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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 30, 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 File Number)        (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)                                     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 7.01.   Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 30, 2005, the Arbitral  Tribunal  (operating  under the auspices of
the International Court of Arbitration of the International  Chamber of Commerce
(ICC))   presiding  over  the  arbitration   proceeding   between   InterDigital
Communications   Corporation,   together   with  its   wholly-owned   subsidiary
InterDigital  Technology  Corporation  (collectively,  the Company), and Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd., informed the parties that the evidentiary hearing has been
rescheduled until January 2006. The Arbitral Tribunal  previously  scheduled the
evidentiary  hearing to  commence  in October  2005.  This  information  updates
information previously reported in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2005.







                                   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:  October 3, 2005