4G chip manufacturer Sequans releases first LTE chips
4G chip manufacturer Sequans Company announces today, quickly the trial product supplying its main customer with first LTE chips SQN3010. Through the development of several months, this chip will be made available for China Mobile at first. As TD-LTE technical main advocate, China Mobile chooses Sequans to offer TD-LTE chip and USB adapter for it, used in the first TD-LTE demonstration network of world that China Mobile will dispose in Shanghai 2010 World Expo soon. World Expo 2010 Shanghai will open in May of this year.
SQN3010 is a chip of a baseband system, accord with 3GPPR8 standard, can reach the 3rd type customer equipment throughput level of 100Mbps in 20MHz signal channel, support LTE frequency band of the 38th and 40 grades. SQN3010 has already been integrated with the radio frequency function that Sequans cooperative partner has offered.
The chief executive officer GeorgesKaram of Sequans Company says, " our new LTE chip will offer support for arrangement for the first TD-LTE network, as the supplier of this product, we feel very proud. TD-LTE technology has a good market, not merely receives China's moving favor, and is pursued by the Europe, Asia, North American other TD-LTE operators. "
Sequans Company cooperating with companies such as Motorola, Alcatel - Lucent,etc., offer TD-LTEUSB adapter for China Mobile, used in can support the 40th LTE frequency band (2.3-2.4GHz) in 20MHz signal channel . These adapters will be offered the audience of World Expo in 2010, will let them personally experience speed and characteristic of LTE. China Mobile plans to be disposing TD-LTE business all over China.
Besides offering support for China Mobile, Sequans Company also unites Alcatel - Lucent Company, jointly prepare TD-LTE operator providing service in 2.6GHz frequency band for Asia and some of Europe to offer TD-LTE solution. For this reason, Sequans Company put out the second TD-LTEUSB adapter, is used in the 38th LTE frequency band (2.5-2.6GHz) ,Both sides had already announced this news last month.
Chief analyst St of InfoneticsResearch Company phaneT Ral says, " Sequans Company has taken the lead in occupying the leading position of LTE chip development. Sequans Company made the permanent outstanding achievement in the field of WiMAX, marched into LTE market again later, and WiMAX has many common attribute with TD-LTE again, we can say, LTE business of Sequans Company has consolidated LTE industry ecosystem greatly, rely on China's moving growth momentum, the ecosystem of this industry will become the irresistible new trend gradually. "