MPEG LA Announces Progress in Facilitation of LTE Patent Pool License

Efforts Started Last Year Have Prepared Market for Efficient Licensing
Alternative and MPEG LA Call for Patent Submissions
DENVER--(Business Wire)--
MPEG LA, LLC, world leader in alternative one-stop patent licenses, today
announced that it has made significant progress working with a group of
interested companies to facilitate creation of a joint patent pool license for
the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Standard for mobile telecommunications. MPEG LA`s
efforts, started last year, have been directed toward educating the market about
the benefits of a pool license to address the patent thicket around this next
generation wireless technology and assist the market with its adoption.

"The market is ready, and we are proud that industry leading companies have
invited us to facilitate creation of an LTE pool license," said MPEG LA
President and CEO Larry Horn. "Given the history of telecommunications patent
pools, MPEG LA has taken the time to consult directly with mobile network
operators, network equipment manufacturers and mobile handset companies
regarding the benefits of a patent pool for LTE, and they have encouraged MPEG
LA to move forward with this effort. We are pleased by their vote of confidence.
Next generation wireless technology, with its multifunctional capabilities, begs
for a patent pool licensing alternative to make its full potential available to
consumers worldwide, and MPEG LA`s success in creating large pool licenses
uniquely positions us to achieve it."

MPEG LA would like as many essential patent holders as possible to be included
in this process. Therefore, MPEG LA invites any party that believes it has
patents that are essential to the LTE Standard (see attached) to submit them by
June 19, 2009 for evaluation of their essentiality by MPEG LA`s patent
evaluators in order to participate in the creation of a joint LTE patent
license. Although only issued patents will be included in the license, in order
to participate in the license development process, patent applications with
claims that their owners believe are essential to the LTE Standard and likely to
issue in a patent also may be submitted. In addition, although the process will
begin with LTE, it may be expanded at a later stage to provide coverage for
backward compatibility with other mobile telecommunications technologies.
Further information, along with terms and procedures governing patent
submissions, can be found at: http://www.mpegla.com/pid/lte.

LTE Standard

LTE is next-generation wireless technology enabling mobile networks to meet
consumer demand to move to higher speed data communications beyond that offered
by existing 3G networks. LTE also offers an internet protocol architecture that
opens the door to wireless business models and devices not currently offered in
traditional telecommunications networks.

MPEG LA, LLC

MPEG LA is the world leader in alternative technology licenses, enabling users
to acquire worldwide patent rights necessary for a technology standard or
platform from multiple patent owners in a single transaction as an alternative
to negotiating individual licenses. Wherever an independently administered
one-stop patent license would provide a convenient marketplace alternative to
assist users with implementation of their technology choices, the licensing
model pioneered and employed by MPEG LA may provide a solution. By balancing
patent users` interest in reasonable access with patent owners` interest in
reasonable return, MPEG LA creates the opportunity for adoption of new
technologies and fuels innovation. MPEG LA`s initial licensing program for
MPEG-2 digital video compression helped produce the most widely employed
standard in consumer electronics history, and the MPEG LA Licensing Model has
become the template for addressing other technologies. Today MPEG LA manages
licensing programs consisting of essential patents in 57 countries. MPEG LA is
an independent licensing administrator; it is not related to any standards
agency and is not an affiliate of any patent holder. For more information,
please refer to http://www.mpegla.com.

ATTACHMENT

Initial evaluations will be based on the following documents which may be
obtained at: http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/36-series.htm

Doc. # Title of Document
TS 36.101 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
radio transmission and
reception
TS 36.104 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Base Station (BS)
radio transmission and
reception
TS 36.106 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); FDD repeater radio
transmission and reception
TS 36.133 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Requirements for
support of radio resource
management
TS 36.201 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Long Term Evolution
(LTE) physical layer;
General description
TS 36.211 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Physical channels
and modulation
TS 36.212 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Multiplexing and
channel coding
TS 36.213 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Physical layer
procedures
TS 36.214 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Physical layer -
Measurements
TS 36.300 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA) and Evolved
Universal Terrestrial Radio
Access Network (E-UTRAN);
Overall description; Stage
2
TS 36.302 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Services provided
by the physical layer
TS 36.304 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
procedures in idle mode
TS 36.306 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); User Equipment (UE)
radio access capabilities
TS 36.314 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); Layer 2
- Measurements
TS 36.321 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Medium Access
Control (MAC) protocol
specification
TS 36.322 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Radio Link Control
(RLC) protocol
specification
TS 36.323 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Packet Data
Convergence Protocol (PDCP)
specification
TS 36.331 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA); Radio Resource
Control (RRC); Protocol
specification
TS 36.401 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN);
Architecture description
TS 36.410 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); S1 layer
1 general aspects and
principles
TS 36.411 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); S1 layer
1
TS 36.412 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); S1
signalling transport
TS 36.413 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access (E
-UTRA) ; S1 Application
Protocol (S1AP)
TS 36.414 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); S1 data
transport
TS 36.420 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); X2
general aspects and
principles
TS 36.421 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); X2 layer
1
TS 36.422 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); X2
signalling transport
TS 36.423 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); X2
Application Protocol (X2AP)
TS 36.424 Evolved Universal
Terrestrial Radio Access
Network (E-UTRAN); X2 data
transport

MPEG LA, LLC
Tom O`Reilly, 860-620-0642
Fax: 301-986-8575
toreilly@mpegla.com

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