ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,102, issued on May 27, was assigned to VODAFONE IP LICENSING Ltd. (Newbury, Great Britain).

"Telecommunication networks" was invented by Dave Fox (Newbury, Great Britain), Gavin Wong (Newbury, Guinea), Peter Cosimini (Newbury, Great Britain), Christopher Pudney (Newbury, Great Britain), Anthony Sammut (Newbury, Great Britain), Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup (Newbury, Great Britain) and John Moughton (Newbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the...