Altair Semiconductor's LTE Technology Qualified for Use in LTE Networks in China

Altair Semiconductor, a provider of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, announced that China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) approved its dual mode FourGee-3100/6200 TDD/FDD-LTE chipset for use in LTE networks in China.

The approval came following several rounds of rigorous testing. MIIT has approved Altair's dual mode chipsets after conducting internal testing. MIIT also considered the results of extensive interoperability and field performance trials that Altair held with China Mobile over the last year, company officials said.

“This official stamp of approval from the Chinese regulatory authorities follows more than a year of extensive testing conducted with MIIT and China Mobile,” said Eran Eshed, co-founder and VP of Marketing and Business Development at Altair Semiconductor, in a statement.

“While Altair is very excited to have successfully passed MIIT's qualification testing, this is also an exciting development for the market, as our TDD/FDD-LTE capable technology enables commercial devices to function equally effectively on China Mobile's network as well as on networks around the world,” Eshed added.

This is a significant development for Altair as it is one of the only TDD/FDD-LTE chipset vendors qualified by the Chinese regulator. With the approval, Altair will be able to offer significant benefits above competing technologies to operators. Subscriber devices can operate equally efficiently both in China, which is based on a TDD-LTE scheme, as well as in FDD-LTE-based markets, such as the U.S. and Europe.

Recently, Altair Semiconductor announced that its Time Division – Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) solution, combining Altair's 4G LTE chipsets and Alcatel-Lucent's LTE infrastructure, has completed interoperability testing.

Following this development, Altair announced it will take part in several TD-LTE field trials in India and China. Altair offers the cost effective TD-LTE solution available in the market today.