Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

New White Paper from Fujitsu Microelectronics Highlights the Development of Mobile WiMAX Subscriber Solutions

Defines Strategies to Meet Demands for Versatile, Low-Power, Multi-Band Devices that Operate with Multiple Wireless Technologies and Operating Systems

Sunnyvale, CA, February 20, 2009 — Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA), a global leader in WiMAX-compliant broadband wireless technology, today released a new white paper describing the technical challenges faced by mobile product developers and semiconductor vendors in using Mobile WiMAX solutions to meet growing broadband demand. Entitled “Mobile WiMAX Solutions, Moving the Momentum Forward," the paper provides strategies that are most likely to succeed in meeting marketplace requirements.

The technology now exists to add WiMAX connectivity to a broad variety of mobile products, which can then furnish broadband speeds greater than 1 Mbps for services such as Internet access, e-mail, VoIP and video streaming - while maintaining the form factor and battery life of 3G devices.

“Fujitsu is dedicated to working closely with mobile product vendors to satisfy consumers’ rapidly-growing appetite for broadband access,” said Dean Chang, senior product marketing manager, Fujitsu Microelectronics America. “Fujitsu is providing high-performance SoCs capable of meeting the aggressive price points required for mobile handsets and our second-generation WiMAX module features the lowest power consumption available now. This paper defines the challenges of implementation and offers strategies for meeting the technical requirements of mobile WiMAX devices.”

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About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the wireless, automotive, consumer, and other markets throughout North and South America. As a founding member and current board member of the WiMAX Forum™, Fujitsu supports the standards development and compliance programs that are essential to successful Broadband Wireless deployment. Fujitsu provides performance-driven WiMAX solutions by leveraging the company's experience and expertise in the networking and communications markets. Fujitsu offers flexible WiMAX SoC and reference designs for WiMAX-certifiable systems to equipment vendors. For more product information, please visit the company's web site at http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/WiMAX or address e-mail to inquiry.bwa@fma.fujitsu.com.

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