Qualcomm Atheros appoints RTX as authorized design center

The agreement enables RTX to use and sell Qualcomm Atheros’ Wi-Fi Alliance-certified semiconductors and extends RTX’s range of wireless offerings of standardized and custom-made solutions.

Furthermore, the cooperation between Qualcomm Atheros and RTX will expand the market for very low power devices that are Wi-Fi enabled. Examples of these new battery-powered products include thermostats, security sensors, lighting control, and personal health monitors that can all be directly connected to the Internet through standard Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi equipped smart phones. The partners believe that this web connectivity will drive new products and services to improve health, energy conservation, security, remote product diagnostics, and many other innovative applications.
Jesper Mailind, president and chief executive officer of RTX Telecom, comments: “Qualcomm Atheros is a clear leader in a variety of wireless technologies, so for RTX this agreement represents a significant endorsement of our development capabilities. Achieving Authorized Design Center status is an important step for RTX in becoming a preferred partner for cutting-edge Wi-Fi products. We look forward to offering these new wireless solutions to our mutual customers.”

Adam Lapede, senior director, product management, Qualcomm Atheros, comments: “We are pleased to be working with RTX, which has proven to be an innovator in the development of enterprise and consumer communication solutions. We are confident that this partnership will bring benefits not only to the two partners, but to the growing market for Wi-Fi enabled solutions in sectors such as healthcare, green energy and industrial automation.”

A notable example of the agreement in action is the RTX4100: the world’s smallest fully embedded Wi-Fi module recently released by RTX in cooperation with Energy Micro and Qualcomm Atheros. The RTX4100 Wi-Fi module makes fast and easy application development of low power sensor and actuator solutions possible – enabling direct Internet connection from devices, machines and other systems.