TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Ultra Wide Band (UWB) chipsets
and solutions leader, Wisair, today announced it achieved a major milestone,
securing sales of over one million dollars of Ultra Wide Band (UWB)
Development Kits (DVK). The DVK units, based on MBOA standards, have been
purchased for application development by over 30 customers including: consumer
electronic manufacturers, large semi-conductor brands and module manufacturers
from the U.S., Asia and Europe.
"Wisair has achieved a significant step forward in establishing a broad
user-base for UWB solutions, providing a strong indication of future revenue
potential," said David Yaish, Wisair President and CEO. "Most development
kits released to our customers signify a forthcoming UWB-based product,
compliant with MBOA standards."
Wisair's first UWB chip was launched in April 2004, following its first
UWB development and evaluation platform released two years ago. The current
DVK exemplifies Wisair's vast experience in UWB technology and maturity in
chipset development, providing Wisair customers with a significant advantage
in time-to-market, and enabling the company to continue to expand its customer
base.
According to Wisair's customers, the kit provides a user-friendly out-of-
the-box experience with simple set up features, enabling users to quickly
start evaluating the technology or start developing their applications. "The
kit represented a great opportunity for our customers who were looking to
simplify and accelerate the process of delivering UWB applications to end-
users," said Mr. Mitsuo Ukaji of Wisair-Japan. "Overall, we received
tremendous customer feedback; they were impressed with the quality,
flexibility and ease-of-use of the development kits."
The DVK, based on Wisair's low-cost, high bit rate chipset solution,
enables customers to fully develop the latest UWB MBOA standard based
applications. It supports point-to-point and point-to-multi-point
configurations, provides multiple data interfaces and enables integration with
a host of applications including: wireless USB, wireless video and wireless IP.
The DVK supports data frame acknowledgements and re-transmission, providing a
highly robust UWB connection over a range of 40 feet.
Eight industry leaders, ASUS, D-Link, HP, Intel, NEC Electronics, TI, and
two large Japanese CE manufacturers, concurrently demonstrated the latest UWB
applications at the recent 2005 CES show with Wisair's development kits. The
units were employed to demonstrate wireless HDTV, Wireless USB, wireless
printer and wireless media adaptor applications.
About Wisair
Wisair (http://www.wisair.com ) develops and markets MBOA standard based,
high performance wireless communication chipset solutions, based on UWB
technology. The company is an active Promoter Member in the Multi-Band OFDM
Alliance Special Interest Group (MBOA-SIG), has been instrumental in the
development of the MB-OFDM specifications and is an active participant in the
IEEE standardization process, Wireless USB Promoters Group and WiMedia
Alliance. Wisair solutions target Consumer Electronics, PC, mobile and
automotive products, enabling the implementation of low cost, low power, and
high bit-rate communication modules and system solutions for the fast emerging
home/office connectivity markets.
Wisair is a privately held company, founded in May 2001, as part of the
RAD Group. Wisair investors include: APAX partners, Bynet VC, Intel, NIF, NTT
Leasing, RAD VC, Tamar and Vertex. Wisair's international offices, in the USA,
Japan, Korea and Taiwan, support business development, marketing and customer
activities, while its headquarters, located in Israel, provides management,
research and development facilities.
Contact Information
US: Wisair USA, Tel: 408-399-7747, Fax: 408-354-0798,
wisusa@wisair.com
15466 Los Gatos Blvd, #109-253, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Israel: Wisair Ltd., Tel: 972-3-7676606, Fax: 972-3-6477608,
info@wisair.com
24 Raoul Wallenberg St., Tel-Aviv 69719, Israel
Japan: Wisair Japan, Tel: 3-5462-9644, Fax: 3-5462-2047,
wisjapan@wisair.com
5F, Nisshin Bldg., Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8510
Wisair, Wisair USA and UBLink are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Wisair Ltd.
Other companies, brands, products, and service names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Contact - Europe Contact - US
Amir Freund Serdar Yurdakul
amirf@wisair.com serdar@wisair.com
+972 (3) 767-6608 (408) 399-7747
SOURCE Wisair
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Related links:
http://www.wisair.com
CONTACT:
in Europe, Amir Freund, +972-3-767-6608, or
amirf@wisair.com , or in the US, Serdar Yurdakul,
+1-408-399-7747, or serdar@wisair.com , both of Wisair
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