Company to provide technical, sales and marketing representation for wireless USB solutions provider
AUSTIN, Texas and Seoul, South Korea (November 6, 2007) – Alereon, Inc., the Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology leader for WiMedia and Certified Wireless USB applications, today announced they have selected Uniquest, a leading edge semiconductor solutions provider, as its representative to support Certified Wireless USB solutions in Korea.
Under the agreement, Uniquest will strengthen the marketing, sales, and technical support in Korea for Alereon's AL5000 product line through its highly trained team of Field Application Engineers (FAEs) and Sales Engineers. Alereon's AL5000 is the only Certified Wireless USB chipset that meets frequency spectrum requirements worldwide, including the upper band groups required in Korea. Alereon's AL5000 chipset transmits and receives WiMedia band groups one, two, three, four, five and six which span frequencies from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz, which is required to provide consumers in Korea comparable performance to applications in the rest of the world.
"With the development of our AL5000 family, Alereon is making wireless USB a global reality," said Eric Broockman, CEO of Alereon. "As such, it is imperative that we are able to distribute our wireless USB solutions on a worldwide scale and partnering with a leading company like Uniquest allows us to accomplish that goal."
"Uniquest is fully prepared to help develop the Korean market for wireless USB products," said Charles Lim, CEO of Uniquest. "With Alereon's innovative worldwide solution for this market, we plan to create demands by strengthening technical support, as well as marketing and sales activities targeting PC, consumer electronics and mobile handset companies."
The AL5000 family chipset integrates all the essential RF circuitry, including power amplifier, LNA and T/R switch in addition to the Media Access Controller (MAC) and BaseBand Processor (BBP), and includes the software necessary to develop a worldwide Wireless USB product. Covering the entire WiMedia spectrum from 3.1GHz to 10.6 GHz, the AL5300/5100 chipset was optimized for both PC host applications and embedded applications – such as PC aftermarket devices, handheld electronics, consumer electronics and mobile products, where space and power consumption are at a premium.
More information on the AL5000 and other solutions from Alereon can be found at www.alereon.com.
About Uniquest Corporation
Established in 1993, Uniquest Corporation is a leading-edge semiconductor solution provider in Korea. Focused on creating demands and providing comprehensive approach to technology distribution with service, products, and knowledge to help power the supply chain. Uniquest has three divisions of sales addressing Wireless, Communications and Digital Consumer market -UNIQUEST I&C, INFINITEK and TEKCLIPS.
About Alereon, Inc.
Alereon, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company using revolutionary Ultra Wideband (UWB) radio technology to develop high-bandwidth, low-power, low-cost Wireless USB and WiMedia UWB chipsets that are ideal for today's personal computer and 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.
