Olive Telecom opts Altair TD-LTE chipset

India's Olive Telecom has selected Altair Semiconductor's 'Hornet' TD-LTE chipset to power Olive's line of LTE enabled products.

Olive Telecom is a supplier of wireless devices, 2G/3G mobile handsets and smartphones, connected mobile computing devices and advanced data modems.

Eran Eshed, co-founder and VP, marketing and business development, Altair, said, "Olive's selection of Altair reaffirms the leadership position Altair has built in the Indian market. We look forward to building on our partnership with Olive and continuing to expand our footprint in the Indian market."

"Altair's LTE solution was a natural choice for us to integrate into our 4G enabled devices, customised for the Indian market," said Artem Orange, president operations, Olive. "The combination of maturity, performance and cost will enable Olive to differentiate our products and shorten our time to market."