“Future evolution of wireless”: Looking beyond 5G

Embedding research and development within its business strategy and roadmap, US headquartered mobile technology firm InterDigital is working towards “something very different,” chief technology officer Henry Tirri tells IBC365.

“Fundamentally we are creating a mirror world, which is some kind of odd mixture of the digital and physical world and the way they are interacting,” he explains.

As a self-confessed “Silicon Valley person” whose passion is technology first and strategy second, Tirri has a broad background and business experience on a global scale, driving technology products with expertise in cutting edge developments. Research and innovative operations for 5G and IP sit among immersive and mixed reality tech.

The team at InterDigital are working across the globe with labs in Palo Alto, California, and Rennes in France, where IBC365 toured the company’s labs and met Tirri. He explains: “It cannot be understood as always representing the physical world because it is a digital entity that…