Sequans Communications S.A. announced that it has established a technology collaboration with SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), to accelerate the deployment of LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies in Japan. The two companies are conducting interoperability testing of Sequans' Monarch LTE-M/NB-IoT platform with SoftBank's network equipment and are developing a dedicated implementation of LwM2M technology designed to streamline the device level testing process that will result in accelerating the deployment of new IoT devices on SoftBank's network.

The collaboration with SoftBank is based on interoperability testing with SoftBank's network equipment and Sequans' Monarch LTE platform, the highly optimized LTE-M/NB-IoT chip. Monarch integrates baseband, RF, power management and RAM in a single die. Its advanced features include ultra low power consumption in active and sleep/idle modes, and unique RF filtering technology that enables a true single, worldwide SKU with multi-band support for universal and flexible IoT implementation.