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Enea Announces Extended Agreement with Agere Systems.


Agreement Covers Enea's DSP RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9.  for Selected Agere Mobile Handset Platforms

STOCKHOLM, Sweden & BARCELONA, Spain -- Enea (STO:ENEA), the world leader in advanced device software, today announced that it has signed an extended supplier agreement with one of its largest customers, Agere Systems (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:AGR). The extended agreement, which Agere and Enea estimate could be worth up to $5M over the next three years, covers DSP real-time operating systems for select Agere's Sceptre[TM] and Vision[TM] mobile handset platforms, and caters to future platforms.

"We are excited to be working closely with a leading supplier of semiconductors to the communications industry, and very pleased that Agere has extended its agreement to use our DSP RTOSes in their best-in-class mobile handset platforms," said Johan Wall, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  at Enea. "We look forward to expanding this strategic relationship and working with Agere to develop optimized DSP solutions for Agere's next-generation mobile handset platforms."

Enea's OSEck (OSE OSE - Open Systems Environment  Compact Kernel) is a DSP-optimized version of Enea's full-featured OSE[TM] real-time operating system. OSEck's low power, small footprint, and hard real-time response make it the DSP RTOS of choice for mobile terminals that offer high-performance multimedia processing, reliable high-speed connectivity, and extended battery life at an affordable cost.

"OSEck has proven to be a versatile, reliable, easy-to-use, high-performance DSP RTOS for both the Sceptre and Vision platforms," said Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz.  Regimbal, executive vice president & GM for Agere's Mobility Division. "We are pleased to extend our agreement with Enea for use of the OSEck DSP RTOS with select Agere mobile handset platforms."

Agere's Sceptre platform provides a high-performance, low-power solution for 2.5G/GPRS/EDGE and dual-mode 3G/UMTS mobile phones that can support advanced multimedia services such as real-time audio and video streaming, digital photo imaging, CD-quality music, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 video playback and interactive games. Sceptre delivers download speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second (unit) kilobits per second - (kbps, kb/s) A unit of data rate where 1 kb/s = 1000 bits per second. This contrasts with units of storage where 1 Kb = 1024 bits (note upper case K).  and provides a complete software package, including multimedia messaging service See MMS.  (MMS), Java, wireless application protocol (WAP) browsing, and polyphonic sound.

The Vision platform is Agere's next-generation mobile platform for 2.5G/GPRS, EDGE, 3G/WCDMA, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) See HSPA. , HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) See HSPA.  and future mobile multimedia handsets. Employing separate media, application, and communication processors, the multi-core platform delivers high-quality video streaming at up to 30 frames per second. The Vision platform also comes equipped with a modular stack that supports multiple handset protocols, and a full complement of OptiSuite[TM] development tools.

About Enea

Enea (STO:ENEA) is the leading supplier of real-time operating systems, middleware, development tools, database technology and professional services for high-availability systems such as telecommunications infrastructure, mobile devices, medical instrumentation, and automobile control/infotainment. Enea's flagship operating system, OSE[TM], is deployed in approximately half of the world's 3G mobile phones and base stations. Enea has over 500 employees and is listed on the Nordic Exchange.

Enea Accelerator Platform and OSE are registered trademarks of Enea AB or its subsidiaries. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. [c] 2007 Enea.

For further information on Enea, please visit www.enea.com.
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