Sony’s Altair Semiconductor will supply modem chips for AT&T’s $7.50 Category M1 LTE modules, which the carrier announced late last week. Altair was also AT&T’s modem vendor for its Category 1 LTE modules, which were priced at $14.99.
Chinese company set up an AI lab in March
China's Lenovo Group said it plans to invest $1.2 billion in the research and development of artificial intelligence, big data, and internet of things (IoT) technology in the next four years, according to Chinese press reports.
The...
Verizon Wireless activated its Category M1 LTE network, making it the first U.S. carrier to launch a nationwide LTE network dedicated to the internet of things. The carrier said it will offer IoT data plans for as little as $2 per month per device,...
With both AT&T and Verizon Wireless expected to roll out LTE-M internet of things networks in the U.S. this year, makers of low-power connectivity chipsets are busy forging partnerships and launching trials.
Sequans Communications and STMicroelectronics announced the most recent partnership. The companies said they...
AT&T said it is seeing "real momentum for LTE-M" and will roll out the low power wide-area network technology nationwide during the second quarter of this year. The announcement follows a successful trial of an IoT network in Norther California that uses LTE-M. AT&T...
Verizon Wireless certified new LTE Category M1 modules to connect "internet of things" devices with low bandwidth requirements. LTE-only chip makers Sequans and Altair both announced new modules that use their chipsets at CES 2017.
Category M1, or Cat M1 for short, is the name...
Amid a wave of consolidation in the semiconductor industry, the Obama administration is reportedly preparing a "blueprint for action" to help the incoming Trump administration protect U.S. intellectual property. According to The Wall Street Journal, President Barak Obama plans to leave President-elect Donald Trump...
Altair Semiconductor, a provider of LTE chipsets, announced earlier this month that its ALT1160 LTE Cat-1 chipset successfully completed interoperability testing with the Open Mobile Alliance's Lightweight machine-to-machine protocol. The test took place at the recent OMA TestFest, where vendors had the opportunity to test the stability...
Acquisition of NXP will bolster Qualcomm portfolio around autonomous driving and industrial IoT
Pending regulatory and closing machinations, San Diego-based Qualcomm announced today it will pay $39 billion to acquire Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP. Qualcomm is a leader in chips for smartphones and other wireless communications...
Mobile network operators will do almost anything to keep their customers, as evidenced by the ongoing price wars and promotions that consumers enjoy. But what will happen as more of those customers become "things" instead of people? Most machines will not be able to...
Mobile network operators will do almost anything to keep their customers, as evidenced by the ongoing price wars and promotions that consumers enjoy. But what will happen as more of those customers become "things" instead of people? Most machines will not be able to...
U.S. carriers are racing to connect sensors, meters and wearable devices to their LTE networks before the companies that make these devices decide to instead use low-cost networks operating in unlicensed spectrum. For the companies that make connectivity chipsets, helping carriers capitalize on the...
LTE is all about high-speed data and lots of it, right? Not always. If your goal is to connect factory equipment, cargo containers or utility meters to the Internet, you probably don't need to transmit a lot of high-speed data in real time. You...
Altair discusses TCO as it relates to the Internet of Things
LAS VEGAS – Category 1 chipsets, produced by companies like Altair, offer the low price point and long lifespan essential for large scale industrial "Internet of Things" deployments.
While flashy consumer-facing IoT devices grabbed the...
As the "Internet of Things" continues to develop, with industrial applications leading the way, new chipsets are set to allow IoT devices to connect to the Verizon LTE network.
The chipsets developed to support IoT connections to the Verizon Wireless LTE network were developed by...
Battery life has become an increasing concern with the growth of the "Internet of Things." Many IoT devices are not located near a battery source, so they need long-lasting batteries to make them viable parts of the IoT ecosystem. Ericsson and AT&T teamed up...
Chip news from Altair, Broadcom and MediaTek
AT&T gives LTE-only a boost
Israel's Altair Semiconductor said today that its FourGee-3800/6300 chipset has completed AT&T’s ADAPT chipset validation. Altair makes LTE-only chipsets, which so far have primarily been used in tablets. Tablets do not need to make...
