Icera well positioned for LTE success

BOSTON, USA: Icera could quickly emerge as the third most successful supplier of LTE basebands and chipsets after Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson, as described in the latest Strategy Analytics RF & Wireless Components and Handset Component Technology service report, “Icera's Reconfigurable Baseband Solution Well Positioned for LTE Success.”

This report notes that through its lead in soft modems, and the progress it has already made with OEMs in W-CDMA/HSPA embedded data modems and USB dongles, it appears that Icera is well placed for LTE success, ahead of Infineon, Broadcom, MediaTek, the Japanese suppliers and a host of start-ups.

Christopher Taylor, Director of the RF & Wireless Components service and main author of the report, said: “In terms of size, power, consumption and reconfigurability, Icera appears to have a one to two year technology lead on mainstream suppliers Qualcomm, ST-Ericsson and Infineon in the slim modem space. This should help the company win LTE share as volumes ramp up in 2011. Icera’s basebands and chipsets have already received positive attention from Nokia, Samsung and LG.”

“Strategy Analytics believes that the growth of the mobile broadband/data segment of the market will attract new players such as Infineon, Broadcom and potentially Intel,” commented Sravan Kundojjala, co-author of the report and analyst on the company’s Handset Component Technologies service.

“Icera has the right technology to maintain and improve its current position in embedded and detachable modems; and to address smartphones in the future.”