China Mobile Selects Sequans Chips for LTE Devices

Sequans Communications S.A.

announced that its chips are powering a significant portion of the LTE devices to be used in the next phase of China Mobile's

large-scale trial of TD-LTE technology in China. Two of Sequans' device manufacturer partners, Nationz and Primemobi, were awarded portions of the contract as recently announced by China Mobile. Prior to the contract awards, Sequans participated in a lengthy qualification process whereby numerous leading local and international chip and device makers underwent deep technical evaluation conducted by China Mobile and China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Sequans has been developing TD-LTE chips for more than two years and has provided technology to China Mobile since the operator's first public demonstration