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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2005
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                     InterDigital Communications Corporation
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       Pennsylvania                   1-11152                  23-1882087
(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission              (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                  File Number)             Identification No.)


781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia, PA                           19406-1409
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 610-878-7800

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

(a)     On September 1, 2005, InterDigital Communications Corporation's patent
holding subsidiaries (collectively, "InterDigital") entered into a worldwide,
non-transferable, non-exclusive, patent license agreement with Kyocera Wireless
Corp., and its parent corporation, Kyocera Corporation, (collectively,
"Kyocera"). The five-year 3G patent license agreement covers the sale of
terminal units compliant with cdma2000(R) technology and its extensions from
July 1, 2004, onward. InterDigital Technology Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of InterDigital Communications Corporation, and Kyocera Corporation
are also parties to a TDMA-technology patent license agreement, which remains in
place.

         Under the terms of the new patent license agreement and subject to
certain Kyocera options to convert the license to a royalty-bearing basis,
Kyocera is obligated to pay InterDigital a license fee of $50 million, which
covers licensed product sales up to a specified threshold dollar amount. The $50
million fee is payable in four installments, including an initial payment of $20
million due in the third quarter of 2005, and three additional $10 million
installments due no later than the third quarters of 2006, 2007, and 2008,
respectively.

         cdma2000(R) is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA-USA).




                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                     INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                     By: /s/ Lawrence F. Shay
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                         Lawrence F. Shay
                         General Counsel


Dated:  September 8, 2005