Alcatel builds next-generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end
voice and data communications solutions to established and new carriers, as
well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and
sales of EURO 23 billion, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
Alcatel designs and manufactures leading-edge system-on-chip (SoC)
solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers, various application-specific
standard products (ASSPs) and application-specific integrated circuits
(ASICs) for automotive and peripheral customers.
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Bluetooth Embedded Stack
Alcatel Alcatel
& TTPCom announce Bluetooth embedded stacks for headset and cellular
applications (2/02)
Alcatel and TTPCom Ltd announce the
availability of embedded stack Bluetooth solutions for headset and cellular
applications. The combination of Alcatel’s Bluetooth Chip, the MTC-60180,
and TTPCom’s embedded software stacks, offers customers a total solution
with a complete reference design, allowing them to considerably reduce
development costs as well as time-to-market.
With two Mbits of flash memory and an on-chip ARM7 processor, Alcatel’s
MTC-60180 platform is a flexible solution for equipment manufacturers who
want to add Bluetooth to their applications. The MTC-60180 can store all
software to run the application, e.g. for a headset or cellular phone, in
the embedded memory of the Bluetooth Baseband. The embedded ARM7 processor
can run the complete software stack without the need for an external
processor.
MTC-60180 Bluetooth Baseband
The Alcatel Bluetooth design, the MTC-60180, is the first Bluetooth chip
on the market offering complete V1.1 functionality with proven
interoperability; full data rate, point-to-multi-point master/slave switch,
multi-slot packet communication (for higher data rates), park, hold, &
sniff modes, scatternet functionality, Safer+ encryption and three
simultaneous audio channels.
The Alcatel MTC-60180 Bluetooth baseband offers functionalities such as
full data rate potential, point-to-multipoint -- for piconets where a
Bluetooth-enabled device talks to several other devices, and scatternet
capability -- allowing for ad-hoc networking. With Alcatel's Bluetooth
solution, equipment manufacturers will fully benefit from the capabilities
of Alcatel's advanced Bluetooth technology to offer to their customers
Bluetooth-enabled electronic devices with extensive new features.
With the flash memory embedded in the chip, Alcatel's design is a
compact and complete solution. Customers can benefit from software upgrades
faster and can differentiate their products by adding application layers
without the need of external memory. The chip allows for maximum
flexibility through the choice of radios. Alcatel has a future-proven
platform, with a roadmap of various dedicated versions, a fast move to ROM
(FlashROM from TSMC) and extended functionality. Moreover, Alcatel offers
local technical customer support worldwide.
Yahoo Alcatel's
Bluetooth Solution Now Sampling (12/01)
New Bluetooth Chip is the World's First to Offer Complete V1.1 Bluetooth
Functionality. Alcatel announces the sampling of their new Bluetooth
baseband chip. The Bluetooth design, called the MTC-60180, is the first
Bluetooth chip on the market offering complete V1.1 functionality with
proven interoperability.
SemiSeekNews Alcatel
and IVT Corporation Sign Bluetooth Technology Partnership (12/01)
Alcatel and IVT Corporation announce they have signed a partnership
agreement to jointly promote their Bluetooth solutions. The combination of
Alcatel's Bluetooth reference design with embedded software up to HCI, and
IVT Corporation's Bluetooth Host Protocol Stack, Profiles and BlueTester,
results in a total Bluetooth solution that is easy to integrate, offering
equipment manufacturers a short development cycle.
