Companies synergize to develop and deploy secured IoT solutions for global customers; Joint Smart Metering solution to be highlighted at Mobile World Congress

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC), a mobile technology research and development company, today announced that the company has entered into a strategic technology partnership with CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA), a leading software solution provider.

This collaboration will offer a comprehensive IoT solution with CA Technologies' market leading mobile app development, API management, and advanced security capabilities.

“As part of their journey toward Digital Transformation, organizations are investing more heavily in IoT. This requires a modern app architecture that supports seamless integration, but at the scale and with the security necessary to support billions of connected devices to the enterprise,” said Richard Pulliam, Vice President, Strategy, CA Technologies. “In collaboration with InterDigital, our customers can rely on an enterprise grade mobile and IoT solution to meet the needs of a wide range of verticals, including Energy & Utilities and Smart Cities.”

InterDigital’s comprehensive standards-based IoT platform enables solution providers to consolidate varied and disparate data feeds, enable real-time monitoring and data analysis while enabling back-end systems integration.

“CA Technologies is a leader in enterprise software and security and we are pleased to embark on this partnership to help meet the demands of a rapidly evolving market,” said Jim Nolan, EVP, IoT Solutions, InterDigital. “The interoperability benefits of an open horizontal platform and data truly materialize in applications that InterDigital has been creating with its premier partners such as CA.”

CA and InterDigital have collaborated in developing a Smart Metering solution demo, an example of Energy & Utilities segment collaboration that will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2017 from February 27 to March 2 in Barcelona. The demo will be featured at InterDigital’s pavilion in Hall 7, 7C61.