India-US Partnership, Led by Saankhya Labs and Sinclair, Announces the Development of Low Cost Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) Devices for Consumer Trials in India
2024年9月19日 - 2:00AM
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Saankhya Labs, a subsidiary of Tejas Networks, Free Stream
Technologies, incubated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Kanpur, and Sinclair, Inc. today announced the companies are
collaborating to design and launch a variety of value-for-money
mobile phones with augmented Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcast
capability. These consumer devices will be powered by Saankhya’s
Pruthvi-3 ATSC 3.0 chipsets – the next step in India’s
semiconductor journey and Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliance.)
Saankhya Labs has done pioneering work in bringing to market
broadcast radio heads for cellularization of single frequency
networks and building the world’s first D2M smartphone (Mark ONE)
reference design. For over two years, next generation D2M
technology has undergone trials and field validation in Bengaluru,
Delhi and the United States. Now the partnership is commencing
consumer trials for multi-media delivery and datacasting use cases.
This development leveraging the first ‘Designed in India’ chip
comes on the heels of a strong semiconductor push by the Narendra
Modi led government in India.
Consumer trials will be conducted on a variety of D2M devices
comprising of smartphones, USB dongle accessories, STB/Gateways and
a low cost featurephone. They will demonstrate interworking with
mobile system-on-a-chip from suppliers with a collective global
market share exceeding 70%.
Parag Naik, Founder and CEO of Saankhya Labs said, “As India’s
foremost fabless chip company, Saankhya is delighted to see this
path breaking D2M technology getting one step closer to launch. For
rapid proliferation of the device ecosystem, we are actively
working with a number of mobile device suppliers to develop
solutions that integrate our award-winning Software Defined Radio
(SDR) chipsets. As an end-to-end originator and supplier of D2M
technology – chipsets, radios, software and network infrastructure,
we are fully equipped to rapidly validate end-to-end performance
and gear up for launch.”
Chris Ripley, President and CEO of Sinclair said, “I firmly
believe that low-cost featurephones will be the biggest driver for
domestic demand in India since 4G/5G, incentivizing over 300
million featurephone users to shift to broadcast-enabled phones at
a low incremental cost. We expect to launch these devices for
trials in the first half of 2025. This competitive market segment
can be expected to produce affordable phones for the Indian and
global markets.”
“ATSC 3.0’s time and frequency interleaving feature provides
excellent mobile performance, which is why we played a foundational
role in the creation and deployment of the standard for next
generation broadcast,” he added.
Sumeet Nindrajog, Director of FreeStream said, “Leading mobile
brands clearly see the compelling consumer value proposition in D2M
service offerings and are gearing up to scale to the needs of the
Indian marketplace when deployment takes off. D2M will ride on the
tremendous momentum to expand the mobile technology supply chain in
India. As India’s first Chips-to-Platform DeepTech startup,
FreeStream is working on putting together a D2M ecosystem that will
realize PM Modi’s vision of India’s Techade.”
About Saankhya Labs
Saankhya Labs, a subsidiary of Tejas Networks (BSE: 540595)
(NSE: TEJASNET), is an innovative leading-edge technology company
with a breadth of wireless communication system solutions. Saankhya
offers a wide range of communication products for 5G NR, Broadcast
and Satellite Communication applications. With over 100
international technology patents and unique 'chipset-to-systems'
expertise, Saankhya's solutions include the award-winning SDR
chipsets for communication, next gen Open RAN Solutions for 5G
networks, multi-standard direct to mobile (D2M) broadcast and
Satcom solutions. For more information, visit Saankhya Labs at
www.saankhyalabs.com.
About Sinclair
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and
a leading provider of local broadcast television, including news
and sports. Sinclair’s Hunt Valley Maryland-based ONE Media
subsidiary has a vision to build and globally deploy innovative
“Next Generation” platforms and technologies for wireless broadcast
of enhanced video, data, and nationally important services.
Sinclair and ONE Media regularly use their websites as key sources
of company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net and
www.onemediallc.com respectively.
About FreeStream
Incubated at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Kanpur, Free Stream Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is India's first
and only 'Chips to Platform' DeepTech start-up that is focused on
developing, deploying, and managing nationwide network
infrastructure for cutting-edge Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcast
technology and related platform services. We communicate our growth
strategy at www.freestream.ai.
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