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Sequans Communications, a supplier of fixed and mobile WiMAX semiconductor solutions, has announced that Siemens (News - Alert), will employ Sequans' latest mobile WiMAX Wave 2 chips to develop WiMAX residential modems and gateways.
A part of Siemens’ Gigaset product family, these modems and gateways are being built by Siemens Home and Office Communications Device division. The Sequans partnership is a big step for Siemens in the direction of mobile WiMAX development.
"Sequans' SQN1130 mobile WiMAX (News - Alert) chips enable us to build the highest performing WiMAX modems with industry-leading throughput," said Marc Achhammer, senior vice president, head of WiMAX, Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, in a statement. "We are dedicated to WiMAX as a key global broadband technology, and Sequans supports our strategy and roadmap for mobile WiMAX the best."
Sequans’ newly released chip, the SQN1130, with its full 2X2 MIMO and a unique low complexity implementation of MIMO is compliant with the 802.16e Wave 2 standard. This energy-efficient chip delivers a throughput of over 30 Mbps.
Divya Narain is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
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