ANADIGICS ships over one million GaAs ICs for QUALCOMM'S CDMA 1900 PCS handsets.

WARREN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq:ANAD) today announced that it has shipped over one million GaAs ICs for use in PCS telephone handsets that support the 1900 MHz CDMA digital PCS standard.

These GaAs ICs are used in the transmitter of the CDMA telephone handset and consist of a highly efficient power amplifier and a driver amplifier to provide gain control. These driver and power amplifier ICs are used in handsets manufactured by QUALCOMM Personal Electronics, a joint venture of subsidiaries of QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM) and Sony Electronics Inc. (NYSE:SNE), to support the rollout of CDMA PCS service by both PrimeCo and Sprint.

"QUALCOMM selected the ANADIGICS driver and power amplifier for our QPC-1900 CDMA digital PCS phone to meet the demands for large-scale roll-outs across the country," said Don Schrock, Vice President and General Manager of the ASIC Products Group for QUALCOMM. "Our partnership with ANADIGICS proved to be instrumental in supporting the successful launches of our PCS customers, including PrimeCo and Sprint. ANADIGICS met our accelerated ramp-up and supplied more than 1 million parts in only four months, demonstrating their high volume leadership in the CDMA marketplace."

"ANADIGICS has been selected as a prime supplier in support of future generations of QUALCOMM CDMA digital PCS single and dual band phones," Schrock said.

Ronald Rosenzweig, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANADIGICS, said, "Our CDMA 1900 transmitter chip set consisting of a driver and power amplifier were our first products used in PCS applications, and also our first products that served the CDMA standard. We are pleased to have teamed with QUALCOMM in helping to launch CDMA PCS service in the United States. We expect that CDMA will continue to be one of the three major global digital standards and one that ANADIGICS will continue to support in the future."

For additional information on pricing and product availability, contact ANADIGICS by phone: [phone], or fax: [phone]. For information on ANADIGICS, visit the Company's web site at http://www.anadigics.com

Based in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM Personal Electronics is a joint venture of subsidiaries of QUALCOMM Incorporated and Sony Electronics Inc. QUALCOMM Personal Electronics, which manufactures CDMA portable phones for cellular and PCS applications, leverages both companies' product, technology and manufacturing CDMA expertise. The phones are marketed and sold in the U.S. through Sony/QUALCOMM Sales, a division of QUALCOMM Personal Electronics, and throughout the world by QUALCOMM and Sony.

ANADIGICS, Inc. is a leading supplier of gallium arsenide integrated circuits (GaAs ICs) used to receive and transmit radio and microwave frequency signals in a variety of high-volume consumer communications applications. The Company primarily focuses on supplying integrated circuit solutions to the wireless communication, cable television, fiber optic telecommunications, and direct broadcast satellite television markets. ANADIGICS's objective is to be the leading supplier of RF/microwave solutions. To date, ANADIGICS, Inc. has delivered over 60 million GaAs ICs and was the first GaAs IC manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 Certification.

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