InterDigital (News - Alert) has announced that the company recently participated in a multi-faceted demonstration of the implementation of a new wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications standard.

To support the proliferation of wireless M2M communications on a global scale, the publication of the ETSI (News - Alert) TC M2M standard Release 1 creates a common framework and roadmap for the industry. Unifying a broad range of vertical markets such as smart energy, healthcare, transportation, and security, this standard enables interoperability across a heterogeneous mix of device and network types.

“ETSI's publication of an elegant and robust standard is a key milestone in defragmenting the M2M market and unlocking the true potential of these services around the world," commented James N. Nolan, Executive Vice President of Research and Development at InterDigital. "We are grateful for the support and commitment of ETSI and all our development partners who collaborated on these successful demonstrations. Collectively, we encourage other organizations, vendors, and operators to evaluate, adopt, and promote the ETSI M2M platform.”

Through offering streamlined turnkey packages that leverage their strength and expertise in network management, customization, billing and location services, operators can now play a key role in accelerating M2M growth. InterDigital has made numerous a contributions to the standardization process while building pioneering prototypes and demonstrations along the way since the establishment of ETSI TC M2M committee in January 2009, the company announced in a press release.

Recently, the company demonstrated its “Fuzzy Cell” technology that improves cell-edge performance at the 2010 Mobile World Congress (News - Alert). InterDigital’s Fuzzy Cell technology, as stated, is a part of the company’s comprehensive suite of “Next Generation Cellular” innovations that combines advanced network topologies and spectrally-efficient air interface solutions for LTE (News - Alert) advanced and more. According to the company, advancements in HSPA and LTE primarily contribute to the increase in peak data rates and offer modest improvements in average performance throughout a cell.