#MWC2016: Sequans On Monarch IoT Chip, Gemalto & Verizon Partnerships, 5G

Sequans CEO Georges Karam discusses the following topics with RCR:
• Nomination for one of the year's top industrialists/innovators in IoT/5G
• Launch of new Monarch chip for Internet of Things
• Partnership with Gemalto on Narrowband LTE Cat M1 and Cat M2 technology
• Partnership with Verizon announcement on LTE CAT M chipset acceleration for IoT
• Brief history of Sequans
• LTE-Unlicensed
• 5G

About Monarch:
Monarch is the industry’s first LTE Cat M chip, compliant with the 3GPP Release 13 LTE Advanced Pro standard that defines new narrowband capabilities of LTE for machine-type-communications (LTE MTC). Monarch is designed and optimized to support the vast new range of low data use, ultra low-power, cost-sensitive, narrowband IoT applications such as smart energy meters, industrial IoT sensors, asset trackers, smart city controllers, and consumer wearables.

About Gemalto partnership:
The aim of the new partnership is to accelerate the availability of solutions based on the coming Release 13 of the 3GPP LTE standard to ensure devices will be available when LTE MTC (LTE for machine-type-communications) networks are ready. By combining the unique expertise of both companies, the partnership will expand the market for LTE technology to include new applications and use cases best served with lower maximum data rate, ultra-low power, reduced cost and complexity, and other narrowband characteristics defined in Release 13.

About Verizon partnership:
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) announced joint activities to accelerate commercial realization of Category M (CAT M) LTE products based on the coming Release 13 of the 3GPP LTE standard. Release 13 defines new features such as extended coverage, lower data rate and lower power consumption called for by a new class of LTE applications for machine-type-communications (MTC) devices, such as wearables, asset trackers, smart meters and industrial sensors. Verizon and Sequans are collaborating to accelerate development of CAT M-capable LTE chipsets. This effort follows the successful collaboration of Sequans and Verizon on CAT 1 LTE technology, which led to Verizon becoming the first in the world to deploy CAT 1 LTE devices commercially.

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