picoXcell™

Industry leadership in femtocell & 'small cell' systems

Find out more...

picoArray™

Develop, prototype and field test 'small cell' LTE systems - today!

Find out more...

Events
  • Sorry, there are no upcoming events.
Quick links
  • Careers

    Find out about opportunities to work within our multi-talented team

  • Support site

    Comprehensive resources for registered customers and developers

  • Newsroom

    Information for media and journalists

  • Register for updates

    Keep informed about Mindspeed

Mindspeed today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Picochip.

Acquisition Creates the Clear Leader in Small Cell Wireless Technology for Next Generation Mobile Broadband Communications.

"This marks the closing of the most strategic and exciting acquisition in Mindspeed's history," said Raouf Y. Halim, Mindspeed's chief executive officer. 

"Mindspeed and Picochip are now one company that is well positioned to lead the market for small cell base station solutions for next generation mobile broadband communications. Our combination bolsters and accelerates our position in both  3G/ HSPA and 4G/LTE, and we believe we will have the number one market position in deployed small cell processors worldwide, with 70% market share in 3G/ HSPA deployments."

The combination of Mindsped and Picochip has the leading position in the small cell industry:

  • The widest portfolio of products, with SoC solutions ranging from cost-effective residential femtocells to the highest-performing LABS-compliant metro-cells.
  • Support for all 3GPP air-interfaces, with commercial products shipping today for WCDMA, TD-SCDMA, LTE-FDD and TD-LTE - with a roadmap to LTE-Advanced.
  • With over one million systems deployed and dozens of live carrier networks using our SoCs, the modem technology is field-proven, carrier-class and robust: accelerating your time-to-market and reducing risk.

For more information on Mindspeed please visit their website.

Read all news items