ANADIGICS to Expand Wireless Operations in Europe; The Company Appoints Barak Maoz to VP, Managing Director of European Operations.

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WARREN, NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000

ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), a leading supplier of wireless and broadband communications solutions, today announced that Barak Maoz has been appointed to Vice President, Managing Director of European Operations, a newly created position that reports directly to Dr. Bami Bastani, ANADIGICS' President and CEO. Headquartered in the Company's facility in Thames Valley, UK, Mr. Maoz will direct operations and business development efforts in the European region to expand the Company's wireless customer base and target emerging markets for ANADIGICS RF communications products.

"European handset manufacturers represent a tremendous share of the wireless handset markets," said Dr. Bami Bastani, President and CEO of ANADIGICS, Inc. "Barak has a proven track record in business development and customer relationship building which will play a critical role in expanding our customer base. Under his guidance, ANADIGICS' European Operations will enable us to work more closely with the leading European manufacturers of wireless handsets thereby strengthening ANADIGICS' position as a preferred global supplier of RF communications ICs."

"I am delighted to play a strategic role in bringing ANADIGICS' wireless activities closer to the European customer base," said Barak Maoz, Vice President, Managing Director of European Operations. "We have set aggressive goals to strengthen ANADIGICS global presence by increasing design wins, adding new customers, and developing strategic partnerships that add value to our communications products. I look forward to driving these initiatives in the European markets."

For more than eight years, Barak Maoz has served as Vice President of ANADIGICS' Wireless Power Amplifier Products and was responsible for growing ANADIGICS wireless' business to account for more than 50% of the Company's total revenue. Prior to joining ANADIGICS, he held several engineering management positions in the field of GaAs and Silicon RF ICs at M/A-COM, Hittite, Tachonics and Elta. Mr. Maoz received a M.S.E.E. from Rutgers University and is a senior member of the IEEE. He holds three U.S. patents, and has authored and co-authored numerous technical papers on RF communications design and technology.

ANADIGICS (NASDAQ: ANAD) designs and manufactures radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) solutions for growing broadband and wireless communications markets. The Company's innovative high frequency RFICs enable manufacturers of communications equipment to enhance overall system performance, manufacturing cost, and time to market. By utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing processes for its RFICs, ANADIGICS achieves the high-volume and cost-effective products required by leading companies in its targeted high-growth communications markets. ANADIGICS was the first GaAs IC manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 certification. For more information on ANADIGICS, visit the Company's Web site at www.anadigics.com

Except for historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, order rescheduling or cancellation, changes in estimated product lives, timely product and process development, individual product pricing pressure, variation in production yield, difficulties in obtaining components and assembly services needed for production of integrated circuits, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company and its customers serve, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words such as the Company "believes", "anticipates", "expects", or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives, estimates, or goals are forward-looking statements.