Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Huawei to Acquire Option's 4G RF Silicon Division

Huawei has agreed to acquire M4S, Option's wholly owned 4G RF semiconductor company. The transaction is part of the cooperation agreement announced last month by the two companies to facilitate the development of innovative mobile broadband solutions in Europe. The acquisition was valued at EUR 8 million at the time.


M4S is currently working on a state-of-the-art 4G radio frequency chipset.
http://www.option.com
http://www.huawei.com

  • Option is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.


  • Multi Mode Multi Media Solutions (M4S) was a spin-out of IMEC, a world-renowned research center in
    electronics in Leuven, Belgium.