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To: kech who wrote (21239)	1/13/1999 10:07:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

All: looks like an easy way to keep track of CDMA handset production, count the Rockwell sales: Conexant Systems Inc. [CNXT] laid claim to a predominant position in the market for supplying power amplifier devices used in CDMA-based cellular and PCS handsets. The company, spun off last month from Rockwell International Corp. [ROK], said it has shipped more than 25 million gallium arsenide-based power amplifiers to CDMA handset manufacturers to date, with more than 80 percent of CDMA handsets in use today incorporating the Conexant-made components. The company counts Motorola Inc. [MOT], NEC Corp. [NIPNY], Nokia Mobile Phones [NOK/A], Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM], Sony Corp. [SNE] and South Korea's Lucky Goldstar and Samsung among its customers. Power amplifiers developed by Conexant are based on a 50 GHz heterojunction bipolar transistor process, which is highly efficient in terms of power consumption. This enables the development of CDMA handsets whose talktimes between rechargings last up to 100 percent longer than analog cellular models. Product innovations aimed at facilitating the introduction of handsets that will be even more power-efficient remain a top priority for the company, which also produces components for use in GSM, TDMA and AMPS handsets. "This quarter, Conexant is shipping in excess of 2 million power amplifiers per month," noted Deepak Mehrotra, the company's vice president in charge of CDMA products. This equates to an increase of 150 percent over Conexant's shipments in last year's quarter. "Demand continues to accelerate for these chips, and they remain one of the most important determinants of handset size, weight, cost and power consumption," Mehrotra said. (Julie Seymour, Conexant Systems, 949/483-5287.)