Hod Hasharon, Israel – October 10, 2011 - Altair Semiconductor (http://www.altair-semi.com/), the world's leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, today announced that it has teamed up with ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, to conduct a joint AXGP trial in Japan. AXGP stands for "Advanced eXtended Global Platform," and is a Japanese 4G standard that is fully compliant with the TD-LTE specification. The trial combines Altair's commercial FourGee™ LTE chipset and ZTE's infrastructure and is being performed in conjunction with a large Japanese carrier.

Altair is rapidly extending its footprint in the Japanese market, having recently announced that its FourGee™ chipset, integrated in a commercial USB dongle, was used in Softbank Mobile's 4G press conference AXGP demonstration conducted in Japan on September 29.

"Altair is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the global shift to 4G and specifically TD-LTE, as our solution is one of the only commercial-grade TD-LTE chipsets available in the market today - and one of the only ones that combines TD-LTE and FD-LTE capabilities on a single chipset and software image, differentiating our solution from competing solutions by allowing subscriber devices to operate equally efficiently both in Japan, which is based on both TDD and FDD 4G schemes, as well as in other global FDD and TDD LTE markets, such as the U.S. and Europe," said Eran Eshed, Co-Founder and VP of Marketing and Business Development at Altair Semiconductor. "We value our partnership with ZTE and look forward to bringing the benefits of LTE to Japanese consumers."