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Fujitsu Ships the Industry's
First Commercially Available 5.8GHz WiMAX System-on-Chip for Base
Stations and Subscriber Units
Other topics:
Mobile
WiMAX Wave 2, WiMAX Wireless Mesh
Fujitsu Microelectronics America
January 17, 2007
Texas Instruments, ORZA Networks and Sun Create Use the Fujitsu SoC to
Build Solutions for BWA and WiMAX Markets
Sunnyvale, CA -- Fujitsu Microelectronics America,Inc. (FMA) is now
shipping
its 5.8GHz WiMAX baseband system-on-chip (SoC) to ODM partners and
customers
worldwide, including solutions provider Texas Instruments, WiMAX systems
provider
ORZA Networks and WiMAX customer premises maker Sun Create Electronics
Co., Ltd.
The 5.8GHz WiMAX SoC from Fujitsu has been based on the WiMAX Forum(TM)
worldwide system profile. The chip has both the performance
characteristics
and cost-effectiveness to support full base station designs as well as
subscriber unit implementations. The Fujitsu SoC, which supports
frequencies
ranging from 2 to 11GHz in both licensed and unlicensed bands, is now
being
used in the industry's first commercially available fixed WiMAX CPE
supporting
the 5.8GHz band. |
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"As a leading provider of
complete, end-to-end solutions for WiMAX
infrastructure applications, we are pleased to partner with Fujitsu on
WiMAX
designs for the unlicensed spectrum," said Nicolas Salamina, Product
Line
Manager of Texas Instruments' High Speed Communications Group. "By
coupling
our highly flexible RF solutions, with Fujitsu's capabilities, we
believe base
station manufacturers will realize the benefit of an optimized solution
for
5.8GHz applications."
"Through our partnership with Fujitsu and TI, ORZA's product line --
ranging from base stations to highly integrated CPE's and base stations
for
the 5GHz band -- was brought to market swiftly," stated Basse Bergqvist,
CEO
of ORZA Networks PLC. "The technology's cost-effectiveness also enables
ORZA
to meet market demands for a true, low-cost consumer solution while
still
maintaining a high performance level and without cutting corners."
"Our SunMAX5800 CPE has achieved the highest price/performance because
of
both Fujitsu's WiMAX SoC and Texas Instrument's RF chip set," said Delin
Cai,
vice president of Sun Create Electronics Co., Ltd. "Their highly
integrated
solutions allow Sun Create to offer its customers a cost-effective,
WiMAX
compliant CPE with superior performance."
"Shipping these market-leading WiMAX SoCs in the 5.8GHz bands to one of
the strongest fleets of customers in the industry continues to fulfill
our
commitment to deliver innovation and momentum to the fixed WiMAX access
markets worldwide," stated George Wu, director of marketing of Fujitsu
Microelectronics America. "We look forward to customer adoption and
network
deployments that can serve millions of underserved subscribers in North
and
South America, as well as all markets where our partners deliver BWA/WiMAX
systems, service and support."
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 networking, communications, automotive, security and
other
markets throughout North and South America. As a founding and board
member of
the WiMAX Forum(TM), 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 please address e-mail to inquiry.bwa@fma.fujitsu.com |
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