BARCELONA, SPAIN: picoChip has announced that Argela, C&S Micro, Contela, Alpha Networks, Zyxel, and Askey are the latest customers using its PC302 picoXcell SoC in HSPA+ femtocell designs.
According to a statement from picoChip, these 6 customers take the total number of manufacturers using picoXcell for femtocells to over 20.
The customers that picoChip had earlier announced are GWT, ipAccess, Ubiquisys, Alcatel Lucent, and Sagem.
picoChip, which pioneered the femtocell SoC market, now claims to be the only company with products qualified for the networks of major carriers and also having volume-shipping. The market is moving into volume deployment, with 10 carriers currently offering commercial service, and with 60 more carriers in trials.