ANADIGICS Announces Multi-Million Unit Orders and Production Shipments of RF Switches for the Wireless Handset Market
The Company begins production shipments of linear RF switches for use in innovative dual-mode digital phones
Warren, NJ. ANADIGICS announced that it has received an order for more than 10 million RF switches and has begun production shipments to one of the largest U.S. based manufacturers of wireless handsets. The AWS5504S14 and AWS5506S14 single supply 3-volt RF switches will be used in an innovative 800 MHz Digital CDMA/AMPS dual-mode phone that is enjoying increased cellular market penetration, particularly in the US. The strong order for ANADIGICS new switch products strengthens the Company s position in the wireless market with the addition of another key high-volume wireless customer.
"This high-volume order validates ANADIGICS continuing efforts to penetrate the RF switch market," said Dr. Bami Bastani, President & CEO, ANADIGICS. "This production win is an important milestone in expanding our wireless communications customer base beyond power amplifiers (PAs), and demonstrates our strong entry into the RF switch marketplace."
"ANADIGICS ability to meet demanding price and performance requirements, combined with our continued capacity expansion in a tightening RF component market, have led to our success as a preferred supplier for RFIC products," remarks Glenn Fraser, Vice President of Wireless Communications Products, ANADIGICS. "We are committed to an aggressive development schedule that extends our wireless product portfolio beyond power amplifiers. These new RF switches are the first of a growing family of leading RF products, which we will continue to introduce in 2000."
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 contact ANADIGICS by phone (908) 668-5000 or FAX (908) 668-5132, or 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, 1998. 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.
Contact:
Debra Norman/Allan Fliss Richartz Fliss Clark & Pope, 973/627-8180
E-mail: norman@rfcp.com
or
Tim Blanke, ANADIGICS, Inc., 908/668-5000
E-mail: tblanke@anadigics.com
E-mail: norman@rfcp.com
or
Tim Blanke, ANADIGICS, Inc., 908/668-5000
E-mail: tblanke@anadigics.com
E-mail: tblanke@anadigics.com
Web site: http://www.anadigics.com
