Sequans and Telefónica Complete First Live LTE Cat M1 Data Call in Europe
February 14 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
LTE for IoT chip leader Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS)
and multinational telecommunications provider and industry
recognized IoT leader Telefónica have completed the first live LTE
Cat M1 data call in Europe. The call was conducted at Telefónica’s
Innovation Lab in Madrid, Spain, and showed an IoT device, powered
by Sequans’ Monarch LTE-M / NB-IoT chip, communicating with an LTE
base station over-the-air.
This is a major milestone for Telefonica on the way to a
commercial LTE-M network launch, which will support cost-effective,
widespread deployment of IoT.
“This first live LTE-M data call confirms that LTE for IoT in
Europe will soon be a reality,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO.
“Telefonica is taking an early lead among operators in Europe and
we are pleased to work with them in reaching this important
milestone.”
Sequans’ Monarch LTE platform is the world’s first and most
highly optimized LTE-M (Cat M1) and NB-IoT (Cat NB1) chip. Monarch
is purpose-built for narrowband IoT applications, including
metering, wearables, and other low data, low power M2M and IoT
devices. Monarch complies with the ultra-low-power and reduced
complexity feature requirements of the 3GPP release 13 LTE Advanced
Pro standard, defining narrowband, low data rate LTE
technology for machine type communications. Monarch provides full
support for power saving mode (PSM) and extended discontinuous
reception (eDRX) to enable the long battery life needed by many IoT
use cases, and it provides the enhanced coverage modes defined in
the standard that extend coverage for deep-indoor and remote
deployments. Monarch comprises baseband, RF, power management, and
RAM, all integrated into a single, tiny 6.5 x 8.5 mm package. In
addition, Monarch supports advanced features such as programmable
RF filtering for global band support in a single SKU, and
proprietary dynamic power management technology enabling battery
life of 10+ years.
See Sequans at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February
27-March 2, hall 7, stand 7I81.
About Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a leading provider
of single-mode 4G LTE semiconductor solutions for the Internet of
Things (IoT) and a wide range of broadband data devices. Founded in
2003, Sequans has developed and delivered seven generations of 4G
technology and its chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks
around the world. Today, Sequans offers two LTE product lines:
StreamrichLTE™, optimized for feature-rich mobile computing and
home/portable router devices, and StreamliteLTE™, optimized for M2M
and IoT devices. Sequans is based in Paris, France, with an
additional office in Sophia Antipolis, France; and in the United
States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden,
Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at
www.sequans.com; www.facebook.com/sequans;
www.twitter.com/sequans.
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