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Willcom
Selects Wavesat to Enable XG-PHS Broadband Wireless
Other Topics:
Mobile Broadband Network Optimization,
Wi-Fi Mesh Market
Willcom
May 22, 2008
Will allow Equipment Manufacturers to rapidly develop mobile XG-PHS
solutions using Wavesat’s Odyssey 8500 multimode chipset for advanced
applications
Sunnyvale, CA & Tokyo, Japan -- Willcom and Wavesat announced today a
special arrangement to cooperate on XG-PHS technology with the goal to
accelerate the development, adoption and deployment of XG-PHS based
Broadband Wireless solutions in Japan. The collaboration between the two
companies will leverage Wavesat’s revolutionary multimode Odyssey 8500
4G chipset, providing access to multiple broadband wireless technologies
including XG-PHS, WiMAX Wave2, WiFi and seamless migration to LTE. |
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Wavesat will work closely with Willcom and selected
solution partners to adapt the Odyssey 8500 to support the XG-PHS
standard and Willcom’s advanced requirements for the Japanese
marketplace. The joint development effort will enable Willcom to deploy
the ground breaking XG-PHS network on schedule, offering high
performance including 256 QAM operations.
XG-PHS is an OFDMA standard providing advanced network services and
enhanced data speeds. It will be initially deployed in Japan by Willcom.
“We decided to work with Wavesat to develop XG-PHS chipset and solutions
because of their unique multimode architecture,” said Yoshioki Chika,
Executive Vice President, Willcom Inc. “This strategic partnership
highlights Willcom’s commitment to providing the most innovative and
world-class broadband wireless technology, and we look forward to a long
term relationship with Wavesat.”
“We are honored to collaborate with Willcom towards accelerating XG-PHS
deployment in Japan,” added Raj Singh, Wavesat’s President and CEO. “We
are excited to bring to market solutions that offer multimode
capabilities which can easily be adapted to support today’s Broadband
Wireless technologies, and offer a seamless migration path to future 4G
standards.”
"Wavesat’s
ability to support multiple OFDMA protocols is very promising. The
XG-PHS standard being implemented by Willcom is an innovative example in
one of the most sophisticated telecommunications marketplaces in the
world,” said Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder of Maravedis Inc., a leading
wireless broadband analyst firm. “This design win further validates
Wavesat’s multimode strategy and should contribute to position them for
leadership in the 4G semiconductor market.”
The Odyssey 8500 chipset from Wavesat is powered by a unique 4G
multi-core architecture incorporating multiple ultra low power DSPs,
offering flexibility, high performance and low power consumption,
without any tradeoff. The SOC manufactured using advanced Embedded DRAM
technology requires no external memory, thus saving customers valuable
real estate, cost and power consumption for very small form-factor
portable and mobile applications such as wireless USB dongle, mobile
handsets and other consumer electronic devices.
About Willcom
WILLCOM, Inc. is a leading mobile data telecommunications company,
providing PHS services in Japan. In addition to data telecommunications,
WILLCOM introduced the “WILLCOM Flat-Rate Plan” in May 2005, the
industry's first fixed-rate voice communication service. WILLCOM has
also introduced a series of other new services to the market, and
currently has more than 4.60 million cumulative subscribers (as of April
2008). For more information (available in English and Japanese), visit
WILLCOM's website at www.willcom-inc.com
About Wavesat
Wavesat is a global leader in mobile broadband,
providing advanced semiconductor solutions to the world’s leading
carrier and mobile device manufacturers to deploy future-proof broadband
services and products. With award winning technology, Wavesat delivers
silicon that enables customers to deploy multiple Broadband Wireless
technologies such as WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, and XG-PHS today and to migrate
seamlessly to future 4G technologies such as LTE.
Wavesat is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum®.
For more information, please visit www.wavesat.com.
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change without notice.
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Forum and WiMAX Forum Certified are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All
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