Sequans Communications announced that its LTE
semiconductor technology has been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology (MIIT), a government entity responsible for the
regulation and development of China’s wireless industry. The approval signifies
that Sequans’ technology is qualified for use in LTE networks in China.
Sequans’ LTE semiconductor solution has been undergoing
testing for several months while interoperating with leading system vendors
Huawei, and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell.
The passing of the tests indicates that Sequans’
technology supports the MIIT performance and interoperability requirements
necessary for the technology to be used in the field.
We are very pleased to have the MIIT stamp of approval
which we believe signals our readiness for worldwide deployment,” said Georges
Karam, CEO, Sequans.
We have been working toward this ever since China Mobile
asked us to provide technology for their first TD-LTE demonstration network at
the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, and we look forward to participating in the
large scale trials and future commercial deployments of China Mobile and other
LTE operators who now have confirmation of the maturity of Sequans’ LTE
solutions,” Karam added.
The MIIT performance and interoperability testing was
conducted in both the 2.3 and 2.6 GHz bands. The chip used in the tests was
Sequans’ SQN3010 TD-LTE baseband chip. In addition to Alcatel-Lucent, and
Huawei, Sequans has completed LTE interoperability testing on a private basis with Ericsson,
Nokia Siemens Networks, ZTE and other network vendors.
The approval by the MIIT of Sequans’ SQN3010 solution
follows the chip’s recent selection by NetComm, a device maker that recently
announced it had been selected to provide TD-LTE devices for a major national
LTE network in Australia.
Sequans Communications recently announced that it
provided
the 4G chip inside the new “mini Egg” pocket router available from
Korea Telecom.
The device, about the size of an egg, enables users to
easily add 4G connectivity to smartphones and tablets via a tiny
mobile router that fits in a pocket. IGI Mobile, a Korean maker of wireless
broadband communications devices, manufactured the device.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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