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Wireless developments come to Cambridge

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team May 18, 2007

Icera is set to open a new development centre in Cambridge, UK, and will recruit more than 25 wireless communications engineers to staff it.

Wireless semiconductor specialist Icera is set to open a new development centre in Cambridge, UK.

The new facility will focus on developing protocol stack and system software for the 3GPP cellular technology roadmap including 2G/3G/HSPA/LTE, integral to Icera's products for next generation cellular modems, datacards and phones.

The new operation, which will also support major customers with software development and customisation, will work closely with Icera's existing software engineering teams in Bristol, UK and Sophia Antipolis, France.

Icera is planning to recruit more than 25 wireless communications engineers for the new facility, located near the Cambridge Science Park, in the first year.

The company has already added more than 100 engineers at its existing facilities in Europe since the start of 2006 and will continue to grow its design teams in Bristol and Sophia Antipolis as well as in Cambridge.

Stan Boland, President and CEO, Icera, said: "Icera platforms are already designed into major carrier products and we are now planning to expand our software engineering team significantly to fuel our success".

"Cambridge is the UK's largest centre for embedded wireless software development and our new team there will be leading protocol stack development at the cutting edge of cellular wireless technology".

Icera's technology - the Livanto wireless soft modem - is a disruptive new architecture for mobile phones and datacards.

Together with Icera's Adaptive Wireless software, Livanto delivers the world's highest performance cellular broadband via the latest version of the 3G air interface standard, HSDPA, enabling consumers to download large email files with attachments, speedily access web pages and download music tracks over the air in seconds.

As the physical layer and protocols are all in Adaptive Wireless software, advanced receivers and diversity support are delivering dramatic performance advantages in HSPA, doubling sector capacity and halving baseband costs.

Already supporting 2.5G standards, GSM, GPRS and EDGE, Livanto will be developed for additional air interfaces, including HSUPA and LTE, which can be consolidated on the same device.