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Sequans and Celestica Release Integrated Baseband and RF Solution for Large Mobile WiMAX Base Stations
Sequans and Celestica Release Integrated Baseband and RF Solution for Large Mobile WiMAX Base Stations.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nWiMAX World USA booth 814 (Sequans) and 948 (Celestica)\n\n\nCUPERTINO, CA and TORONTO, Sept. 18 /CNW/ - Sequans Communications, a\nleading supplier and developer of fixed and mobile WiMAX semiconductor\nsolutions, and Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a global provider of innovative\nelectronics manufacturing services (EMS), today announced the availability of\nan integrated Sequans/Celestica baseband/RF solution for manufacturers of\nhigh-end WiMAX base stations.\n\n\nThe solution integrates Sequans' new baseband Mobile WiMAX chip, the\nSQN2130, the first Mobile WiMAX base station MAC/PHY in the market, with\nCelestica's open base station architecture initiative (OBSAI)-compliant Remote\nRadio Head (RRH) solution accelerator platform - providing a total solution\nfor manufacturers of large Mobile WiMAX base stations. OBSAI standards have\nbeen established to create an open market for cellular base stations.\n\n\n"Celestica is recognized as an industry leader in implementing OBSAI and\nwe are very pleased to jointly deliver this total solution for manufacturers\nof high-end Mobile WiMAX base stations," said Bernard Aboussouan, Sequans VP\nof marketing and business development. "Infrastructure suppliers can now get\nto market quickly with a high power, high-end solution."\n\n\n"We are very pleased to collaborate with Sequans to make this important\nMobile WiMAX solution available," said Randy Clark, Director of Celestica's\nWiMAX Solutions Practice. "Our WiMAX Solution Accelerators are pre-engineered\nplatform solutions that can be customized by companies in the fixed, nomadic,\nand mobile WiMAX market to shrink their design cycle and drive faster\ntime-to-market. The combination of our Remote Radio Head solution accelerator\nwith Sequans' new baseband technology provides an innovative solution,\ncompliant with an established standard for base station interfaces."\n\n\nCelestica's 2x2 MIMO RRH solution accelerators comprise the entire RF\nfront end, including transceivers, power amplifiers and enclosure, with an\nOBSAI compliant interface. Sequans' SQN2130 chip is a full MAC and PHY\nbaseband solution that is WiMAX Forum(TM) Wave 2-ready, based on IEEE 802.16e\nstandards. It supports 2X2 MIMO (2 Rx and 2 Tx, Matrix A and B) and delivers\nhigh throughput as a function of Sequans' unique, ...