while it is expensive to collect to deduct a percentage to the operator, quarterly too pay dollar of patents, authorize the expenses to InterDigital apple.