NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Beceem Communications (www.beceem.com), a leading provider of chipsets for Mobile WiMAX technology with significant R&D operations in India, today announced its commitment to accelerate WiMAX deployment in India. Beceem is the first to demonstrate and make available a complete, highly integrated IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX chipset solution suitable for mobile, portable and fixed indoor/outdoor applications.
Beceem believes that there are at least three reasons why WiMAX is a great fit for India:
-- The demand for broadband connectivity from urban homes and
small/medium businesses is growing rapidly and this cannot be
met effectively by the existing wireline technologies. Wireless
will be the dominant delivery mode for broadband services just
as wireless now dominates voice services. Thanks to its true
broadband performance, early availability and cost advantages,
WiMAX is best-positioned to serve this huge Indian market.
-- Several Indian service providers have already acquired suitable
spectrum licenses to deploy wireless broadband services and are
planning early rollouts in 2006. WiMAX is the first truly
broadband technology available to meet Indian market needs.
-- The presence of leading WiMAX technology vendors like Beceem
Communications and other system integrators in India, will for
the first time, usher significant local high technology value
additions, and working with service providers also help fine
tune WiMAX deployment in the country.
"Significant portions of Beceem Communications' technology is grown in India," said Professor Arogyaswami Paulraj, Stanford University Professor and CTO/Co-founder of Beceem. "Our highly scalable, power-efficient terminal chipset products for mobile WiMAX with cutting-edge signal processing represent a new level of technology innovation to emerge from India. We are very proud of our Indian team headed by Rajat Gupta, a 20-year semiconductor technology veteran."
"India is quickly emerging as a major market for WiMAX," said Vinod Khosla, Co-founder of SUN Microsystems and one of the world's most renown high-tech VCs, as well as is one of Beceem's major investors. "With a population of more than one billion and a growing economy, India is a huge market for broadband and needs rapid deployment of such services, which in turn will further accelerate GDP growth."
Khosla continued, "WiMAX is the right technology for India and Beceem Communications is well-positioned to serve this market and can effectively support Indian WiMAX service providers."
Beceem is pioneering IEEE 802.16e converged fixed/mobile WiMAX technology and the company's chipsets are being used by leading wireless telecom equipment manufacturers to build the world's first commercial mobile WiMAX networks in Asia.
Beceem's leadership position in the WiMAX market is driven by its distinguished technology team led by Professor Paulraj, CTO. Dr. Paulraj is a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, and is very well known as the pioneer of smart antenna wireless technology.
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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