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INDUSTRY NEWS LTE TDD has gained ecosystem acceptance and backing from infrastructure and device vendors. Ovum expects that 25 percent of all LTE connections will include LTE TDD by 2016. In an upcoming report, “LTE TDD Goes Mainstream: Mobile Ecosystem Puts Support Behind the Standard”, the independent telecom analyst firm states that LTE TDD has moved well beyond being a “Chinese-specific” technology and has already been adopted by operators in Japan, the Middle East and Europe. “The biggest market opportunities for LTE TDD will come from its deployment to support mobile broadband services,” said Daryl Schoolar, a principal analyst in Ovum’s Network Infrastructure practice. “Other opportunities will include its use as a fixed wireless broadband network and for small cell backhaul.” Many mobile operators, such as Softbank (Japan), Optus (Australia), Hi3G (Sweden and Denmark) and STC (Saudi Arabia), have gone or are going the multimode LTE FDD/TDD route as part of their existing GSM and WCDMA/HSPA networks. “Combining multiple standards such as GSM and WCDMA/ HSPA and LTE FDD and/or TDD will grow the overall network capacity and increase quality of service,” said Schoolar. “This is just a small part of it; the bigger opportunities lie in operators deploying it as their primary 4G network, such as Bharti Airtel in India and Mobily in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, LTE TDD provides cost benefits due to the price of unpaired spectrum, which can be passed on to end users.” The infrastructure, device and chipset communities widely support LTE TDD. The growth in production volumes and choices are continuously increasing. Huawei and a number of other vendors support multi-mode, multi-band devices, with market estimates placing total commercial devices at over 60. “As LTE TDD becomes more common with mobile operators, a vendor’s 2G, 3G and LTE FDD success is just as important as Ovum Predicts LTE TDD to Go Mainstream Rising to 25 Percent of all LTE Connections by 2016 that vendor’s early LTE TDD deployments. Due to multi-standard base stations, mobile operators will look to the same vendors that deployed their 2G/3G and LTE FDD networks to deploy their LTE TDD networks,” said Schoolar. PCTEL, Inc. has acquired the remaining interest in PCTEL Secure LLC, a joint venture formed with Eclipse Design Technologies, Inc., for $800,000. As a result of this acquisition, PCTEL Secure will be wholly-owned by PCTEL and Eclipse will not retain any rights or interests in PCTEL Secure. Eric Uner, PCTEL Secure’s chief architect has become a full-time PCTEL employee. PCTEL Secure will maintain its relationships with key contractors and customers. The PCTEL Secure operation reports directly to PCTEL’s CEO, Marty Singer. “PCTEL and Eclipse accomplished a great deal together, delivering a prototype and a complete ProsettaCore Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) within 17 months,” said Marty Singer. “We are excited about the innovative security solution that we can provide for Android-based mobile devices and to SCADA networks for protection of nodes in utility, business, and other networks.” The ProsettaCore solution allows a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or tactical radio, to run in multiple modes and to enforce multiple security policies, all without any specialized hardware. For example, a phone could have a “Personal Use” mode, and a “Secure” mode, each having different configuration files, apps, access privileges and more. Security policies can be both pre-configured and updated in the field using a mobile management solution. ProsettaCore keeps the data and applications for different modes completely separated, effectively turning a single-purpose device into a multi-use device with multiple security levels. There are non-security applications for this capability. PCTEL Completes Acquisition of PCTEL Secure Thermal 2012 is a conference highlighting the latest advancements in thermal technology for product design, system development and process management. www.ThermalNews.com 24 ANTENNA SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY FALL 2012 WWW.ANTENNASONLINE.COM http://www.ThermalNews.com http://www.infowebcom.com

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