Sequans and a major US mobile operator have completed a network and device trial of LTE UE Category 1 devices powered by Sequans. This trial follows the completion of a similar trial conducted with Verizon Wireless and Ericsson announced in March. CAT1 LTE technology, with maximum downlink speed of 10 Mbps and suitable for M2M … Read more
Sequans’ Calliope LTE Platform, the world’s first and only Cat 1 (up to 10 Mbps) LTE chipset platform, has won an “IoT Innovations Award” from Connected World Magazine. According to Connected World, winning products were selected based on a variety of criteria, including most creative and technologically advanced products, services, and platforms. See press release … Read more
The 3GPP in its next two LTE releases will define Category 0 with throughput of 1 megabit per second for low cost/low power M2M applications, also referred to as LTE for machine-type-communications or LTE-M. Once the new specifications are ratified and published, there will follow extensive required network modifications and upgrades before Cat 0 devices … Read more
M2M devices must be LTE Although M2M has always been talked about as a possible application for LTE, it was once deemed to be too complex and expensive to be viable for M2M applications. Today, however things have changed. It is well accepted now that LTE is the inevitable global standard and therefore the eventual … Read more
As announced by Globe Telecom last week, the operator is expanding its LTE network in Visayas and Mindanao and has activated its first site in Lahug, Cebu City as part of its initiative to transform its existing WiMAX network to LTE. Globe, the second largest telecoms provider in the Philippines with 45 million customers, will … Read more
Sequans’ LTE chips are powering the tablets being used in the LTE Multicast demos of Verizon Wireless at Super Mobility Week, September 9-11. The live demo can be seen in the exhibit stands of both Verizon Wireless (2625) and Alcatel-Lucent (3032) where two live channels of sports content from ESPN and the NFL Network and two … Read more
The French Tennis Federation and France Télévisions are joining with Orange (see press release) to inaugurate 4G multicast for Roland Garros 2014. Sequans is providing its technology in the form of demonstration LTE tablets powered by Sequans’ eMBMS-capable chips for this first live demo of 4G multicast in France. Live action from the tennis tournament … Read more
Verizon Wireless is conducting a live demonstration of its LTE Multicast service today at the Indy 500 and Sequans’ technology is part of it. The Indy 500 is the perfect stage to demonstrate the power and value of LTE Multicast technology. Verizon has set up a series of cameras deployed trackside and in-car to capture … Read more
LTE-Advanced and LTE Broadcast on stage At Mobile World Congress, we are showcasing our new Cassiopeia LTE-Advanced Platform, which is our recently introduced next generation platform, compliant with 3GPP Release 10 specifications. Cassiopeia supports highly flexible carrier aggregation and provides category 6 capability, delivering the maximum theoretical LTE throughput in a 30 MHz FDD aggregated … Read more
Beginning today and continuing through Super Bowl Sunday, there is a very important LTE technology event occurring in New York. It is the LTE Multicast demonstration of Verizon Wireless, taking place in Bryant Park in The Verizon Power House. LTE Multicast is an evolution of 4G LTE, based on eMBMS (enhanced multimedia broadcast multicast service) … Read more