French IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications claims its Calliope 2 platform is the primary Cat 1bis unit to be authorised by AT&T within the US. The product, which mixes the agency’s Calliope 2 chip and GC02S1 module, is authorised for interoperability and options to be used on the FirstInternet emergency providers community, as effectively. The GC02S1 module has gained technical acceptance from AT&T’s Lab, and the Calliope 2 chip has handed AT&T’s ADAPT chipset verification scheme, stated Sequans.
Cat 1bis, a model of the LTE Cat 1, requires solely a single antenna, and due to this fact reduces the cost and complexity of IoT design. Typical functions for Cat 1bis embody car telematics, safety and alarm techniques, fee techniques, and healthcare units. FirstInternet is the nationwide high-speed broadband communications community constructed by AT&T, in public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority, for America’s first responders and the general public security group.
The Calliope 2 platform helps the Cat 1bis normal on any LTE community. It is designed in Europe and manufactured in Taiwan. The Calliope 2 GC02S1 module is assembled in Vietnam. The platform helps PSM and eDRX for low energy energy consumption, knowledge charges of as much as 10 Mbps and 5 Mbps and on the uplink and downlink, an exterior SIM and exterior / built-in eSIM, Common Criteria (CC) EAL5+ safety for iSIM. It works with the Sequans Monarch 2 platform for simple migration with LTE-M and NB-IoT.
Cameron Coursey, vice chairman of linked resolution at AT&T, stated: “We are very pleased to have these first Cat 1bis solutions from Sequans now approved for our network. The availability of Cat 1bis technology is of paramount importance to AT&T customers looking for efficient and reliable connectivity required by demanding IoT applications operating on AT&T’s network and the FirstNet network.”
Georges Karam, chief govt at Sequans, stated: “Earning the first Cat 1bis approval from AT&T is a key accomplishment and of key importance to our customers. There are numerous IoT use cases where Cat 1bis is the ideal technology choice, and now that it is approved for FirstNet, I believe we will see a proliferation of Cat 1bis applications coming to market.”
