Ascom's Voice Over Wi-Fi(R) Handsets Powered by Texas Instruments VoIP and Wireless LAN Technologies

Ascom's Voice Over Wi-Fi(R) Handsets Powered by Texas Instruments VoIP and Wireless LAN Technologies

April 28, 2006

TI's Wireless LAN IP Phone Platform Delivers Portability, Enhanced Features to IP Phones

    STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) and Ascom
Wireless Solutions, a market leader in on-site wireless
communication throughout Europe, announced that Ascom's i75
voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) handsets are leveraging TI's
Wireless LAN (WLAN) IP phone platform, the TNETV1700.  TI's
integrated hardware and software solution delivers the
performance and low power required for Ascom to deliver
extended talk and standby times to its enterprise
customers, and enhanced features such as wireless
telephony, alarm and messaging.

    "With over 50 years of experience in on-site
wireless communications, Ascom is continuously taking
strides to deliver exceptional mobility to its
customers," said Staffan Ornbratt, product manager,
VoWiFi system, Ascom Wireless Solutions.  "Leveraging
TI's leadership VoIP and wireless technology allows Ascom
to offer a VoWiFi experience that increases overall
efficiency and productivity of its users."

    TI's TNETV1700 WLAN IP phone platform serves at the
center of Ascom's i75 handsets that support both the
802.11b and 802.11g radio networks, as well as the 802.11i
and 802.11e standards for an increased level of security
and voice quality.  The VoWiFi handsets offer longer talk
and standby times based on the high performance and
ultra-low power consumption that the TNETV1700 delivers. 
Built-in programmability allows for easy upgrades or
expansions as standards and capabilities evolve.  

    The Ascom i75 handsets are part of Ascom's complete,
standards-based VoWiFi package that also includes a smart,
robust messaging system, VoIP gateway that can be
integrated with current communications networks, and a
Portable Device Manager that simplifies network
administration tasks.  Ascom offers two designs of its i75
handsets that are targeted at the healthcare and heavy
industry segments.  

    "We are pleased to be working with Ascom to bring
a higher quality, more productive experience to enterprise
IP phone users through our VoIP and WLAN technology,"
said Pamela Jordan, WLAN IP Phone product manager, Texas
Instruments.  "By leveraging our programmable WLAN IP
phone platform, Ascom provides investment protection for
its customers, including the ability to update systems
through software to enhance capabilities or further
increase talk and standby times."  Targeted at the
enterprise and residential markets, TI's WLAN IP phone
platform is a complete solution designed to help developers
get to market fast.  It includes the TNETV1700 VoWLAN
processor, based on TI's proven, power-efficient OMAP(TM)
architecture used worldwide today by wireless leaders, and
TI's TNETW1230 WLAN chipset with software support to meet
existing and evolving standards.  TI's award winning Telogy
Software(TM) for VoIP provides the industry's leading voice
processing software, and supports the transport of toll
quality voice over WLAN networks.  

    Other TI technology completing the solution includes
the TPS65013 power management conversion IC that provides
more than 95 percent power efficiency and steps-down power
partitions during periods of call inactivity; and the
highly integrated TLV320AIC21C dual codec with interfaces
to handset, headset, speakerphone and microphone.  

    For more information about TI's TNETV1700 WLAN IP phone
platform, visit http://www.ti.com/voip .  

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements. In addition to
Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors
& Controls, and Educational & Productivity
Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has
manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25
countries. 

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN.  More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    About Ascom Wireless Solutions

    Ascom Wireless Solutions is a market leader in on-site
wireless communications for manufacturing and process
industries, hospitals and elderly care, secure
establishments, the retail sector and hotels. More than
70,000 systems are installed at major companies all over
the world, including the majority of university hospitals
in Europe. The company offers a broad range of customised
solutions, which enables quicker response through smart
integration with existing systems.  Ascom Solutions can
include on-site paging, messaging, alarms, mobile devices,
voice and data communications. Founded in the 1950s and
based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Ascom Wireless Solutions is
part of the Ascom Group.

    For more information about Ascom Wireless Solutions,
visit http://www.ascom.com/ws .

    Trademarks

    OMAP and Telogy Software are trademarks of Texas
Instruments.  All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Gary Silcott
     Texas Instruments
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Erin Arnold
     Golin/Harris
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated