IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), a global
innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless
communications, today announced that KT Corporation (formerly Korea
Telecom), a Korean telecommunications and Internet company,
has successfully deployed Broadcom's industry-leading small cell
system-on-chip (SoC) devices to enhance its high speed 4G LTE
wireless broadband services. KT completed deployment and
verification of its Broadcom-enabled small cells for commercial
outdoor environments this quarter and plans to expand services to
indoor residential locations in the second quarter of 2015.
Broadcom will showcase its innovations for the mobile and carrier
ecosystem at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2-5. For more news, visit Broadcom's
Newsroom.
ABI Research predicts the small cell equipment market to reach
$5B by 2018 as carriers and operators
increasingly leverage small cells to cost-effectively support
growth in cellular data traffic1. Broadcom's 617XX
chipset is extending its 3G leadership to be first to market with
LTE multimode advanced small cell SOC's for enterprise and
residential deployments. Broadcom's installed base of small cell
solutions exceeds two million live deployments.
"With growing requirements on voice and video media services,
mobile subscribers now require better coverage and higher-capacity
networks," said Mr. Sang-hoon Park, KT Corporation Vice President.
"By integrating Broadcom's high-performance small cell SoCs into
our overall 4G LTE deployment strategy, we can quickly and cost
effectively address increasing capacity demands while optimizing
spectral efficiency."
"Broadcom's low-power small cell technology provides the
carrier-grade reliability that KT and other leading operators
require to meet increasing performance demands on the network,"
said Greg Fischer, Broadcom Senior
Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Carrier Access.
"Broadcom's high performance, flexible small cell solutions offer
the ability to maximize network capacity and performance for indoor
and outdoor environments."
Key Features of the Broadcom® BCM617xx Series
- Addresses high capacity metrocells, enterprise small cells and
residential use
- Highly integrated, best-in-class low power consumption
- Supports advanced network listening techniques to maximize SON
benefits
- Reduces operator costs to upgrade site performance and enhance
overall mobile network capacity
- Supports concurrent LTE in the Frequency Division Duplexing
(FDD) and Time Division Duplexing (TDD) modes as well as hosted
Wi-Fi services
Availability
Broadcom's BCM617xx Series for
metropolitan, enterprise and residential LTE and 3G multi-mode
small cell networks are currently in production. KT has deployed
its outdoor small cell solution and expects to deploy its
residential solution in the second quarter of 2015.
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Resources
1 ABI Research, Small Cells
Report, Q1 2015
About Broadcom
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FORTUNE 500® company, is a global leader and innovator in
semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications.
Broadcom® products seamlessly deliver voice, video, data and
multimedia connectivity in the home, office and mobile
environments. With one of the industry's broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip solutions, Broadcom is changing
the world by Connecting everything®. For more information, go
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