WILMINGTON, Del., June 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research
and development company, today announced that the company will offer a cloud-based, transformative, intelligent transportation
solution hosted on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The intelligent transportation solution is powered by InterDigital’s
horizontal standards-based IoT platform and integration framework.
InterDigital’s intelligent transportation solution hosted on Azure will enable governments and enterprises globally to
consolidate varied and disparate data feeds, while also enabling a marketplace for third parties to both access and contribute
their data. This encompasses both raw data and high-value analytics derived from it. Data sources include traffic sensors capturing
speeds and travel times, roadwork activites, parking occupancy, congestion, bus and rail data, and others. This information is
useful to the solution providers serving smart city citizens, governments in their infrastructure planning, and enterprises
offering insurance and supply chain services.
The shared nature and interoperability benefits of an open horizontal platform and data materialize in example transport
applications that can include multi-modal travel, predictive travel analytics, event management, traffic congestion mitigation, and
incident management. As an example, the solution hosted on Azure is being used for the oneTRANSPORT initiative, a public-private
effort to pilot a transport data marketplace and a range of transport-related IoT applications in the UK.
“IoT operates in a highly-fragmented environment preventing the unification of varied, disparate and legacy data sources.
Therefore, emerging solutions require future-proofing and guaranteed interoperability,” said Jim Nolan, EVP, IoT Solutions,
InterDigital. “We’re thrilled to offer our intelligent transportation solution on Microsoft Azure, which facilitates true
deployment flexibility and global scalability.”
Michael Donlan, Vice President, U.S. State and Local Government, Microsoft Corp. said, “We’re pleased to see InterDigital
benefit from the scale and flexibility of Microsoft Azure that supports developing solutions that help government and enterprise
better manage and mitigate urban traffic congestion challenges.”
InterDigital’s intelligent transportation solution is just one example of multiple industry solutions that can be enabled
through InterDigital’s standards-based IoT platform and integration framework hosted on Azure.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital develops mobile technologies that are at the core of 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. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ and is included in the S&P MidCap
400® index.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc. oneM2M is a trademark of the Partners Type 1 of oneM2M.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact: Patrick Van de Wille Email: patrick.vandewille@interdigital.com +1 (858) 210-4814
