Monarch 2 is built on three years of Sequans’ exclusive and field-proven experience with first-generation Monarch, which has been the industry’s leading LTE for IoT chip since its introduction in 2016 when it became the very first purpose-built LTE for IoT chip that brought the very first LTE-M devices to life. Monarch 2 incorporates full reuse of Monarch’s software and architecture, allowing all existing customers to migrate to Monarch 2 seamlessly. The advancements in Monarch 2 include an integrated secure element, enabling a variety of integrated SIMs, a 60-percent improvement in power consumption, beating the already industry-lowest level of Monarch, and an industry-leading high level of integration that further simplifies and lowers the cost of IoT device design.
