Greg,
RE: Alpha
Well lookee here...Sales to NOK to ramp:
Alpha Industries Announces New Agreements and Increased Market Share with Major Wireless Handset Manufacturer; Business Expected to Double This Year
BusinessWire, Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 06:58
WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2000--Alpha Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AHAA) announced today that it has entered into multiple supply agreements with its second-largest customer and is now shipping record numbers of its advanced gallium arsenide (GaAs) RF IC switches and discrete semiconductors to this major European manufacturer of wireless telephone handsets.
"Alpha's strategy is to increase our share of the market for wireless handset components by aligning ourselves with the industry leaders. We have been working very closely with this important customer for the last several years, and have now gained significant market share in their wireless handsets. We have established ourselves as a critical supplier of these strategic GaAs semiconductor products and expect to double our sales volume with this customer this year," said Dave Aldrich, Alpha's President and Chief Operating Officer.
"Our close attention to this important customer has allowed us to achieve real momentum in growing our market share of RF semiconductors, in several cases as a sole source supplier. At the same time, it has opened up new opportunities with this customer's newest handsets incorporating data and Internet access. We are expanding our sales into additional areas of their existing and planned product lines."
Alpha Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of products for microwave and radio frequency wireless communications applications. The Wireless Semiconductor segment provides gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits and other semiconductors to the dynamic global market for wireless telephone handsets. The Application Specific Products (ASP) segment provides a broad range of GaAs and silicon devices to satellite, instrumentation, defense and other communications markets. The Ceramic Products segment provides technical ceramic products for wireless telephony infrastructure and other wireless markets. Additional information on us and our products is available at www.alphaind.com. |
