Mindspeed Powers the World's First LTE + Wi-Fi Femtocell

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSPD), the industry leader in innovation for small cell base stations, today announced that the company’s Transcede® wireless baseband processors are in the first long-term evolution femtocell from SK Telesys.

“We selected Mindspeed®’s LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) solution as the most robust and most complete LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) small cell solution on the market,” said Dr. Il-Hyun Sohn, director, at SK Telesys, “Small cells are critical to the deployment of true mobile broadband. We evaluated many LTE (Long Term Evolution, latest standard in the mobile network technology) small cell solutions, nevertheless selected Mindspeed due to the proven ‘carrier-class’ quality of their innovation.”

The most sophisticated wireless markets in the world

“Korea has one of the most sophisticated wireless markets in the world and its early use of metro cells and public femtocells paves the way for operators around the world,” said Dr. Naser Adas, vice president and general manager, wireless and customer premises equipment, at Mindspeed. “We are delighted that our Transcede SoCs have been chosen by SK Telesys for the company’s then-generation femtocells and other small cell products. Mindspeed’s research is being deployed in Korea for HSPA+ urban femtocells and SK Telesys knew they could rely on our field-proven LTE research.”

Mindspeed Technologies (NASDAQ: MSPD) is a leading provider of network infrastructure semiconductor solutions to the communications industry. The company's low-power system-on-chip products are helping to drive video, voice and data applications in worldwide fiber-optic networks and enable advanced processing for 3G and long-term evolution mobile networks. The company's high-performance analog products are used in a variety of optical, enterprise, industrial and video transport systems. Mindspeed's products are sold to original equipment manufacturers around the globe.

The Wireless system manufacturer in SK Group Korea

As the Wireless system manufacturer in SK Group Korea, SK Telesys specializes in wireless communications product technology and development and marketing, and produces transmission equipment, 3G & 4G wireless system and devices, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phones and end-user devices. SK Telesys was founded in 1997 as a manufacturer of repeaters, transmission devices, and other communications infrastructure elements, and provides optimized solutions to communications companies.

SK Telesys was one of the very first companies in the world to build a commercial WiMAX Systems and has over the years focused on in-building its capacity as a communications specialist. Armed with unmatched insight into its clients’ needs and extensive R&D resources, SK Telesys became the first South Korean company to export commercial WiBro devices and has successfully completed numerous network integration projects for overseas companies and organizations.