HOD HASHARON, Israel and DALLAS, TX – November 4, 2013 – Altair Semiconductor (www.altair-semi.com),  the world’s leading developer of high-performance, single-mode LTE chipsets, today announced that it has been named a finalist for the ‘Best Chipset or Process Product’ award, which will be presented at LTE North America in Dallas, Texas. Altair will also be taking part in a panel discussion examining the current VoLTE landscape at the two day event. 

Altair’s FourGee-3100/6202 single-mode LTE chipset was submitted for the award nomination. FourGee-3100/6202 is the world’s first single-mode LTE chipset to be certified by Verizon Wireless’ 4G chipset certification program, and is certified by many other leading LTE carriers around the world.

“Altair is honored to be an award finalist and speaker at this year’s LTE North America event, one of the more influential events in this industry,” said Eran Eshed, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Altair. “We have pioneered solutions that power LTE devices at a significant cost saving compared to multimode chips and we are seeing that our strategic plan has paid off with the rapid advancement of 4G network coverage in key markets such as the U.S.”

Mr. Eshed will be discussing current VoLTE opportunities and the future of the technology on a panel scheduled for November 21, 2013 at 2:10 PM. Altair representatives will be available for meetings during both days of the conference, November 21-22.