RFMD Delivers Polaris Total Radio Solution For New AT&T Wireless Device

Greensboro, NC -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) today announced it is shipping volume quantities of its Polaris Total Radio solution for use in the recently announced Ogo wireless device from AT&T Wireless.

The Polaris solution is comprised of RFMD's GSM/GPRS Polaris transceiver and the company's PowerStar power amplifier (PA) module. Together, these integrated components comprise a complete RF subsystem for the new Ogo mobile device.

RFMD's Polaris transceivers more than double the company's addressable market in cellular to approximately $2.5 billion. RFMD is leveraging its PA leadership and transceiver portfolio to increase its semiconductor content in handsets and drive incremental revenue growth.

"We are very pleased to announce these volume production shipments of our Polaris Total Radio solution into the Ogo wireless device," Eric Creviston, VP of wireless products at RFMD, said. "We are driving design traction for Polaris through the strength of our transceiver product offerings, our transceiver product roadmap and our number-one position in GSM PAs, which exceeds 50%. We have multiple design wins for both our GPRS and EDGE transceivers, and we continue to expect transceiver shipments in the December quarter will total approximately 1.5 million units."

The Ogo is pre-installed with instant messaging (IM) software and features text messaging and email capabilities. The device also provides users IXI's Bluetooth-based Personal Mobile Gateway, which facilitates communications between the Ogo and peripherals, such as digital cameras. The Ogo also features a full QWERTY keyboard, a color screen with 16-bit graphics and a sleek clamshell design.

Source: RF Micro Devices