Beceem Communications Collaborates
with Samsung Electronics for Mobile WiMAX
Technology
Santa Clara, Calif., Feb. 27, 2007 -
Beceem Communications (www.beceem.com), a
leading provider of chipsets for Mobile WiMAX
technology, today announced that Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading provider
of mobile phones and telecom systems, selected
Beceem as one of its major Mobile WiMAX chipset
vendors. Beceem expects that the company's
chipset would be in various Samsung WiMAX-enabled
devices.
"Samsung's selection of our chipset
is a result of our close collaboration with
Samsung's Mobile WiMAX development team.
This collaboration has resulted in our Mobile
WiMAX product leadership and has facilitated
Samsung's product development, market trials
and deployments," said Shahin Hedayat,
CEO & Co-founder of Beceem.
"Beceem's chipset availability has
contributed to the acceleration of WiMAX
commercialization," said HunBae Kim,
Senior Vice President of R&D Team at
Samsung's Telecommunications Network Business.
Beceem Communications Mobile WiMAX solution
includes the baseband processor, RF and modem
software. Beceem's RF products include receive
diversity to enable the highest WiMAX performance
available.
About Beceem Communications Inc.
Beceem
Communications Inc. was founded in October
2003 with the goal of building a wireless
technology company offering semiconductor
solutions for the wireless broadband market.
Beceem is the leading supplier of chipsets
for the recently ratified, IEEE 802.16e standard
on which Mobile WiMAX is based. The company's
solutions target both base station and subscriber
terminal applications. Beceem combines an
experienced management team with strong technology
leadership and seasoned Silicon Valley investors,
along with a world class team of engineers.
For more information, visit www.beceem.com.
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