-- LTE User Equipment Software Suite: Aricent's LTE UE Software Suite is
a complete software package for device and semi-conductor vendors including
fully optimized Layer 1, Layer 2 protocol software with support for 100
Mbps downlink and 50 Mbps uplink data rates. The implementation ensures
optimal power consumption, processor utilization and easy integration on
multiple hardware platforms.
-- eNodeB Protocol Stacks and Framework: Aricent's existing eNodeB
offering provides a turnkey solution for radio access, from pluggable stack
software, to pre-integrated and optimized software frameworks for Radio
Access equipment that have been benchmarked on multiple industry leading
hardware platforms. Aricent's eNodeB Framework (eNBF) serves as a robust
software platform for infrastructure providers planning to develop a
complete LTE Release 8+ compliant eNodeB of varying densities
(macro/pico/femto).
-- Evolved Packet Core Protocol Stacks and Framework: Aricent offers EPC
protocol stacks as well as frameworks for the System Architecture Evolution
(SAE) Gateway and the Mobility Management Entity (MME) Gateway. These
include support for charging, QoS, high availability, lawful interception,
and bearer-related features.
-- IP Backhaul: Aricent's IP Backhaul solution is based on its industry-
proven ISS Metro platform, which offers pre-integrated Layer 2 switching
solutions and can be used to build LTE and IP backhaul devices such as IP
RAN Aggregation devices, Internet Offload Gateways, and Metro Ethernet
devices.
For more information on Aricent's LTE offering visit:
http://www.aricent.com/lte.
"We are honored to be recognized by TMC and Crossfire Media for Aricent's
innovation and technology advancements as the industry moves toward the
deployment of 4G technologies," said Keith Higgins, vice president of
worldwide marketing at Aricent. "As more equipment manufacturers begin to
build out their LTE capabilities, we at Aricent aspire to be the LTE
technology and services vendor of choice, assisting our customers in
co-creating the most reliable and feature rich 4G solutions."
"Aricent's achievements in advancing 4G through LTE development is worthy
of being selected as recipient of the 4GWE LTE Visionary Award," said Carl Ford,
co-founder and community developer, Crossfire Media. "Aricent is an
innovator and one to watch for the next evolution of solutions."
"It is an honor to bestow Aricent with this award. Their contribution
toward the future of mobile broadband is commendable," stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I look forward to more
innovation from Aricent in the future."
The 2009 LTE Visionary Award winners are published in the October 4GWE
e-newsletter and on the 4GWE Web site.
For more information, please visit www.tmcnet.com.
Aricent is a trademark of Aricent Inc. in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
About Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications. Aricent combines the leading innovation
capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in
communications as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost
infrastructure, application and service providers. The company's investors
include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office
and The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. For more information, visit
http://www.aricent.com
About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company
helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC
publishes Customer Interaction
Solutions, INTERNET
TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web
site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and
technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each
month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked
within the top 3,000 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the
nation's top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE
Conference (in conjunction with Crossfire Media), Digium|Asterisk World and AstriCon (in conjunction with Digium),
and Communications Developer Conference.
TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites:
IT.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com.
For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.
About Crossfire Media
Crossfire Media is an
integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in
technology. We service communities of interest with conferences,
tradeshows, webinars and newsletters. Crossfire Media services also include
providing insight to technology companies and associations to assist in the
development of business and technical strategy as well as the development
and implementation of effective communications and marketing strategy. To
implement communications and marketing strategies, Crossfire Media utilizes
a variety of physical and virtual experiences including web, publications,
face to face events, and webinars.
Crossfire Media has a partnership with Technology Marketing Corporation
(TMC) to produce events and websites related to disruptive technologies.
Crossfire Media is a division of Crossfire Consulting, a full service
Information Technology company based in New York.
Contact Information: For further information, contact: Steven Manuel Sr. Director, Corporate Marketing Aricent Tel: +1 650 391 1621 Email: Chris Lalli Americas: Cohn & Wolfe Tel: +1 415 365 8540 Email: Paula Muezerie Europe: AxiCom Tel: +44 208 392 4081 Email: Varun Dubey Manager, Corporate Marketing, APAC Aricent Tel: +91 9711367093 Email: Shikha Singh Sehrawat India: Text 100 Tel: +91 981 175 7369 Email: TMC Contact: Jan Pierret Marketing Manager 203-852-6800, ext. 228