23 November 2010 - Icera, Bristol UK, and Rohde & Schwarz, Munich Germany, today announced that they are working together on Rohde & Schwarz's LTE protocol conformance test program to enable the wireless industry to certify and deploy LTE technology successfully and more quickly. Both Icera and Rohde & Schwarz are industry leaders in the development of multimode LTE products.

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) is currently working towards introducing LTE certification by the end of 2010. This will coincide with an expected wave of LTE service and device launches. Rohde & Schwarz already supports four different frequency bands and offers more than 100 test cases for FDD.

Steve Allpress, CTO and VP Modem Software of Icera Inc., said: "Our soft modem technology is proving a real game changer for LTE.  There is a great deal of talk in the industry about bolstering LTE roadmaps, but in reality there are only a handful of players with a commercially available LTE solution and Icera is one of those companies. Similarly, Rohde & Schwarz was the first supplier on the market with test solutions for LTE. We are delighted to be working with them on the ongoing development of their comprehensive LTE test case package which meets the industry's need for thorough LTE device testing programs and which clearly demonstrates Icera's LTE solution meets the industry's rigorous certification requirements."

Anton Messmer, Director of the Mobile Radio Testers Subdivision, states: "We are the only manufacturer on the market who supports the four standards, LTE, WCDMA, GSM and CDMA2000, for protocol conformance tests in a single device. With our flexible R&S CMW500 multistandard platform, we provide a compact, stable solution for our customers. We look forward to again demonstrating its value when we team up with Icera, the innovative, multimode chipset manufacturer."

Icera maintains its leading-edge roadmap for next generation air interfaces due to its unique software-defined baseband technology, currently supporting multimode 4G (LTE), 3G (HSPA) and 2G (GSM) standards with its latest small form factor, multimode LTE platform, Espresso®410. 

About Icera

Icera is a fabless semiconductor company, pioneering software-defined modem chipsets for the fast growing smartphone and Mobile Broadband device markets.  Icera technology delivers the highest performance modem solutions with the smallest silicon die size for USB sticks, laptops, netbooks and smartphones.  Icera technology supports 4G (LTE), 3G (HSPA) and 2G standards.  Founded in 2002, Icera is headquartered in the UK, with design locations in the UK, France, USA and China and customer engineering and sales offices across Europe, Asia and the USA. For more information, visit the Icera web site at http://www.icerasemi.com/.

About Rohde & Schwarz

Rohde & Schwarz is an independent group of companies specializing in electronics. It is a leading supplier of solutions in the fields of test and measurement, broadcasting, radiomonitoring and radiolocation as well as secure communications. Established more than 75 years ago, Rohde & Schwarz has a global presence and a dedicated service network in over 70 countries. It has approx. 7400 employees and achieved a net revenue of € 1.3 billion in fiscal year 2009/2010 (July 2009 to June 2010). Company headquarters are in Munich, Germany. For more information visit http://www.rohde-schwarz.com/. R&S ® is a registered trademark of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG