thread -- is there any tie-in to ATMI here re. GaAs materials? (see the attached news story about ANAD and QCOM)
Wednesday April 2 7:30 AM EDT
ANADIGICS ships over one million GaAs ICs for
QUALCOMM'S CDMA 1900 PCS handsets
WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997-- Anadigics Inc today
announced that it
has shipped over one million GaAs ICs for use in PCS telephone handsets that support
the 1900
MHz CDMA digital PCS standard.
These GaAs ICs are used in the transmitter of the CDMA telephone handset and
consist of a
highly efficient power amplifier and a driver amplifier to provide gain control. These
driver and
power amplifier ICs are used in handsets manufactured by QUALCOMM Personal
Electronics,
a joint venture of subsidiaries of Qualcomm Inc and Sony Corp , to support the rollout
of CDMA
PCS service by both PrimeCo and Sprint.
"QUALCOMM selected the ANADIGICS driver and power amplifier for our
QPC-1900
CDMA digital PCS phone to meet the demands for large-scale roll-outs across the
country," said
Don Schrock, Vice President and General Manager of the ASIC Products Group for
QUALCOMM. "Our partnership with ANADIGICS proved to be instrumental in
supporting the
successful launches of our PCS customers, including PrimeCo and Sprint.
ANADIGICS met our accelerated ramp-up and supplied more than 1 million parts in
only four months, demonstrating
their high volume leadership in the CDMA marketplace."
"ANADIGICS has been selected as a prime supplier in support of future generations
of QUALCOMM CDMA digital PCS single and dual band phones," Schrock said.
Ronald Rosenzweig, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANADIGICS, said,
"Our CDMA
1900 transmitter chip set consisting of a driver and power amplifier were our first
products used in PCS applications, and also our first products that served the CDMA
standard. We are pleased
to have teamed with QUALCOMM in helping to launch CDMA PCS service in the
United
States. We expect that CDMA will continue to be one of the three major global digital
standards
and one that ANADIGICS will continue to support in the future."
For additional information on pricing and product availability, contact ANADIGICS by
phone:
(908) 668-5000, or fax: (908) 668-5132. For information on ANADIGICS, visit the
Company's
web site at anadigics.com
Based in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM Personal Electronics is a joint venture of
subsidiaries of QUALCOMM Incorporated and Sony Electronics Inc. QUALCOMM
Personal Electronics, which manufactures CDMA portable phones for cellular and
PCS applications, leverages both
companies' product, technology and manufacturing CDMA expertise. The phones are
marketed
and sold in the U.S. through Sony/QUALCOMM Sales, a division of QUALCOMM
Personal
Electronics, and throughout the world by QUALCOMM and Sony.
ANADIGICS, Inc. is a leading supplier of gallium arsenide integrated circuits (GaAs
ICs) used to receive and transmit radio and microwave frequency signals in a variety of
high-volume consumer
communications applications. The Company primarily focuses on supplying integrated
circuit
solutions to the wireless communication, cable television, fiber optic
telecommunications, and direct broadcast satellite television markets. ANADIGICS's
objective is to be the leading supplier
of RF/microwave solutions. To date, ANADIGICS, Inc. has delivered over 60 million
GaAs ICs
and was the first GaAs IC manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 Certification.
CONTACT: ANADIGICS, INC.
Ronald Rosenzweig
President & CEO
908-668-5000
or
John Lyons
Chief Financial Officer
908-412-5972
or
Michele Katz/Jessica Davis
Press: Lee Foley/Ann Travers
Morgen-Walke Associates,Inc.
212-850-5600 |
