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Nanoradio Achieves WAPI Certification for NRX710 with a World Leading Performance
STOCKHOLM, Feb 12/PRNewswire -AsiaNet--
Nanoradio today announced that its award-winning NRX710 Wi-Fi product has been
certified under China's Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI)
qualification, and the product is already launched in a Tier 1 mobile phone on the
Chinese market.
WAPI is a critical feature in China related to the security of Wireless LAN
networks. This certification makes Nanoradio's ultra low power WLAN solution for
portable devices, NRX710, an ideal option for China's many OEMs developing leading
wireless technologies for the rapidly growing Chinese market. Nanoradio has already
secured design-in of the WAPI enabled NRX710 with a handful Chinese OEM's and ODM's.
The WAPI standard affects WLAN enabled mobile devices and defines the specification
and testing methods in the Medium Access Control (MAC) interface. In order to achieve
certification, the Wi-Fi function must be tested in accordance with the specification
issued by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Nanoradio's architecture of Wi-Fi and WAPI authentication and security mechanisms is
more advanced than most of the traditional alternatives on the market. The unique
combination of software and hardware functional instances results in significantly
higher throughput than other solutions. This swift throughput advantage translates into
a noticeably improved user experience, with internet pages and other content downloading
at much higher speeds.
Thomas Rex, Vice President Sales, Nanoradio said, "China is a very important market
for Nanoradio, which is the reason why we have developed an optimised architecture to
implement WAPI encryption. The NRX710 has also enjoyed good response from other regions.
WAPI certification will allow Chinese customers to benefit from the unique world leading
performance and small size from the NRX700 family."
About Nanoradio
Nanoradio is backed by Creandum, Ferd Venture, Industrifonden, Innovacom, Nordic
Venture Partners, Teknoinvest and Viking Ventures.
Nanoradio AB design semiconductors with wireless capability for the cellular and
handheld market, in which buying decisions relate to power consumption, physical size,
and total cost for customers. Nanoradio has developed the most integrated circuits which
bring outstanding WLAN capabilities into mobile phones and a wide range of consumer
multimedia electronics.
The company head-quarter is in Kista, Sweden and with sales offices in Korea, Japan,
Taiwan and USA.
SOURCE: Nanoradio AB
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