Freescale WiMAX Solutions Power CPE and Base Station Equipment From Vecima Networks.Freescale Processors Based on Power Architecture[TM] Technology at Heart of Advanced Broadband Products From Vecima BARCELONA, Spain -- As the WiMAX standard gains momentum around the world, communications processors from Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. are driving the rapid deployment of cost-effective WiMAX customer premises equipment See CPE. (CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment ) products and base station installations. Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension VENTURE:VCM VCM Vinyl Chloride Monomer VCM Variable Cylinder Management (Honda) VCM Virtual Channel Memory VCM Value Chain Management VCM Voice-Coil Motor VCM Vehicle Control Module VCM Vignette Content Management ), a leading supplier of data, digital video and broadband wireless telecom products, uses Freescale's MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. 8248 PowerQUICC[TM] II processor for its new OSR OSR Orchestre de La Suisse Romande OSR OEM Service Release OSR Ontario Student Record OSR Office of School Readiness (various locales) OSR Office of Scientific Research OSR Overseas Service Ribbon OSR Ohio State Reformatory 3500 WiMAX CPE offering. Additionally, the Freescale MPC8541 PowerQUICC III device powers the Vecima VistaMAX OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific 3500 and OBR OBR Ohio Board of Regents OBR Online Banking Report OBR Ortsbeirat (German: Municipal Advisory Council) OBR Optimized Background Regimen (used in HIV treatment) OBR Optical Backscatter Reflectometer 3500 base station models. "A number of top service providers today use Vecima's VistaMAX family of products to deliver high-speed data, Internet, video-on-demand and voice services to business and residential subscribers," said Robert Forget, Vecima's director of Wireless Sales. "Vecima is a dynamic company with innovative products that are gaining wide acceptance, and PowerQUICC processors from Freescale provide the power and processing intelligence to help our products stand out in the marketplace." Freescale is a leader in driving WiMAX adoption worldwide. The company offers a range of products and solutions that leverage its broad spectrum of industry-leading LDMOS LDMOS Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral DMOS LDMOS Lightly-Doped Drain Metal-Oxide Semiconductor LDMOS Lateral Diffusion Mosfet power amplifiers, PowerQUICC[TM] communications processors and StarCore[TM] DSPs. Freescale also partners with other industry leaders to develop turnkey solutions that meet the stringent requirements of WiMAX systems designers and OEMs. "Our WiMAX approach is generating marketplace momentum as we continue to win designs with companies who supply high volume, time-to-market WiMAX equipment to service providers," said Jeff Timbs, director of marketing for Freescale's Digital Systems Division. "Freescale is well positioned to help drive adoption of the WiMAX standard while contributing to the success of our customers." Vecima's VistaMAX product lines target high-performance, non line-of-sight connectivity for broadband access and business gateways. Vecima can provide solutions for each WiMAX market segment: * Consumer multimedia - data, voice, and video * Enterprise deployments - security and QoS controlled data * ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) deployments * Developing markets in Africa, Asia and India * SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. ) systems Freescale WiMAX Demonstrations at 3GSM Freescale is showcasing the WiMAX solutions that power the Vecima CPE and base station models at 3GSM in Booth #8B91. Also on display at the event are Freescale's WiMAX-enabled MPC8349E mITX reference board optimized for small business and home office equipment. The integrated CPE solution supports WiMAX Forum 802.16d-2004 certification. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com About Vecima Networks Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks. Vecima's hardware products incorporate original embedded software to meet the complex requirements of next-generation, high-speed digital networks. Service providers use Vecima's solutions to deliver services to a converging worldwide broadband market, including what are commonly known as "triple play" (voice, video and data) and "quadruple play" (voice, video, data and wireless) services. Vecima's solutions allow service providers to rapidly and cost effectively bridge the final network segment that connects the system directly to end users, commonly referred to as "the last mile," by overcoming the bottleneck resulting from insufficient carrying capacity carrying capacity the number of animal units that a farm or area will carry on a year round basis, including that needed for conservation of winter feed. Usually stated as dry cows or dry sheep equivalents per hectare. in legacy, last mile infrastructures. Vecima's products are directed at three principal markets: Data over Cable, Broadband Wireless and Digital Video. The Company has also developed and continues to focus on developing products to address emerging markets such as Voice over Internet Protocol, fibre to the home and IP video. Please visit the company's web site at www.vecimanetworks.com. Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this news release, such statements are generally identified by the use of such words as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "plan," "intend" and other similar terminology. These statements reflect Vecima's current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this news release. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors including, but not limited to, the factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated September 27, 2006 available on SEDAR SEDAR System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval SEDAR Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (www.sedar.com), could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are based upon what management of the Company believes are reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances. Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (c) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2007. |
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