Altair Semiconductor Chipset Powers Softbank Mobile's 110Mbps 4G Demonstration

Altair Semiconductor Chipset Powers Softbank Mobile's 110Mbps 4G Demonstration

FourGee(TM) LTE Chipset by Altair Breaks Its Second Speed Record in Two Months

HOD HASHARON, Israel, October 3, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Altair Semiconductor ( http://www.altair-semi.com), the world's
leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance
4G LTE chipsets [http://www.altair-semi.com/fourgee-31006200 ], announced
today that its FourGee(TM) LTE chipset, integrated in a commercial USB
dongle, was used in Softbank Mobile's 4G press conference AXGP demonstration
[http://www.pcworld.com/article/240812/softbank_announces_110_mbps_network_may_handle_iphones.html ]
conducted in Japan on September 29. AXGP stands for
"Advanced eXtended Global Platform", and is a Japanese 4G standard that is
fully compliant with the TD-LTE specification.

    In August, Altair announced
[http://www.altair-semi.com/altair-semiconductor-breaks-td-lte-speed-record-achieving-more-100mbps-live-network-configuration-de ]
that its TD-LTE
chipset, integrated in a commercial USB dongle, achieved download speeds of
more than 100Mbps in a live over-the-air demonstration.

    "Altair's LTE chipset is an industry benchmark - both when it comes to
performance and maturity," said Eran Eshed
[http://www.altair-semi.com/management ], Co-Founder and VP of Marketing and
Business Development at Altair Semiconductor. "We are pleased that our
market-ready FourGee(TM) LTE chipset, integrated in a fully commercialized
USB dongle device, was selected by Softbank to power the world's fastest 4G
TDD network [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLtqAgncSTQ ], and we look
forward to continue demonstrating the power of our chipsets in 4G networks
around the world."

    Altair is shipping one of the first commercial TDD/FDD LTE chipsets in
the market today and has established a strong leadership position in the
emerging TD-LTE market. Recently, Altair achieved qualification by China's
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)
[http://www.altair-semi.com/altair-semiconductors-lte-technology-qualified-chinas-ministry-industry-and-information-technology-m ]
, officially approving
it for use in LTE networks in China. The chipset has been selected by more
than 15 ODM/OEM vendors globally and has been in mass production for over a
year.

    About Altair Semiconductor

    Altair Semiconductor [http://www.altair-semi.com ] is the world's
leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance
4G semiconductors [http://www.altair-semi.com/industry-technology ].
Altair's chipsets can be found in approximately 30 end-user devices -
ranging from USB dongles to smartphones - built by its more than 15
customers across North America, Europe, China, India and Taiwan - making it
one of the only TDD/FDD LTE [http://www.altair-semi.com/fourgee-31006200 ]
chipset manufacturers in the world with commercially available products.
Altair's comprehensive product portfolio includes baseband processors,
multi-band RF transceivers for both FDD and TDD bands, and a range of
reference hardware [http://www.altair-semi.com/reference-platforms ] and
product level protocol stack software. Based on a novel, proprietary
Software Defined Radio
[http://www.altair-semi.com/o2p-%E2%80%93-software-defined-radio-sdr-processor ]
(SDR) processor, codenamed "O[2]P(TM)", Altair's products
[http://www.altair-semi.com/overview ] are the smallest and most highly
power optimized in the industry, offering an unmatched combination of
flexibility and performance. For more information, visit the company's
website at http://www.altair-semi.com. Follow Altair on Twitter: @AltairSemi

   
    Media Contact:
    Ruder Finn Israel for Altair Semiconductor
    Matthew Krieger
    +972-544-676-950
    matthew@ruderfinn.co.il

Source: Altair Semiconductor

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