Thursday, November 11, 2010

Icera powers Bandrich 21Mbps HSPA+ and Wi-Fi pocket router

BRISTOL, UK: Icera Inc., the mobile broadband semiconductor company, announced that its Livanto HSPA+ soft modem is driving BandRich’s new embedded HSPA+ and Wi-Fi Pocket Router, the PR39, which delivers up to 21Mbps peak data rates downlink and 5.6Mbps uplink.

The Bandrich PR39 Pocket Router is a mobile hotspot device which creates a personal cloud of high-speed internet connectivity that can be shared between up to five users or five Wi-Fi enabled devices such as laptops, printers, cameras, music players and gaming devices.

With a small and sleek design, the PR39 is secure and easy to use, featuring an OLED LCD screen to show the device status and to communicate special messages. It also provides 16 gigabytes of microSD memory storage with a rechargeable battery for up to four hours of continuous use.

Dr. Wen-Yi Kuo, CEO of BandRich, commented, “We selected Icera’s Livanto chipset for our HSPA+ Pocket Router because its innovative soft modem technology enables us to bring exciting new products to market faster and more cost-effectively, delivering enhanced mobile broadband performance to our operator customers. ”

Stan Boland, president and CEO of Icera, said: “We are delighted to have been selected once again by Bandrich for their new Pocket Router. Our unique, high performance soft modem technology delivers outstanding user experience with unparalleled network efficiency, helping mobile operators meet consumers’ insatiable demand for mobile data.

“Icera’s additional advantage to manufacturers is to offer 21Mbps HSPA+ as a software upgrade to our existing HSPA platform, using the same silicon, saving design time and cost, and enabling our customers to get products to market faster.”

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