Paragon Wireless Enables Manufacturers to Quickly Deliver Innovative

Paragon Wireless Enables Manufacturers to Quickly Deliver Innovative

March 30, 2006

VoWLAN Features on Texas Instruments Residential Gateway Solutions

    BEIJING, March 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Paragon
Wireless, a fast-growing, privately held IP-based broadband
wireless equipment company, today announced it will enable
manufacturers to deliver high-performance VoWLAN
residential gateway solutions as a member of the Texas
Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE: TXN] DSP Third Party
Network.

    As a member of TI's partner network, Paragon will add
innovative functionality to TI's AR7VW platform, including
soft PBX switching, voice-mail services and peer-to-peer
VoIP calling. Paragon has pending patents solving such
critical challenges in VoWLAN systems as talk time, handoff
latency, voice quality and SIP testing. In addition, Paragon
has developed a unique, scalable system and software
architecture that allows the company to add or remove
terminal functions easily to address different market
segments without costly hardware redesign. 

    "Future wireless communication systems, whether
they are cellular systems such as Super 3G and 4G or
nomadic systems such as Wi-Fi and WiMAX, will be IP-based,
and the final winner will be end users, who will enjoy a
better, less expensive and more convenient service,"
said Gang Wu, Paragon's founder and CEO. "Paragon's
software and integration expertise enables manufacturers to
deliver two of the hottest technology markets on the planet
-- wireless and VoIP -- in a single, comprehensive
solution." 

    "TI's third party network provides our customers
access to the software and systems expertise provided by
leading companies in their respective markets," said
Ben Sheppard, Customer and Partner Marketing Manager for
TI's Residential Gateway and Embedded Systems Group.
"Paragon has demonstrated exceptional software and
VoIP capabilities to enable our customers to quickly
differentiate their products and deliver new, innovative
services over their residential gateway."

    Paragon designs and develops standards-compliant VoWLAN
equipment, including handsets and access points. For
example, the ParaAP, Paragon's AP product, integrates DSL
(ADSL2+), a WLAN AP (802.11g), a router, VoIP (SIP), and
IP-PBX together into one box for cost and space savings, as
well as useful features, such as voice mail.

    For OEMs developing broadband communications solutions,
TI's advanced signal processing-based silicon and software
platforms deliver the optimal performance, lower power
consumption, and system-level integration required to
rapidly deploy differentiated next-generation products for
cable modems, digital subscriber line (xDSL) modems,
integrated access devices (IADs), VoIP gateways, carrier
infrastructure, and home and office wireless networking.
See http://www.ti.com/broadband .

    About Paragon Wireless

    Paragon Wireless is a fast-growing, privately held
IP-based broadband wireless equipment company founded in
October 2004. Led by a management team with extensive
experience in management, business development, research
and product development, Paragon designs and develops
standards-compliant VoWLAN equipment, including handsets
and access points.  Paragon has a hybrid business model
that takes advantage of both licensing and OEM/ODM models
and has established the best customers and partners
worldwide.

    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 .

    Trademarks

    Telogy Software is a trademark of Texas Instruments. 
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

    Media Contacts:

     Penni Chaloux,  
     Texas Instruments
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Ilkka Pouttu, 
     Paragon Wireless
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated