Proliferation of the new technology will provide an additional benefit in terms of aesthetics by reducing the number of signal towers installed for communications systems. ATP Award Accelerates Development Funding from the ATP enabled ISC to form alliances with research partners and contractors and to achieve its research and development results about 18 months earlier than it would otherwise have been able to do. Company officials say the ATP award also enabled ISC to survive as a company and gave its technology and commercialization plan significant credibility with investors. The increased credibility, in turn, directly helped the company raise private capital, especially during its initial public stock offering in 1993. It developed a model that predicts the impact of high-performance filters on future digital wireless systems.
Commercialization is in progress and products are being sold.
The benefits of lower costs and higher-quality service are accruing to companies that use ISC's new technology and to their customers. The outlook for this new technology is excellent. Its use is expected to spread throughout the economy, lowering the costs and improving the quality of cellular phone and personal communication services.