InterDigital Announces Annual Recurring Revenue Target Of $1 Billion By 2030

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, has announced targets of $1 billion in annual recurring revenue and $600 million in adjusted EBITDA by 2030.

“In the past four years, we have almost doubled our revenue, improved our execution across the business, and taken multiple steps to enhance shareholder value,” noted Liren Chen, President and CEO, InterDigital. “Based on our world-class innovation in wireless, video and AI, accelerating momentum across the business, the large addressable markets available to us, and new greenfield opportunities, we believe we are perfectly positioned to deliver significant growth in revenue and profitability in coming years.”

InterDigital’s executive team announced and discussed the new targets at a recent investor day. Links to investor day materials can be found below:

The presentation is here.

A full replay is here.

About InterDigital^®

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.

InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit the InterDigital website: www.interdigital.com. 

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InterDigital Contact: 
InterDigital Investor Relations
Email: investor.relations@interdigital.com
+1 (302) 300-1857