MediaTek, NTT DOCOMO Team Up for LTE
July 30, 2010
Taiwanese
IC designer MediaTek and Japanese telecom operator NTT DOCOMO have jointly
signed a licensing agreement on July 27, 2010, for deploying the 4G LTE (Long
Term Evolution) technology, according to the Economic Daily News of Taiwan. The
4G alliance is reportedly the first phase of the strategic collaboration
between MediaTek and NTT DOCOMO. After the deal is finalized, it is projected that
the LTE technology will be integrated with MediaTek's 2G and 3G technologies to
provide solutions for Japanese and global markets, according to a press release
by MediaTek. Further details regarding the value of the deal,
however, were not yet disclosed. Besides technology licensing, MediaTek
also plans to create a new team to conduct LTE interoperability testing with
NTT DOCOMO in Japan.