4M Wireless picks up Innovation of the Year Award

4M Wireless Ltd., a supplier of protocol stack software for 4G mobile devices, has been awarded the 2008 Product Innovation of the Year Award in Europe by Frost & Sullivan

[UKPRwire, Sun Nov 30 2008] 4M Wireless Ltd. has been honoured with an award for its product innovation. The company was bestowed the Product Innovation of the Year Award by Frost & Sullivan. The award has been presented in recognition of the company’s efforts in designing and developing the innovative 3GPP LTE Protocol Stack for User Equipment (UE) terminals.

The Product Innovation Award is presented each year to the company that establishes excellence in new products and technologies within its industry. 4M Wireless was selected for demonstrating technical superiority and commercial success within the category of LTE protocol stacks. The company was benchmarked with other companies in this sector as well as top tier cellular equipment vendors within the LTE market.

3GPP LTE is considered as an increasingly essential technology for next generation wireless communications. With more industry participants acknowledging the need to speed up the pace of development of next generation networks, there is a great demand for advanced LTE solutions towards accelerating the rollout of 4G services. At the same time, base band chip manufacturers for terminals and base stations have expressed a need for 3GPP LTE protocol stacks. Meeting the stringent needs of the chip manufacturers for cellular protocol stacks has always been a significant challenge.

The 4M Wireless LTE Protocol Stack for user equipment terminals is the industry's first LTE protocol stack solution for ultra low power and low cost consumer devices including multi-mode wireless handsets, USB wireless modems, and data cards as well as embedded devices for notebooks and personal computers. The protocol stack consists of a comprehensive implementation of the LTE MAC, RLC, PDCP, RRC and NAS protocol sub-layers which the company has tested with other companies within the sector.

4M Wireless specializes in developing protocol stack software for mobile telecommunications. Backed by a strong R&D team, companies such as 4M Wireless are helping to speed up the pace of development of 4G networks. The company has been developing its products very close to the schedules of the 3GPP LTE specifications and leads the market. With its 3GPP Release 8 compliant LTE protocol stack, 4M Wireless Ltd. has demonstrated the key technical capabilities for innovation and market leadership.

"This award is a testimony to the interest of customers and partners in the underlying technology and architecture of the 3GPP LTE protocol stack for user equipment terminals developed by 4M Wireless. The company is clearly poised for further growth and recognition. For its development of an innovative solution with modular and portable architecture and its ability to provide a comprehensive technical roadmap and maintenance services for LTE solutions, 4M Wireless Ltd. is presented with the 2008 Award for Product Innovation" said A. Nirmal, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan.

To choose the recipient of this award, the Frost & Sullivan analyst team tracks all new product launches, R&D spending, products in development, and new product features and modifications. This is accomplished through interviews with all the market participants, and extensive secondary and technology research. All new product launches and new products in development are compared and evaluated based on degree of innovation and customer satisfaction. Companies are then ranked based on the market influence of their innovation.

About 4M Wireless Ltd.
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in the UK, 4M Wireless is the industry leader in LTE protocol stack software for mobile devices and LTE protocol test solutions for base stations. 4M Wireless has been aggressively developing its products very close to the schedules of the 3GPP LTE specifications and is at the forefront of the market. The company's advanced software is currently being used by a variety of leading customers and partners. For more information please visit http://www.4mwireless.com/.

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