Broadcom, an American fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business headquartered in Irvine, California, has put forward a turnkey reference platform designed to help original equipment manufacturers rapidly develop a portfolio of affordable 4G LTE mobile devices, LteWorld reported. The new platform is targeted at the growing sub-$300 LTE smartphone market.

Broadcom\'s fifth generation turnkey platform supports Android KitKat and uses the company\'s pin-to-pin compatible dual-core M320 or upcoming quad-core M340 LTE SoC. According to the company, with complete design reuse between dual-core and quad-core basebands, OEMs can develop multiple devices with the same platform design, while lowering engineering costs and accelerating time to market. Certification by leading carriers worldwide and Category 4 (Cat 4) speeds in FDD-LTE and TD-LTE modes enable OEMs to deliver high-performance smartphones with seamless worldwide roaming capabilities.

Product features include VoLTE and HD voice support, as well as Cat 4 150 Mbps LTE speeds in FDD-LTE and TD-LTE modes and up to 42 Mbps with DC-HSPA+ 3G as well as GSM/EDGE. The BCM2095 LTE RF transceiver enables FDD and TD LTE/3G/2G band support for worldwide roaming.