WILMINGTON, DE. - InterDigital, Inc., a wireless research and development company, announced that its Innovation Partners unit has signed a collaboration agreement with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, a multi-technological applied research organization
in Northern Europe.
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With this agreement InterDigital and VTT have partnered with an initial focus on the future of "user-centric context aware" research that will create value for the mobile ecosystem. Beyond this first engagement, the parties are working to define further projects to leverage the world class experience and knowledge embodied in the VTT organization.
Based in Espoo, Finland, VTT provides high-end technology solutions and innovation services. Innovation Partners recognizes the importance of external research partnerships to capitalize on opportunities to expand the company's research and development efforts in response to the evolution of the mobile industry. Innovation Partners is InterDigital's technology sourcing model based around partnerships with leading technology firms, inventors, universities and research organizations worldwide.
"InterDigital is excited to work with VTT, which has a proven track record of innovation. This announcement aligns with the company's strategy and our commitment to partnerships for external open innovation," said Todd Simpson, Executive Vice President of Innovation Partners at InterDigital.
"The cooperation with InterDigital gives to us an opportunity to develop and apply our competencies in a business area with great technology growth potential," said Petri Kalliokoski Executive Vice President of VTT.
For more information, visit http://www.interdigital.com and http://www.vtt.fi/index.jsp.