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Alereon Opens R&D Facility for UWB Chipsets in Pune India

May 7th, 2007 Subscribe to WUSB Blog RSS Feed Bookmark

UWB leader expands to India and continues development of Certified Wireless USB

(via Press Release from Alereon Website – May 7, 2007) – Austin, Texas – Alereon, Inc., the Certified Wireless USB technology leader for mobile ultrawideband (UWB) WiMedia, today announced the opening of Alereon Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd., the company’s new product oriented research and development (R&D) facility in Pune, India.

Alereon’s new state-of-the art operation expands Alereon’s team to accommodate the growth in interest for the company’s certified USB solutions. The focus of the R&D center will be to continue to develop the company’s patented UWB chipsets, such as the AL4000, for the next generation of products.

“The expansion of our development efforts to include a new facility in Pune will strengthen our role in bringing new UWB solutions to the market,” said Eric Broockman, CEO of Alereon. “We are currently the only UWB company offering embedded device-to-device connectivity that is WUSB from the USB-IF, and we are committed to leveraging that competitive advantage by investing in continued development of new technology to remain a leader in our industry.”

“Alereon Semi’s product-oriented nature provides exciting opportunities to the strong technical and skilled resources available here in India,” said Dr. Rajesh Zele, Managing Director of Alereon’s Pune facility. “As a result of existing Alereon partnerships, our work will continue to be highly innovative and challenging as we set out to develop UWB RF CMOS integrated circuits for the next generation of Certified Wireless USB products.”

Alereon’s corporate headquarters remain in Austin, TX. The contact information for the Alereon Semi office is:

Rajesh Zele, Managing Director
Alereon Semiconductors Private Limited
B-304/23 Pune IT Park, 34 Aundh Road, Bhau Patil Marg,
Pune 411020
Contact no: 99 222 1 99 66
rajesh.zele@alereon.com

About Alereon, Inc.
Alereon, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company using revolutionary ultrawideband (UWB) radio technology to develop high-bandwidth, low-power, low-cost Wireless USB and WiMedia UWB chipsets that are ideal for today’s portable products, like digital cameras, mp3 players and cell phones. Our mission is to replace the complex tangle of wires that interconnect today’s electronic devices with wireless links. For more information, visit http://www.alereon.com.

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