Kickstarter campaign launches today for FiPy, the world’s first 5-network development platform for IoT
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PARIS, France, and EINDHOVEN, Netherlands -– November 22, 2016 – LTE for IoT chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) and Dutch startup, Pycom, maker of multi-network IoT development boards, announced that the newest Pycom IoT platform, FiPy, will include LTE powered by Sequans’ Monarch LTE Cat M1/NB1 chip. FiPy, Pycom’s most comprehensive solution announced to date, unifies LTE with other proprietary or unlicensed LPWA technologies into a single, five-network IoT connectivity solution. Pycom’s Kickstarter campaign for FiPy launched today and FiPy is expected to become available in Q2 2017.
Feb 23, 2017 Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a leading provider of single-mode 4G LTE semiconductor solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and a wide range of broadband data devices. Founded in 2003, Sequans has developed and delivered seven generations of 4G technology and its chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks around the world. XCAP minimizes OPEX by automating the whole network post-processing and troubleshooting workflow. Because it’s designed by engineers for engineers, it comes loaded with a comprehensive list of standard-specific KPIs, is easy to use, configure and maintain and is continually evolved to capture user feedback and major feature upgrades.
“FiPy was driven by demand for both LTE CAT M1 and LTE Cat NB1 and Sequans has brought the world’s first and most highly-optimized LTE Cat M1/NB1 chip to market,” said Fred de Haro, Pycom CEO. “We are excited to incorporate the amazing Monarch chip into FiPy. We believe FiPy will be revolutionary—it is the most comprehensive and cost-effective IoT development board available anywhere, and a boon to IoT developers around the world.”
Monarch NB02S LTE Cat NB1/NB2. LTE Category NB1/NB2 LGA module based on Monarch N chip and featuring ultra small, S-series packaging. Monarch NB02S includes a Single-SKU(tm) RF front end for global band support and an integrated EAL 5+ Secure Element, enabling Module-as-a-SIM capability. Sequans CAT1 Module Powers Encore Solutions to Replace Sunsetting 2G Solutions with Faster 4G Connections for M2M and IoT Applications. Nationwide 4G LTE network, and helps.
FiPy is the world’s first 5-network development platform locked into one simple, small and perfectly- formed, same-footprint-as-WiPy-and-LoPy, hardware module that is programmable with MicroPython. Featuring the ESP32 (WiFi and Bluetooth) and three additional networks, LoRa, Sigfox and LTE-M, FiPy presents an open source firmware playground with lots of supporting technology such as the Pymakr IDE, the Pymate mobile app, Pysense and Pytrack application boards and a free middleware platform available in April 2017. Also, FiPy will have a smaller brother, GPy, which will be more operator-focused and will include LTE-M, WiFi and Bluetooth.
“FiPy opens a wide new world to IoT developers by including standard, licensed LTE in a comprehensive IoT connectivity solution,” said Craig Miller, Sequans’ VP of worldwide marketing. “LTE enables developers to address the many wide area applications, for example in industrial, municipal, and wearable markets, that need the reliability, security, and longevity of LTE.”
Monarch is the world’s first Cat M1/NB1 chip. It is purpose built for narrowband IoT applications, including sensors, wearables, and other low data, low power M2M and IoT devices. Monarch complies with the ultra-low-power and reduced complexity feature requirements of the 3GPP release 13 LTE Advanced Pro standard, defining narrowband, low data rate LTE technology for machine type communications. Monarch comprises baseband, RF, power management, and RAM, all integrated into a single, tiny 6.5 x 8.5 mm package. In addition, Monarch supports advanced features such as programmable RF filtering for global band support in a single SKU, and proprietary dynamic power management technology for operating life of 10+ years.
About Pycom
Pycom enables people to invent things that connect to the Internet. Pycom is an IOT REBEL challenging conventional IoT through innovation and a refusal to accept the status quo. IoT projects shouldn’t take months, cost loads, nor go through lots of iterations and then connect unreliably once in use. Pycom delivers a disruptive full IoT platform enabling rapid development and deployment of multi-network MicroPython powered devices shortening the development time by a factor of 10. These are supported by a cool library of industry specific IoT applications that will be downloadable from the IOT App Store on Pycom Exchange. The company is supporting large communities of professional and hobbyist developers, education facilities, and small and big enterprises all of whom are looking to connect their Things with smart and versatile development tools, disrupting the IoT industry and daring to deliver it differently. Go Invent!
FiPy on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2gd83tx
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About Sequans Communications
Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a leading provider of single-mode 4G LTE semiconductor solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) and a wide range of broadband data devices. Founded in 2003, Sequans has developed and delivered seven generations of 4G technology and its chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks around the world. Today, Sequans offers two LTE product lines: StreamrichLTE™, optimized for feature-rich mobile computing and home/portable router devices, and StreamliteLTE™, optimized for M2M devices and other connected devices for the IoT. Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at www.sequans.com; www.facebook.com/sequans; www.twitter.com/sequans
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LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Encore Networks, a leading manufacturer of wireline, cellular, and satellite VPN routers, today announced that it has teamed with 4G LTE chipset developer Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS), to provide the industry’s first industrial router to leverage Category 1 LTE (CAT1), a newly deployed level of LTE service aimed at IoT and M2M applications. Encore’s newest router uses the Sequans VZ120Q module, based on Sequans’ award-winning Calliope CAT1 LTE chipset. The VZ120Q was designed and recently certified for use on the Verizon Wireless nationwide 4G LTE network, and helps Encore provide a compatible, affordable replacement for the almost 20 million devices now deployed on aging 2G networks. One tier 1 cellular carrier has already announced a phase out of 2G service by the end of 2016; other carriers are expected to follow over the coming years. Encore plans to announce and display its CAT1 solutions at CTIA Super Mobility Week, September 9-11.
Before LTE, 2G dominated M2M and IoT applications such as kiosks, smart meters, digital signage, ATM’s, and utility sub-stations. 2G, however, requires more radio spectrum per bit transmitted than LTE. Carriers are re-farming their spectrum from 2G to 4G to help meet the soaring demand for data services. CAT1 LTE is a resource-efficient use of that spectrum for lower speed IoT and M2M devices that can seamlessly coexist with faster, higher-category LTE connections on the same cell towers.
CAT1 caps the data speeds at 10 Mbit/s downlink and 5 Mbit/s uplink, far exceeding the throughput of 2G connections and providing headroom for future growth in traffic. As a result, CAT1 meets the needs of use cases where 3G or full-speed 4G LTE proved too expensive. In addition, LTE technology provides the M2M and IoT industry with the longevity needed for long-term deployments in the field.
“It is now accepted that 4G LTE will be used for almost everything that requires a cellular wireless connection even where it was previously considered too expensive to deploy,” said Krishna Ragireddy, Vice-President of Engineering for Encore Networks. “CAT1 LTE transport is the perfect solution for M2M markets that don’t require hundreds of megabits per second throughput but benefit from 4G’s low latency, spectral efficiency, and longevity.”
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Thanks to the affordable nature of the LTE CAT1 technology found in the Sequans solution, which enables module costs at or below 3G or high-rate 4G module costs, Encore will deliver solutions with immediate savings in equipment costs (CAPEX). CAT1 can also lower operating expense (OPEX) via less costly data plans.
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“Encore’s new routers demonstrate the ability of CAT1 to deliver cost savings compared to 2G or 3G while delivering LTE’s lower latency and higher throughput performance,” stated Craig Miller, VP Marketing of Sequans Communications. “Thanks to the highly optimized Calliope CAT1 LTE chipset platform, these low cost solutions will accelerate adoption of single-mode LTE for numerous wireless applications and provide an immediate replacement for traditional 2G and HSPA devices.”
“The low cost of CAT1 can ease the pain of migration to LTE for a large portion of the millions of 2G connections now deployed,” said William Flanagan, President of Flanagan Consulting. “The newer equipment will also bring added advantages in monitoring and management based on cloud services.
Multiple Encore routers will offer Sequans modules. Some will be on display at CTIA Super Mobility 2015, September 9-11 in the M2M Pavilion, Booth #5738, Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV.
For more information call, 703-318-4325 or email sales@encorenetworks.com.
About Encore Networks
Encore Networks (www.encorenetworks.com) is a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial enterprise and industrial hardened routers providing IP, SSL, VPN, Firewall, Ethernet Switching, Legacy Copper Line POTS replacement interface and serial data protocol to IP interworking with embedded 4G cellular modems all in a single box solution. Made in the USA, Encore’s BANDIT™ and EN™ routers are purpose built for numerous Internet of Things (IoT), M2M and Business Continuity applications including SCADA, Smart Grid, Security, Transportation, Lottery, Retail and Banking industries. Encore enables companies to reduce total cost of ownership by reducing dependence on high cost wireline connections and converting them seamlessly to next generation cellular connections while protecting their embedded equipment investment.
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Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) is a 4G chipmaker and leading provider of single-mode LTE chipset solutions to wireless device manufacturers worldwide. Founded in 2003, Sequans has developed and delivered six generations of 4G technology and its chips are certified and shipping in 4G networks, both LTE and WIMAX, around the world. Today, Sequans offers two LTE product lines: StreamrichLTE™, optimized for feature-rich mobile computing and home/portable router devices, and StreamliteLTE™, optimized for M2M devices and other connected devices for the Internet of Things. Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. Visit Sequans online at www.sequans.com; www.facebook.com/sequans; www.twitter.com/sequans.