Lantiq, a global
provider of broadband access and home networking technologies, and Altair
Semiconductor, a developer of power and small footprint 4G LTE chipsets
announced that Altair’s LTE chipset will be used for the Lantiq XWAY GRX family
of network processors, speeding development of LTE-ready home gateways.
Worldwide
rollout of mobile LTE will make high-speed broadband connectivity available to
previously underserved residential subscribers. Gateway equipment providers can
quickly integrate support for the next-generation wireless standard into
customer premise equipment.
Equipment
manufacturers can quickly deploy field-proven LTE-ready systems; the Altair
FourGee-3100/6200 is a 3GPP LTE chipset that offers both TDD and FDD
capabilities and has been extensively tested for interoperability with all
leading infrastructure solutions.
Lantiq’s
broad network processor portfolio and Altair’s FourGee chipset allow OEMs/ODMs
to develop a variety of LTE CPE equipment, from simple LTE bridge modems up to
multiservice LTE gateways, optimized for different regional market requirements
in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
Lantiq’s
connectivity and voice product portfolio, including Fast/Gigabit-Ethernet,
WLAN, FXS, DECT/CAT-iq solutions, complements the system offering allowing
customers to build LTE gateways from pure data-only gateways up to high-end LTE
gateways, including voice.
Altair’s
software driver and Lantiq’s Universal Gateway (UGW) firmware will speed up the
system integration at OEMs/ODMs and will allow faster time-to-market.
“It has
long been recognized that LTE will be an important option for delivering
broadband service to both fixed sites as well as mobile users,” said Eran
Eshed, co-founder and VP of Marketing and Business Development for Altair Semiconductor.
“We see
growing demand in LTE gateways in both emerging markets as well as in
established markets. Our joint solution with Altair enable customers to
perfectly tailor their systems towards the specific requirements of these
markets by adding Ethernet, Wi-Fi connectivity, DECT/CAT-iq or standard voice
solutions,” said Ulrich Huewels, senior vice president and general manager
of Lantiq.
Altair Semiconductor recently announced
that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has
approved its dual mode FourGee-3100/6200 TDD/FDD-LTE chipset for use in LTE
networks in China.
MIIT’s
approval of Altair’s chipsets is based both in internal testing it conducted as
well as on the results of extensive interoperability and field performance
trials that Altair held with China Mobile over the last year.
