Wireless Futures partners with CSR for development of Bluetooth modules

CSR the single Bluetooth market leader appoints new module partner - Wireless Futures.

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For further information, contact
Alan Woolhouse               
CSR                     
+44 1223 692 689               
aw@csr.com               

Richard Parker/ David Marsden
EML
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csr@eml.com

Richard Adams                  
Wireless Futures
+44 845 1203 812
radams@wirelessfutures.co.uk

Wireless Futures partners with CSR for development of Bluetooth modules

Cambridge, UK - 25 February, 2002 - CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) today announced that Wireless Futures, a Milton Keynes based wireless consultancy, has joined CSRs Module Partner Programme, the recently launched sixth category in its successful partner programme, which enables a fast and reliable route to Bluetooth integration.

Clive Chelsom-Pill, commercial manager, CSR commented, Pre-qualified Bluetooth radio modules are an attractive option for customers developing Bluetooth products, particularly those without an in-house RF design or test capability, and are certainly the fastest route to market. We are delighted to add Wireless Futures to our extensive range of partners offering a great design resource for UK customers."

There is great synergy between the two companies", explained Richard Adams, Managing Director, Wireless Futures, and therefore it was an obvious alliance that will give Wireless Futures an edge in the Bluetooth market and will allow CSR customers a quick and easy development route for their products".

This partnership has already led to the rapid development of an exciting new Bluetooth security device. The prototype which has been developed for i-migo, a major customer of Wireless Futures, is a miniature theft deterrent for use with Bluetooth equipped phones, laptops and other devices. The i-migo device is due to be launched later this year.

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About Wireless Futures
Wireless Futures provides product design and validation services to the wireless communications industry. The company has established itself with a number of leading handset manufacturers and has design and test experience in all areas of mobile data communications and messaging. The companys aim is to continue to provide a quality and dynamic service to its growing customer base. Wireless Futures is based in Milton Keynes, UK and is currently providing services to customers within Europe and the US.

More information about Wireless Futures can be found at www.wirelessfutures.co.uk or by contacting Richard Adams radams@wirelessfutures.co.uk

About CSR
CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) specialises in providing single-chip radio devices to the global market for short-range wireless communications, including Bluetooth. The companys mission is to create the most highly integrated radio devices available, fabricated using standard CMOS technology, to provide its customers with the lowest cost of ownership of high quality digital radio.

CSR was the first company in the world to offer a true single-chip Bluetooth solution with BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. In Q4 2001 CSR released BlueCore2, its second generation family, and offer developed hardware/software bundles for each of the fastest growing Bluetooth applications markets. Users can combine the chips with the CSR Bluetooth software stack to provide a fully compliant solution for data and voice communications or, used with an upper layer host software stack, CSR is able to offer a complete Bluetooth end-to-end solution.

CSR has a growing list of major international companies including Sony, Compaq, IBM, Fujitsu, LG, ALPS, TDK, 3Com, Mitsumi, Siemens and Motorola, who have already used CSRs BlueCore in the development of a range of Bluetooth products. In fact, up to the end of 2001, 70% of available pre-qualified modules, as listed on the qualified products page of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) web site, feature BlueCore01 and it is in 60% of all qualified Bluetooth v 1.1 enabled end product designs.

CSR is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Richardson, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Singapore and Aalborg, Denmark.

More information about CSR can be found on the web site at www.csr.com

About Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a technology specification for low-cost, short-range radio links between mobile PCs, mobile phones and other portable devices. The Bluetooth specification defines, for the first time, a radio standard that allows mobile phones, hand-held computers and PCs to communicate wirelessly without manual user intervention. Bluetooth is lower in cost and power consumption than alternative wireless standards.

More information about Bluetooth can be found on the SIG web site
at www.bluetooth.com