[March 19, 2015]

MagnaCom Opens NGMN 2015 with Live Demonstration of the World's Highest Performance OFDM Modulation for 5G Cellular Networks

NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition - MagnaCom, a recognized technology innovation powerhouse, today announced that it will be demonstrating its WAM™ technology, the world's highest capacity modulation technology for wireless networks and future 5G networks, at the NGMN workshop in Frankfurt, Germany on March 24-25, 2015.

"We are excited to have MagnaCom perform a live demonstration of its foundational 5G modulation technology, at the upcoming NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition," said NGMN's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Peter Meissner. "A global initiative has been launched by NGMN to define the end-to-end requirements for 5G, and supporting companies such as MagnaCom who can help address operator requirements and future 5G market needs is what our event is all about. This type of advanced modulation technology, improving distance, speed, power and spectrum capacity, could have a profound impact on the entire mobile communications industry."

MagnaCom enables wireless/wired global operators to realize their future 5G networks, which are significantly more efficient and more resilient, yet 100% backward compatible with today's legacy QAM deployments. WAM allows much more data to be transmitted over the same spectrum, delivers much higher speeds, achieves longer distance wirelessly, and consumes far less power than has ever been possible before. WAM solves major analog and RF technology barriers for current and higher modulation levels, enabling an unprecedented 200% network throughput and up to a 50% reduction in power.

Example: OFD-WAM Cellular Uplink Benefits

Even the most modern 4G/LTE (News - Alert) cellular networks today are limited to operating at QAM16 single carrier for all uplink connections (the optional standard provision for QAM64 is not practical andhas never been achieved to date). Without making any changes to the RF, antenna, or analog front end, OFD-WAM enables a QAM256 equivalent (WAM-8), and with a full multi-carrier OFDM support, while consuming the same overall system power. In this example, OFD-WAM enables a true multi-carrier scheme with the same (or lower) power back-off levels of the single-carrier scheme (SC-FDMA) used all over the world today. In addition to over 200% network capacity, the benefits are tremendous including: superior interference tolerance, effective MIMO modes, and dramatically better performance in severe multipath scenarios with Doppler Spread.

Over the past year MagnaCom has engaged with global technology leaders, while also promoting WAM into the predominant 5G workgroups and forums - such as NGMN and IWPC. The company has become a recognized technology innovation powerhouse with over 100 global patents filed and over 40 granted and issued US patents, holding over 1,000 granted inventions (claims). It has also garnered numerous recognitions and industry awards.

Schedule a NGMN Live Demo

To book a meeting at NGMN on March 24-25 and see our OFDM-WAM demonstration, contact [email protected]. OFD-WAM technology is currently being evaluated by MagnaCom's strategic partners.

About MagnaCom

MagnaCom is a recognized technology innovation powerhouse aiming to reinvent the evolution of digital communications. The company was founded around a whole new, patented modulation technology called WAM, which can help alleviate the global spectrum congestion and insatiable demand for more bandwidth. This impacts nearly all forms of modern communications - including cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite and cable TV, wireless backhaul, cable modems and numerous other applications. WAM technology applies to carriers, handset manufacturers, wired and wireless system OEMs, and communication IC vendors who strive to save spectrum, increase bandwidth, speed and distance, or reduce power consumption. With over 40 issued patents and over 70 more pending, MagnaCom is challenging the 40-year dominance of QAM as the modulation of choice for all advanced wired and wireless systems. The company has assembled a world-class team of scientists, executives and advisors from Broadcom, Qualcomm, Skyworks, Motorola (News - Alert) Mobility (acquired by Google), Texas Instruments, Intel, ST Microelectronics and Passif Semiconductor (acquired by Apple). For more information, visit www.magna-com.com.

WAM™ and OFD-WAM™ are trademarks of MagnaCom Ltd.

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