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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): January 6, 2006
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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, Pennsylvania                 19406-1409
     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)


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


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simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
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     CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01.        Other Events.

On January 6,  2006,  the  evidentiary  hearing  in the  arbitration  proceeding
between InterDigital Communications Corporation,  together with its wholly-owned
subsidiary  InterDigital  Technology  Corporation (ITC), and Samsung Electronics
Co. Ltd.  (Samsung)  concluded.  The  arbitration  relates to Samsung's  royalty
obligations  on its  worldwide  sales  of 2G  GSM/TDMA  and  2.5G  GSM/GPRS/EDGE
products under its existing patent license with ITC. The procedural  schedule in
the  arbitration  sets  forth  a  timetable  for  filing  post  hearing  briefs.
Thereafter,  absent a resolution  by the parties,  the  Arbitral  Tribunal  will
render a decision.


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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/ Bruce Bernstein
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                                            Bruce Bernstein
                                            General Patent Counsel

Date:    January 9, 2006


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