SEQUANS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF MOBILE WIMAX CHIP
Mobile station system-on-chip now shipping to select customers
PARIS, France and CUPERTINO, Calif. — July 11, 2006 — SEQUANS Communications, a leading developer and provider of fixed and mobile WiMAX silicon and software, announced that it is now sampling its WiMAX mobile station chips to select customers. Supporting the recently ratified 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless access standard, the chip provides equipment makers with a fully integrated physical layer and media access control (MAC) layer solution and the lowest power consumption for developing low cost and high performance WiMAX mobile stations.
“The results of our tests so far exceed our expectations and we are now confident in releasing the mobile station chip to our key customers and ODM partners,” said Bertrand Debray, Sequans VP of engineering. “The team executed brilliantly in developing a high performance chip in record time.”
Sequans’ SQN1110 system-on-chip (SoC) is a highly integrated, low power 802.16e-compliant, baseband solution. Its high level of integration and ultra-low power consumption make it suitable for use in mobile devices―handsets, smartphones, PDAs, PC cards, USB dongles—as well as fixed devices.
Sequans new mobile station chip was designed to include all MAC and PHY features required to attain WiMAX certification, expected later this year.
The SQN1110 mobile station chips are sampling now along with evaluation kits for the SQN2110 base station chipsets; general availability for both is scheduled for September 2006.
About Sequans
SEQUANS Communications is a leading supplier of fixed and mobile WiMAX silicon and software based on IEEE 802.16 standards. Offering both base station and subscriber station chips for both fixed and mobile WiMAX, Sequans provides a broader product line than any other WiMAX chipmaker. Sequans offers equipment manufacturers an all-in-one solution, including full MAC and PHY functionality, enabling them to build the complete range of WiMAX network components: high-end and pico base stations, outdoor and indoor subscriber terminals, home gateways, and all types of mobile devices. Sequans’ WiMAX solutions feature high performance, very low power consumption, and incorporate all 802.16 standard requirements as well as additional features for increased coverage and mobility. Sequans, along with its RF partners, provide the most complete WiMAX solution available to system manufacturers today. Sequans’ fixed WiMAX products are certified 802.16-2004-compliant and its mobile WiMAX products are expected to be certified when the wave 1 certification process begins later this year. Sequans is based in Paris, France with offices in USA, Israel and Singapore. Please visit www.sequans.com
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