WJ Communications Selected to Provide Transceivers for Marconi
Source: Watkins Johnson
San Jose, CA. WJ Communications Inc (NASDAQ:WJCI) announced today that the Company has received an order from Marconi plc to provide RF transceivers for Marconi s Digital Multi-point System ("DMS") product line. Marconi was recently selected by Viag Interkom to provide DMS broadband wireless access systems in up to 200 franchise areas across Germany. The initial order is for 5000 DMS 26 (26 GHz) transceivers and is valued in excess of $3 million. The Company expects to deliver these units during its fourth quarter of 2000 and its first quarter of 2001.
The DMS 26 utilizes proprietary RF integration techniques including thin film and GaAs technology developed and produced by WJ s Semiconductor Products Group located in Milpitas, California, and is a natural extension of WJ s Wireless Access Product Line which includes products at MMDS, 3.5, and UNII bands as well as millimeter wave products. The product will be integrated at WJ s newly expanded integration facility in San Jose.
"With WJ Communications, we have found a partner that leverages our engineering, development and manufacturing resources and embodies the values of Marconi. WJ has a proven record of technical excellence, time to market, and cost effective wireless solutions," stated Klaus Buesselmann Managing Director of Marconi s DMS Programs.
WJ Communications, headquartered in San Jose, California, designs, develops and manufactures innovative broadband communications products for the current and next generation fiber optic, broadband cable and wireless communications networks.
This release contains forward-looking statements including statements as to the Company s future economic performance, delivery schedule and product valuations. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather are based on current expectations. The Company s actual results may differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to technological innovation, the availability and the price of raw materials and components used in the Company s products, and the demand for wireless and fiber optic systems and products generally as well as those of our customers. Readers of this release are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Contact: WJ Communications Skip Hoover Tel: 650/813-2375 (Products and Technology) skip.hoover@wj.com or Financial Bill Freeman Tel: 650/813-2185 bill.freeman@wj.com
WJ CommunicationsSkip Hoover
Tel: 650/813-2375 (Products and Technology)
skip.hoover@wj.com
or
Financial
Bill Freeman
Tel: 650/813-2185
bill.freeman@wj.com
E-mail: bill.freeman@wj.com
