Icera soft modem selected for Vodafone 14.4 HSPA USB stick

BRISTOL, UK: Icera Inc., the mobile broadband semiconductor company, announced that its Livanto chipset and Adaptive Wireless technology is at the heart of Vodafone’s latest mobile broadband USB stick, the Vodafone K3805-Z.

Offering a high speed mobile broadband connection with theoretical peak downlink rates of up to 14.4 Mbps HSPA in optimal conditions, the Vodafone K3805-Z is the world’s first USB modem to incorporate Icera’s IceClear interference-aware technology.

IceClear uses sophisticated signal processing algorithms implemented in software to cancel the effect of interference from other cells, potentially delivering up to triple the previous average connection speeds for Vodafone customers in weaker signal areas and improving network efficiency and reliability.

Ralf Elias, Head of Global Product Management and Innovation at Vodafone Group, commented: “Our aim is to provide our customers with a best-in-class experience of services through Vodafone’s high-speed mobile broadband network and we track and selectively collaborate on innovative technologies with cellular chipset partners to achieve this. Icera’s unique soft modem technology, including the latest IceClear interference aware receiver, shows how this directly benefits our customers’ experience.”

Stan Boland, President and CEO of Icera, said: “Interference-aware receiver technology has been known to achieve substantial user throughput and cell capacity gains for some time, but until now has been prohibitively complex and expensive to implement. The advantage of IceClear, to manufacturers, operators and customers, is to deliver this technology in software at no additional silicon cost. Users will notice the difference for sure and we’re thrilled to have Vodafone as a launch operator.”

Vodafone’s K3805-Z will be available from Vodafone across Europe and selected African countries.