Ceva Launches PentaG-NTN™ 5G Advanced Modem IP, Enabling Satellite-Native Innovators to Rapidly Deploy Differentiated LEO User Terminals

Rhea-AI Summary

Ceva (NASDAQ: CEVA) launched PentaG-NTN, a production-ready 5G-Advanced modem IP subsystem for LEO and MEO user terminals, at MWC Barcelona on March 3, 2026. The subsystem integrates baseband hardware, L1 PHY software, and verification assets, supports 3GPP Release-18, FR1/FR2, Ka/Ku bands, and is available now for licensing.

Ceva says PentaG-NTN targets satellite-native teams by reducing modem development complexity and enabling differentiation via programmable DSPs, proprietary waveforms, and scalable throughput from 10 Mbps to 2 Gbps.

Positive

• Estimated modem silicon development time reduced by ~65%
• Throughput scalable from 10 Mbps up to 2 Gbps, up to 256-QAM
• 3GPP Release-18 compliant with upgrade path toward Release-19
• Supports FR1 and FR2 (24–52 GHz) including mmWave and Ka/Ku bands
• Available now for licensing; showcased at MWC Barcelona March 3, 2026

Negative

• Satellite-native teams still face cellular modem complexity and integration challenges
• No commercial pricing, contract sizes, or customer deal metrics disclosed

Key Figures

Current price: $21.44 Price change: 2.78% Dev time reduction: 65% +5 more

8 metrics

Current price $21.44 Pre-news market context for CEVA

Price change 2.78% 24h move prior to article publication

Dev time reduction 65% Estimated modem silicon development time reduction vs traditional approaches

Throughput range 10 Mbps to 2 Gbps Scalable performance of PentaG-NTN modem subsystem

Modulation support 256-QAM Maximum modulation order supported by PentaG-NTN

3GPP Release Release-18, path to Release-19 Standards compliance for 5G-NTN

Bandwidth per carrier 400 MHz Maximum bandwidth per component carrier supported by PentaG platform

FR1 and FR2 support sub-7 GHz and 24–52 GHz Frequency ranges supported, including mmWave

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Historical Context

5 past events · Latest: Feb 19 (Positive)

Pattern 5 events

Date	Event	Sentiment	Move	Catalyst
Feb 19	Conference participation	Positive	-2.1%	Announcement of multiple March 2026 investor and industry conference appearances.
Feb 17	AI business update	Positive	-9.8%	Reported breakthrough year for AI licensing with 10 NeuPro NPU agreements.
Feb 17	Earnings results	Positive	-9.8%	Record Q4 and full-year 2025 revenue and multiple new IP licenses disclosed.
Feb 10	Design-win news	Positive	+0.7%	Ceva Wi‑Fi 6 and Bluetooth IP adopted in new Renesas combo MCUs.
Jan 13	Earnings schedule	Neutral	+0.3%	Announcement of Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings release and call timing.

Pattern Detected

Recent history shows multiple positive fundamental updates (AI licensing, record earnings, conferences) followed by negative 24h reactions, suggesting a tendency for the stock to sell off on good news, with only smaller design-win and scheduling headlines seeing modest gains.

Recent Company History

Over the past few months, CEVA has highlighted record Q4 revenue of $31.3M and full-year $109.6M, a breakthrough year in AI licensing, and major connectivity design wins such as Wi‑Fi 6 and Bluetooth IP in Renesas MCUs. Despite these positives, 24-hour reactions to the February AI and earnings updates were about -9.79%, while smaller news around conferences and design wins saw muted, slightly positive moves. Today’s 5G-NTN modem launch continues the theme of expanding CEVA’s IP portfolio for edge and connectivity markets.

Market Pulse Summary

This announcement introduces CEVA’s PentaG-NTN 5G-Advanced modem IP, tailored for LEO and MEO satell...

Analysis

This announcement introduces CEVA’s PentaG-NTN 5G-Advanced modem IP, tailored for LEO and MEO satellite user terminals with performance scaling from 10 Mbps to 2 Gbps and 3GPP Release-18 compliance. It builds on a third-generation PentaG platform that supports up to 400 MHz per carrier across FR1 and FR2, including mmWave. Against a backdrop of record $109.6M 2025 revenue and growing AI licensing, investors may watch for design wins, royalty ramp, and competition in satellite-NTN silicon IP.

Key Terms

5g-ntn, non-terrestrial networks, 3gpp, mmwave, +1 more

5 terms

5g-ntn technical

"a new 5G-NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) modem IP subsystem purpose-built for satellite"

An investigational compound or product code name used to identify a specific experimental drug or therapy in clinical and regulatory communications. It denotes a candidate that is being studied but is not approved for general use; like a prototype car in a test track, its trial results, safety profile and regulatory progress are what determine future value. Investors watch such names because clinical success or failure, trial delays, or regulatory decisions tied to them can materially change a company’s prospects and stock price.

non-terrestrial networks technical

"a new 5G-NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) modem IP subsystem purpose-built"

Networks that use space- or high-altitude platforms—such as satellites, balloons or high-flying drones—instead of ground-based wires and cell towers to deliver voice, data and broadcast services. Think of them as cell towers in the sky that extend coverage to ships, planes, remote regions and areas where building ground infrastructure is costly. Investors care because these networks open new markets and revenue streams but require large upfront capital, long regulatory approvals and technical risk, affecting growth potential and valuation.

3gpp technical

"3GPP Release-18 compliance for 5G-NTN, with a clear upgrade path toward Release-19"

3GPP is a global standards group that creates the technical rules enabling mobile networks and devices to work together — think of it as the rulebook for how phones, antennas and networks speak the same language. Investors care because these standards shape which technologies gain wide adoption, influence network rollouts, and affect patent licensing and equipment markets, all of which can change revenue and costs across telecom companies.

mmwave technical

"supports both FR1 (sub-7 GHz) and FR2 (24–52 GHz) operation, including mmWave"

mmWave is the very high-frequency portion of the radio spectrum (roughly 24–100 GHz) used for ultra-fast wireless links. It matters to investors because it enables much higher data speeds and capacity for services like 5G and fixed wireless, but its short range and sensitivity to obstacles make network deployment and device support more expensive and complex—factors that influence revenue potential, capital spending, and competitive position.

fpga-based emulation technical

"system-level simulation, test benches, and FPGA-based emulation"

FPGA-based emulation uses programmable chips called FPGAs to create a fast, hardware-like copy of a digital design so engineers can run real software and tests before the final silicon is made. Think of it as a full-dress rehearsal for a new chip or system: it reveals bugs, performance gaps, and integration issues early, which helps shorten development time, lower manufacturing risk and cost, and give investors clearer signals about product timelines and reliability.

AI-generated analysis. Not financial advice.

Built on Ceva's third-generation PentaG platform, PentaG-NTN accelerates the convergence of satellite and cellular networks

BARCELONA, Spain, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MWC26 – As satellite connectivity rapidly becomes the most strategically important and disruptive extension of the 5G network, Ceva, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of silicon and software IP for the Smart Edge, today announced PentaG-NTN™, a new 5G-NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) modem IP subsystem purpose-built for satellite user terminals supporting LEO and MEO constellations. Designed to accelerate the deployment of standards-based satellite connectivity, PentaG-NTN enables satellite operators, constellation developers, and terminal innovators to bring 5G-NTN services to market faster, with significantly reduced silicon development risk.

PentaG-NTN is the first product based on Ceva's newly introduced third-generation PentaG modem IP platform, a production-ready 5G-Advanced baseband architecture that integrates baseband hardware, L1 PHY software, and comprehensive verification assets into a single reusable subsystem. Designed as a common foundation for multiple derivatives, including PentaG-Edge™ for terrestrial 5G-Advanced edge and IoT applications, the platform is already being integrated into next-generation terminal designs. Compared with the previous generation, it delivers substantial improvements in performance, scalability, and integration efficiency across both satellite and terrestrial deployments.

The rapid proliferation of satellite constellations - fueled by both commercial expansion and government-backed initiatives focused on coverage and sovereignty - is accelerating the integration of 5G into space-based networks. At the same time, 5G-NTN introduces cellular modem complexity into an industry historically centered on spacecraft, payloads, and constellation design rather than cellular baseband modem engineering.

Traditionally, Ceva's modem IP solutions have been adopted by customers with deep expertise in building cellular modems. In contrast, today's 5G-NTN market is being driven by satellite-native organizations, whose core strengths lie in designing satellites and operating space-based networks. PentaG-NTN is designed specifically to deliver a fully integrated, plug-and-play modem subsystem that removes complexity, shortens development cycles, and de-risks integration for satellite-focused teams.

Industry analysts note that this shift is forcing satellite-focused organizations to confront cellular modem complexity for the first time.

"As 5G standards extend into non-terrestrial networks, the satellite industry is increasingly converging with the cellular ecosystem," said Jake Saunders, Vice President at ABI Research. "This shift is breaking down long-standing satellite silos and allowing operators and technology providers to leverage the scale, maturity, and cost efficiencies of the cellular standards ecosystem. For this convergence to succeed, solutions that reduce modem integration complexity and development cost - while still enabling differentiation - will be critical to moving 5G-NTN from early trials into commercial-scale deployment."

At the same time, semiconductor companies seeking to enter or expand in the satellite and NTN modem market face similar challenges of standards complexity, development cost, and integration risk - making a validated, subsystem-level modem IP equally valuable for silicon vendors supporting this new wave of satellite connectivity.

"5G-NTN is bringing cellular standards into the satellite world - but many satellite innovators shouldn't have to become modem companies to participate," said Guy Keshet, Vice President and General Manager of the Mobile Broadband Business Unit at Ceva. "With PentaG-NTN, we deliver a proven, standards-compliant 5G-NTN modem subsystem that dramatically lowers the barrier to entry, while still allowing customers to innovate and differentiate on top of it."

Built for LEO satellite dynamics - and customer differentiation
Unlike terrestrial 5G, satellite user terminals must operate under harsh and rapidly changing conditions, including Doppler shift, timing offsets, and long propagation delays. PentaG-NTN incorporates NTN-specific features designed to address these challenges, including:

• LEO dynamics optimization, including Doppler compensation and frequency-offset mitigation
• Latency-optimized L1 processing tuned for LEO and MEO channel characteristics
• 3GPP Release-18 compliance for 5G-NTN, with a clear upgrade path toward Release-19
• Support for Ka and Ku bands
• Support for narrowband proprietary waveforms
• Scalable performance from 10 Mbps up to 2 Gbps, with up to 256-QAM modulation

Beyond standards compliance, PentaG-NTN is architected to preserve and enable customer differentiation. The modem subsystem combines hardware acceleration with programmable DSPs and flexible software interfaces, allowing customers to integrate their own proprietary technologies - such as custom communication algorithms, waveform enhancements, or application-specific optimizations - alongside 3GPP-based 5G-NTN functionality. This enables satellite innovators to differentiate their services while relying on a validated, standards-compliant modem foundation.

A complete modem subsystem - not just IP blocks
PentaG-NTN is delivered as a fully integrated modem subsystem that includes:

• Optimized baseband hardware accelerators and control logic
• L1 PHY software
• A comprehensive verification environment, including Virtual Platform Simulator (VPS), system-level simulation, test benches, and FPGA-based emulation

This approach allows satellite-native teams to validate software and system behavior early, well before silicon, improving predictability and accelerating time-to-deployment.

Ceva estimates that its third-generation PentaG modem platform can reduce modem silicon development time by approximately 65% and cut program costs by tens of millions of dollars, compared with traditional approaches that require building large, specialized modem R&D teams in-house.

Built on Ceva's third-generation PentaG platform
The production-ready 5G-Advanced baseband architecture integrates baseband hardware, L1 PHY software, and verification assets into a single reusable subsystem. It.supports both FR1 (sub-7 GHz) and FR2 (24–52 GHz) operation, including mmWave, and scales up to 400 MHz of bandwidth per component carrier, enabling a wide range of satellite and terrestrial modem configurations from a common foundation.

Building on the same platform, PentaG-Edge™ extends the architecture to terrestrial 5G-Advanced edge and IoT applications. Like PentaG-NTN, PentaG-Edge is delivered as a fully integrated modem subsystem, enabling licensees to avoid the cost and complexity of building a modem from the ground up while retaining flexibility to tailor features, performance, and differentiation for their specific market requirements - such as advanced MIMO configurations and other terrestrial-focused optimizations not required in NTN deployments.

Availability
PentaG-NTN and PentaG-Edge are available now for licensing. Ceva will showcase PentaG-NTN and the third-generation PentaG platform at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona.

To learn more about licensing PentaG-NTN or PentaG-Edge, visit Ceva at MWC 2026 or contact events@ceva-ip.com.

About Ceva, Inc.
Ceva powers the Smart Edge, bridging the digital and physical worlds to bring AI-driven products to life. Our Ceva AI fabric portfolio of silicon and software IP enables devices to Connect, Sense, and Infer – the essential capabilities for the intelligent edge. From 5G, cellular IoT, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and UWB connectivity to scalable Edge AI NPUs, AI DSPs, sensor fusion processors and embedded software, Ceva provides the foundational IP for devices that connect, understand their environment, and act in real time.

With more than 20 billion devices shipped and trusted by 400+ customers worldwide, Ceva is the backbone of today's most advanced smart edge products - from AI-infused wearables and IoT devices to autonomous vehicles and 5G infrastructure. Our differentiated solutions deliver seamless integration into existing design flows, total flexibility to combine solutions based on design needs and ultra–low–power performance in minimal silicon footprint, helping customers accelerate development, reduce risk, and bring innovative products to market faster. As technology evolves toward Physical AI, Ceva's IP portfolio lays the foundation for systems that are always connected, contextually aware, and capable of intelligent, real-time decision-making.

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FAQ

What is PentaG-NTN from Ceva (CEVA) announced March 3, 2026?

PentaG-NTN is a fully integrated 5G-NTN modem IP subsystem for LEO/MEO user terminals. According to the company, it bundles baseband hardware, L1 PHY software, and verification assets to shorten development and reduce silicon risk.

How fast is the PentaG-NTN modem from CEVA and what bands does it support?

PentaG-NTN scales from 10 Mbps up to 2 Gbps with up to 256-QAM modulation. According to the company, it supports FR1, FR2 (24–52 GHz), and Ka/Ku bands for satellite and terrestrial configurations.

Does Ceva’s PentaG-NTN comply with 3GPP standards for satellite use?

Yes. PentaG-NTN is compliant with 3GPP Release-18 and offers a clear upgrade path toward Release-19. According to the company, the design targets NTN-specific dynamics like Doppler compensation and latency-optimized L1 processing.

How does PentaG-NTN affect modem development cost and time for CEVA licensees?

Ceva estimates roughly a 65% reduction in modem silicon development time and program cost savings of tens of millions. According to the company, the integrated subsystem reduces the need for large in-house modem R&D teams.

When and how can companies license Ceva’s PentaG-NTN (CEVA)?

PentaG-NTN is available now for licensing and was showcased at MWC Barcelona March 3, 2026. According to the company, interested parties can contact Ceva or visit their MWC exhibit for licensing details.