Altair's TD-LTE Chipset Selected by Olive Telecom, India's leading Convergence Solutions Device Developer
HOD HASHARON, Israel, May 10, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Altair Semiconductor (http://www.altair-semi.com), a leading developer of
ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets
[http://altair-semi.com/products/fourgee-31006200 ], today announced that its 'Hornet'
TD-LTE chipset, recently introduced to the Indian market, has been selected by Olive
Telecom to power Olive's line of LTE enabled products. Olive Telecom is a world class
designer and supplier of wireless devices, 2G/3G mobile handsets and smart phones,
connected mobile computing devices and advanced data modems.
"We are very pleased to have been selected by a leading designer and supplier of
mobile and portable devices such as Olive for use in their products," said Eran Eshed,
Co-Founder and VP of Marketing and Business Development at Altair. "Olive's selection of
Altair reaffirms the leadership position Altair has built in the Indian market. We look
forward to building on our partnership with Olive and continuing to expand our footprint
in the Indian market."
"Altair's LTE solution was a natural choice for us to integrate into our 4G enabled
devices, customized for the Indian market," said Artem Orange, President Operations at
Olive. "The combination of maturity, performance and cost will enable Olive to
differentiate our products and shorten our time to market."
Altair is a market leader in the global TD-LTE industry. Altair-based products are
commercially deployed in Brazil and the Company has completed advanced pre-commercial
field trials with carriers around the world, including Softbank in Japan, China Mobile and
leading carriers in India. Altair's TD-LTE solution is the first to have demonstrated
Category 4 throughputs publically in China and Japan.
About Altair Semiconductor
Altair Semiconductor is the world's leading developer of ultra-low power, small
footprint and high performance 4G semiconductors. Altair's chipsets can be found in
approximately 30 end-user devices - ranging from USB dongles to smartphones - built by its
more than 15 customers across North America, Europe, China, India and Taiwan - making it
one of the only TDD/FDD LTE chipset manufacturers in the world with commercially available
products. Altair's comprehensive product portfolio includes baseband processors,
multi-band RF transceivers for both FDD and TDD bands, and a range of reference hardware
and product level protocol stack software. Based on a novel, proprietary Software Defined
Radio (SDR) processor, codenamed "O[2]P(TM)", Altair's products are the smallest and most
highly power optimized in the industry, offering an unmatched combination of flexibility
and performance. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.altair-semi.com. Follow Altair on Twitter: @AltairSemi
[http://twitter.com/AltairSemi ]
About Olive Telecom
Olive Telecom is a world class designer and supplier of wireless devices; 2G/3G mobile
handsets and smart phones, connected mobile computing devices and advanced data modems.
With marketing reach in more than 24 countries, Olive Telecom develops customized products
for mobile operators worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.olive.net.
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