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To: Normandi who wrote (59713)	9/7/1999 12:32:00 AM
From: debra vogt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

Not exactly a battery manufacturer, but have you looked at RFMD? FWIW, Regards, Debra (The following is from MS Investor 9/3/99): One key to RF Micro Devices' success has been a critical piece of technology called a power amplifier, which can increase battery life dramatically in cellular and digital phones. This technology allows clients such as Nokia (NOK), which accounts for 57% of RF Micro Devices' revenue, to produce wireless phones with battery lives of at least five hours. "Power amplifiers will grow faster than 20% by 2001 because handsets are being created in dual-band mode, which needs more complex amplifiers on the phone," says Ryl Ashley, an industry analyst at Needham. And with the cellular phone industry growing by 30% to 40% a year, the demand for power amps just keeps growing. "Our power amplifiers are more efficient than our competitors'," says Jerry Neal, vice president of sales and marketing for RF Micro Devices. "They consume less battery power to do the same job, which results in longer talk time."