PRESS RELEASE:Conexant Systems
Provides Pdts For Cdma2000
( BW)(CA-CONEXANT-SYSTEMS)(CNXT) Conexant Paves the Way
for Third-Generation Wireless Deployment With Solutions for Emerging
cdma2000 Standard
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000--
Conexant's Highly-Integrated Chipsets For Code Division Multiple
Access (CDMA) 2000 Standard Enable Next-Generation
Wireless Voice And Data Communications
Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) Monday announced a family of
radio frequency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated devices that provide
CDMA phone manufacturers with an easy migration path from current
cdmaOne (IS-95A and IS-95B) standards to the emerging cdma2000
wireless standard.
Supporting high data rates of up to 2 Mbps, the new cdma2000 standard
enables phone manufacturers to develop Internet-ready products. This
standard will allow the creation of wireless phones supporting voice,
high-speed data and video, as well as digital e-commerce and real-time audio
and video streaming.
Conexant's latest CDMA products offer industry-leading integration, fast
time-to-market and low power consumption, and support the high data rates
and greater voice capacity needed for future third-generation (3G)
deployment. Ideal for small form-factor phones, a variety of configurations
are available to support PCS only, dual-mode CDMA cellular/advanced
mobile phone services (AMPS) and tri-mode CDMA cellular/AMPS/PCS
handsets.
"By providing compatibility with cdmaOne standards and new cdma2000
standards along with multi-mode capability, Conexant's latest CDMA
solutions offer a quick, low-risk migration path to 3G technology as our
customers begin planning for cdma2000 deployment," said Mohy
Abdelgany, vice president, RF components and subsystems of Conexant's
Wireless Communications Division.
"With just four chips, we provide customers with a complete RF solution for
cdma2000 phones, while ensuring backward compatibility with today's
CDMA networks and handsets."
According to market analyst Will Strauss of Forward Concepts, the CDMA
market is the fastest growing cellular market, and is expected to surpass 60
million units in 2000. "The migration path from cdmaOne to third-generation
cdma2000 is very clear and Conexant has the RF and mixed-signal
technology to also grow rapidly with this market," said Strauss.
Conexant's CDMA devices are used by the world's leading wireless phone
manufacturers and included in approximately 70 percent of all CDMA
handsets shipped. The company's newest CDMA devices consist of a
transmit/receive subsystem, a baseband analog processor (BAP) and a
power management integrated circuit (PMIC). The chipsets can be
purchased separately or as a total solution.
Conexant's CDMA transmit/receive subsystems expand the company's
offerings for the RF subsystems market. They feature a patented chip-scale,
40-pin land grid array (LGA) package -- a process that Conexant was the
first to commercialize for RF applications. The products' compact design
provides one of the industry's smallest packages (6x6 mm for single band,
and 7x7 mm for dual band) with this level of functionality, and enables phone
manufacturers to easily reduce overall handset size.
Available in a variety of compact packages for different phone designs, the
BAP provides the world's lowest current consumption CODEC with half the
power and size of Conexant's previous generation offering of baseband
analog processors.
Conexant's latest CDMA PMIC maximizes talk and standby capabilities by
optimizing the battery's resources and includes a smart-charging and sensing
feature for charging the phone battery. Consolidating previously discrete
power-related functions into a single device, its compact design is ideal for
miniaturized handsets. The device is packaged as a 48-pin LGA or 48-pin
thin quad flat pack (TQFP).
Available now, the CDMA RF subsystem including the transmit/receive
devices, PMIC and BAP is priced at less than $15 in production quantities.
To complement the CDMA RF subsystem, Conexant is also offering a SiGe
dual-band, tri-mode, low-noise amplifier (LNA)/mixer, which will be
sampling in May and available for $3.50 in June in production quantities.
About Conexant Systems
With revenues of approximately $1.5 billion, Conexant is the world's largest
independent company focused exclusively on providing semiconductor
solutions for communications electronics. With more than 30 years of
experience in developing communications technology, the company draws
upon its expertise in mixed-signal processing to deliver integrated systems
and semiconductor products for a broad range of communications
applications.
These products facilitate communications worldwide through wireline voice
and data communications networks, cordless and cellular wireless telephony
systems, personal imaging devices and equipment, and emerging cable and
wireless broadband communications networks.
The company aligns its business into five product platforms: Network
Access, Wireless Communications, Digital Infotainment, Personal Imaging,
and Personal Computing. Conexant is a member of the S&P 500 and
Nasdaq-100 Indices. For more information, visit Conexant at
www.conexant.com.
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company (including certain projections and business trends) that are
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Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those
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in manufacturing yields; product obsolescence; the ability to develop and
implement new technologies and to obtain protection of the related
intellectual property; the successful implementation of the company's
diversification strategy and restructuring plan; labor relations of the company,
its customers and suppliers; timely completion of Year 2000 modifications by
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CONTACT: Conexant Systems Inc., Newport Beach
Carol Thornton, 949/483-7413
carol.thornton@conexant.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Heather McLaughlin, 714/245-7500
heather_mclaughlin@benjamingroup.com
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