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LPWA vs LTE: the differences explained
By Sheetal Kumbhar As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes larger and larger, the list of communications protocols vying to power the extensive wireless wide area networks (WAN) that the infrastructure will require grows both...
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Cellular Simplifies its IoT Road Map
By Rick Merritt LTE Category 0 gets nulled SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Category 0 option for 4G LTE cellular has fallen to the pruner’s shears. It is the latest alternative to be weeded out...
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AT&T, Ericsson and Altair Tackle IoT Power Consumption
By Andrew Berg AT&T, Ericsson and chipset company Altair are collaborating on a more power-efficient Internet of Things (IoT). The companies announced yesterday demonstration of an LTE Power Saving Mode on commercial LTE Internet of...
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Ericsson Software Upgrade Allows For 10 Year IoT Battery Life On LTE
By Steve McCaskill Ericsson, AT&T and Altair will show how a sensor can last for ten years on a commercial chipset and existing LTE network Ericsson claims to have developed a software upgrade that allows for...
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AT&T, Ericsson to Demo 10-year IoT Battery Life
By Joey Jackson 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...
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Using LTE for the Internet of Things
By Carl Weinschenk The Internet of Things (IoT) will demand that a number of new standards be developed and existing ones tweaked to squeeze it comfortably into the existing infrastructure of the IT and telecom worlds....
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Altair, Sequans: Benefits Of LTE Cat 0 For Internet of Things Can Be Achieved Without Cat 0 Chipsets
By Phil Goldstein LAS VEGAS--The debate over what is the best low-power wireless communications protocol technology to power millions and eventually billions of Internet of Things devices heated up at Super Mobility this week. LTE...
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Israel’s Altair Semiconductor bets big on Reliance Jio’s 4G rollout; hopes to maximise global revenue
By Danish Kahn NEW DELHI: Israel-based chipmaker Altair Semiconductor sees significant growth coming on the back of planned commercial rollouts by Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio Infocomm, the only pan-India 4G player, which has been using...
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IoT Security: Altair Semiconductor Explains Why It’s Uniquely Positioned for the Job
By Paula Bernier The Internet of Things is expected to change life as we know it – making our businesses, cities, and homes more efficient; our energy, industrial, and transportation systems safer; and our people...
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The Rise of Smart Cities: Smart Homes Will Lead the Push to Over One Billion Connected Things This Year
By Eran Eshed Just a few years ago, the concept of a smart city—or one that uses wireless technology to increase communication between various sectors, city planners and consumers—seemed like it was light years away...
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Altair rolls low-power 4G chip aimed at wearables, IoT
By Julien Happich Altair rolls low-power 4G chip aimed at wearables, IoT Altair Semiconductor has developed a line-up of MIPS-based chips to deliver 4G connectivity to wearables and other IoT devices at particularly low power budgets....
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Low-power LTE 4G modem targets IoT, uses MIPS architecture
By Julien Happich Altair Semiconductor has designed a new family of MIPS-based chips to provide 4G connectivity to wearables and other IoT devices at minimal power consumption. The company has optimised the FourGee modems for...
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The Awesome Potential of Geofencing for M2M
By- Eran Eshed All of you parents out there, I want you to close your eyes and imagine the following scenario. Your teenage son or daughter is getting ready to go out for the evening...
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4G LTE to be an Essential Part of India’s Smart City Project
By Eran Eshed- According to the United Nations, 54 percent of the global population lives in urban areas. This reality is not temporary. Urban dwellers are expected to total 66 percent of the world population...
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LTE: The next frontier for the connected car
Connected Car Tech By Eran Eshed In an essay nearly 20 years ago, Bill Gates famously declared that “content is king”. Since that essay was published, if you had a nickel for every time you...
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The Wait Is Over: Altair Brings Affordable, Low Power, Robust LTE Connectivity to IoT
IOT Evolution By Paula Bernier It has been clear for some time that a low-cost, high-performance connectivity option for the Internet of Things is on the horizon. According to Altair Semiconductor, that time is now....
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LTE for the IoT: Interview with Eran Eshad, Altair Semiconductor
By Anne Fisher, Managing Editor A tough nut to crack has been an apt description of achieving low-power and standards-based long range IoT/M2M technology, but LTE chipsets may be just the tool to crack the...
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Altair Semiconductor Addresses IoT with LTE-Specific Solutions
By Paula Bernier Altair Semiconductor, a chipset company that’s been in business for a decade, offers LTE-only chipsets. This year the company aims to disrupt the M2M/IoT space with the introduction of an optimized LTE-only...
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MWC 2015: Chip vendors gear up to boost mobile user experience
By Telecom Lead Staff Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015) is getting ready to see the live action from chip majors such as Qualcomm, Broadcom, Intel, MediaTek, Altair Semiconductor, etc. The following are the latest announcements...
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Imagination and Altair Detail Growing Market for LTE Chips with Embedded MIPS-based CPU’s
By Tom Dawson Mobile World Congress might be a show that’s dominated by consumer products like Samsung’s and HTC’s smartphones launches, but it’s also a trade show. One where new technologies are demonstrated and...
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Taking the IIoT Beyond WiFi: Consider 4G LTE
By Alan Earls Will 4G be the future of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)? Well, probably at least in part. There are plenty of “things” that aren’t located in places that are easy to...
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LTE AT&T gives LTE-only a boost
By Martha Degrasse 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...
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Three key ways that wearables can change lives
By Eran Eshed Wearabletech-Unless you spent the past month underneath a rock, you have probably heard enough buzz surrounding the Apple Watch’s unveiling to last a lifetime. Apple’s foray into the smartwatch space is...
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Altair Semiconductor Completes AT&T ADAPT Chipset Validation
By Casey Houser Mobility Tech Zone-Validation of a tech product is essential to the growth of a product. When it comes to the proliferation of 4G LTE mobile technologies, the validation of chipsets becomes an...
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LTE for IoT
By M&E Tech Staff M&E TECH-May 21, 2015, Imagination Summit, Santa Clara, CA—Eran Eshed from Altair presented talking points about cellular infrastructure for the IoT. The greatest challenges are in overcoming the perceptions that LTE...
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The smart medical home can lower healthcare costs
By Eran Eshed On top of the potentially massive economic benefits these new-age homes may provide, they will also help at-risk individuals avoid medical scares. Rising healthcare costs are a concern in many areas of...
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Altair Semiconductor says will bring 4G network to small devices
By Ari Rabinovitch * Company considering an IPO on Nasdaq * New chipset to impact sales at start of 2016 * Company has raised more than $150 million JERUSALEM, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Altair Semiconductor...
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New Altair Chipsets Can Expedite LTE’s Application for IoT
By Paula Bernier Altair Semiconductor today officially unveiled new CAT-0 and CAT-1 LTE-only chipsets, which the vendor says will enable carriers to use LTE in Internet of Things deployments two years earlier than they originally...
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LTE IoT Specs Anticipated in Chips
By Jessica Lipsky Altair aims to get jump on 4G MTC standard OAKLAND, Calif. -- Altair Semiconductor hopes to drive the machine-to-machine (M2M) market toward 4G LTE with two chip sets coming out ahead of...
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The Peggy Smedley Show: Episode 364 -The Future of LTE
The Peggy Smedley Show Episode #364 The Evolution of Automated Cars Andrew Whydell, director of product planning and global electronics, TRW, discusses the explosion of interest in automated driving in the automotive industry and the...
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