Alpha Industries Wins Production Orders with Premier European Handset Manufacturer, Groupe Sagem
Woburn, MA. Alpha Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:AHAA) announced today that it is making volume shipments against production orders from Groupe Sagem, the largest French manufacturer of GSM wireless phones, and one of the largest global manufacturers of GSM wireless handsets. Alpha s products in the Sagem handsets include a new advanced 3 volt RF IC switch based on Alpha s proprietary gallium arsenide (GaAs) PHEMT technology. Shipments for this Sagem handset are ramping to a multi-million dollar level this year.
"These production orders are particularly important for Alpha because they represent the first volume shipments of our most advanced GaAs IC switches, and because Sagem is an important new customer for Alpha," said Dave Fryklund, Alpha s General Manager, RF IC Products.
"Alpha is the technology leader in RF IC switch technology," Mr. Fryklund continued, "and our PHEMT (pseudo-heterojunction electron mobility transistor) switches for wireless handsets are the most efficient available worldwide. This switch is the first member of an even more advanced family of PHEMT products that we introduced five months ago. These new high-power, high-linearity PHEMT IC switches do not need a negative voltage connection, simplifying circuit board design and reducing the cost of implementation.
"Sagem is a leading world player in mobile telephony, whose innovative new products are helping them to become even more important. Alpha is a dominant player and leading technology innovator in the world-wide market for GaAs IC switches. Sagem s decision to establish a relationship with Alpha reinforces our conviction that this switch technology will become the industry standard."
Alpha Industries designs and manufactures a broad range of products for microwave and radio frequency wireless communications applications. The Wireless Semiconductor segment provides gallium arsenide (GaAs) integrated circuits and other semiconductors to the dynamic global market for wireless telephone handsets. The Application Specific Products (ASP) segment provides a broad range of GaAs and silicon devices to satellite, instrumentation, defense and other communications markets. The Ceramic Products segment provides technical ceramic products for wireless telephony infrastructure and other wireless markets. Additional information on us and our products is available at www.alphaind.com.
Safe Harbor Statement - Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that constitute the Company s current intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectation or predictions of the future which are, therefore, inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the Company s forward-looking statements based on various factors, including without limitation: cancellation or deferral of customer orders, dependence on a small number of large customers, difficulties in the timely development and market acceptance of new products, market developments that vary from the current public expectations concerning the growth of wireless communications, difficulties in manufacturing new or existing products in sufficient quantity or quality, increased competitive pressures, decreasing selling prices for the Company s products, or changes in economic conditions. Further information on factors that could affect the Company s performance is included in the Company s periodic reports filed with the SEC, including but not limited to the Company s Form 10-K for the year ended March 28, 1999, and subsequent Forms 10-Q. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statements to reflect any change in the Company s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstance on which any such statement is based.
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