Sequans, Huawei Collaborate on LTE Broadcast Technology

4G chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A.

is collaborating with leading LTE infrastructure supplier, Huawei, to advance eMBMS (evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service) technology. eMBMS, also known as LTE Broadcast, is an advanced mobile data delivery technology that enables mobile operators to significantly reduce the cost of delivering high-bandwidth content such as video and audio to multiple users at one time over LTE networks. Huawei and Sequans have conducted successful interoperability tests of eMBMS technology using Huawei's LTE infrastructure equipment and end user devices based on Sequans' eMBMS-capable LTE semiconductor solution. The two companies successfully demonstrated the delivery of live video and audio broadcast using both TDD and FDD and observed excellent