New Mitel IP Phones Leverage Texas Instruments VoIP Technology for Enhanced Features in the Enterprise

New Mitel IP Phones Leverage Texas Instruments VoIP Technology for Enhanced Features in the Enterprise

June 14, 2006

    DALLAS and OTTAWA, June 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Texas
Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) and Mitel(R), a
trusted provider of voice-centric IP communications
solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Mitel's
new series of IP phones are based on TI's leading Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.  TI's TNETV1050
IP phone solution is being leveraged across Mitel's new
5300 series IP phones to deliver real-time access to
applications and services, including web browsing, contact
lists, call history logs and many other advanced,
customized user settings.

    "Our collaboration with TI has resulted in a new
class of IP phones that will give our enterprise customers
access to the next level of advanced features," said
Ron Wellard, vice-president, product development, Mitel.
"Utilizing TI's proven and programmable technology
allows us to deliver a differentiated VoIP experience that
increases the efficiency of our customers, and positions us
well as this fast-growing industry evolves." 

    Mitel's new 5330 and 5340 IP Phones are full-featured
enterprise-class telephones that provide voice
communications over an IP network.  The feature-rich
telephones feature a large 160 x 320 graphics display with
24 or 48 self-labeling, multifunction, programmable keys. 
The 5330 and 5340 are full-duplex, hands-free speakerphone
systems with support of Wideband Audio Handsets that makes
the telephones acoustically superior to many IP phones
available today.  Built-in flexibility make the telephones
customizable across many vertical market applications, and
ideal for any enterprise executive, manager or employee as
they can be used as an ACD agent, supervisor or teleworker
phones.

    The new Mitel telephones are enabled through TI's
single-chip TNETV1050 solution that combines the key
processor, communication and peripheral functions necessary
to build an advanced IP phone.  Developed specifically for
enterprise desktop speakerphones, the TNETV1050 leverages
TI's long-term investment in developing communications
processors for voice and broadband applications. It offers
access to a comprehensive feature set, and exceptional
processing performance to support current and evolving IP
phone standards.  The TNETV1050 is based upon TI's
programmable TMS320C55x(TM) digital signal processing
technology.  Programmability of the TNETV1050 allows
customers such as Mitel to support a number of IP phone
implementations with full duplex speakerphone capabilities,
including support for three-way conferencing, and low bit
rate and wideband codecs. The TNETV1050 is extremely
flexible, and also offers IP phone and PC connectivity to
the Ethernet LAN, and a USB interface. This allows for a
wide variety of devices to connect to the phone, increasing
user efficiency across the enterprise.  Examples include
card readers, fingerprint recognition, PDA synchronization,
video conferencing and more.  
 
    "We are proud that our programmable, integrated
VoIP technology has helped to enable Mitel's two new,
feature-rich IP phones," said Fred Zimmerman,
executive director, VoIP CPE products, Texas Instruments. 
"Through the TNETV1050, TI is helping its customers
deliver the performance to process advanced voice
applications while reducing the total system
bill-of-materials." 

    TI and Mitel announced their relationship in mid-2005,
when Mitel unveiled that TI had been selected as its
primary supplier for both IP phone sets and VoIP gateway
systems.  For more information about the TNETV1050, please
visit http://www.ti.com/voip .  Information on Mitel's 5300
IP phones is available at http://www.mitel.com .

    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 includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  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 Mitel

    Mitel is a leading provider of integrated
communications solutions and services for business
customers. Mitel's voice-centric IP-based communications
solutions consist of a combination of telephony hardware
and software that integrate voice, video and data
communications with business applications and processes.
These solutions enable our customers to realize significant
cost benefits and to conduct their business more efficiently
and effectively by enabling enhanced communications,
information sharing and collaboration within a business and
with customers, partners and suppliers. Mitel is
headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices, partners and
resellers worldwide. For more information, visit
http://www.mitel.com .

    Trademarks

    TMS320C55x is a trademark of Texas Instruments.  Mitel
is a registered trademark owned by Mitel.  All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Deborah Shemony
     Texas Instruments
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated