Alcatel-Lucent and Sequans join forces to accelerate development of global LTE ecosystem

Sequans | February 15, 2011 | Press Release
Companies to bring affordable TD-LTE solutions to the mass market
Barcelona, February 15, 2011 – Sequans Communications today announced they are working with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to ready TD-LTE solutions in all frequency bands, to support large-scale trials and commercial deployments worldwide in 2011, including China and India. Thanks to the synergy between the two companies and advanced interoperability testing (IOT) between Sequans’ 4G/LTE chipset and Alcatel-Lucent’s LTE infrastructure, operators will benefit from new products developed by Sequans’ manufacturing partners that will support mass market deployment in 2011.
The new products include low-cost devices such as USB dongles, indoor and outdoor CPE, portable Wi-Fi routers, connected tablet and notebook computers fully interoperable with Alcatel-Lucent network equipments that will enrich the global LTE ecosystem and contribute to accelerate its development.
”As numerous LTE operators prepare to scale their networks, Sequans and Alcatel-Lucent’s TD-LTE solutions are providing an accelerated time-to-market solution in response to the dynamic demand of operators who are looking for a diverse selection of high-performance, economical devices to unlock new revenue streams and innovative 4G business models,”  said Doug Wolff, Vice President, 4G LTE Solutions at Alcatel-Lucent. “Our collaboration with Sequans supports our efforts to foster a rich and open LTE ecosystem of devices that are fully integrated with our leading end-to-end LTE solution. Our joint efforts will leverage both companies’ capabilities to address the high growth potential of TD-LTE in China and India.”
“By working with Alcatel-Lucent, we are extending our TD-LTE leadership by optimizing the performance and features of our LTE chipsets, enabling our manufacturing partners to supply a diverse set of cost-effective end-user devices, and enabling operators to launch their networks successfully in 2011,” said Georges Karam, Sequans CEO. “We are proud to partner with Alcatel-Lucent and are excited to work with them to provide solutions for both TDD and FDD network operators as they deploy.”
Sequans and Alcatel-Lucent supported China Mobile’s TD-LTE trial network at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai last year. Sequans was among the first chipset providers to support China Mobile’s TD-LTE demonstration network for the expo.
About Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications is a 4G chipmaker, supplying LTE and WiMAX chips to equipment manufacturers and mobile operators worldwide.  Founded in 2004 to address the WiMAX opportunity where it is now a global leader, Sequans expanded in early 2009 to address the LTE market.  Sequans chips are inside leading WiMAX networks worldwide and will soon be inside LTE networks. www.sequans.com.