LitePoint Joins Multiband OFDM Alliance


LitePoint Joins Multiband OFDM Alliance

LitePoint prepares for ultrawideband products

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 30 2004 -- LitePoint Corporation, an industry-leading provider of advanced wireless solutions and test instruments, today announced that it has joined the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA). As a member of the MBOA, LitePoint positions itself at the forefront of the emerging market for ultrawidebandbased technology.

"Our membership in this important and influential organization demonstrates our confidence that UWB technology will play a key role in future wireless product developments," commented Dr. Benny Madsen, CEO of LitePoint. "By participating in the early stages of UWB standardization, LitePoint will be poised to support future IC developers and product designers."

Formed to support use of multi-band OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) for UWB WPAN communications, the MBOA is working to develop the technologies and solutions needed to insure a robust UWB marketplace that provides product interoperability, co-exists with other major wireless standards, and has approval from global regulatory bodies. The MBOA currently has over 150 members, including some of the world’s most influential consumer electronics, personal computing, home entertainment, mobile phone, semiconductor, and digital imaging companies.

About LitePoint

LitePoint Corporation, based in San Jose, California, designs, develops, markets, and supports advanced wireless test solutions for developers and marketers of branded wireless products, for consumer electronics and contract manufacturers, and for wireless IC designers.

By leveraging its in-house expertise in the design of wireless systems and ICs, LitePoint has developed innovative test solutions to assure product conformance to specifications, interoperability with other compliant products, and overall product quality. LitePoint addresses today’s high-volume wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies by offering the IQview™ and IQflex™ WLAN Test Solutions for today’s current Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n standards. At the same time, LitePoint is anticipating the emergence of new wireless technologies, including UWB.

For more information, please visit www.litepoint.com.

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