Andrew Seybold's Outlook4Mobility developed an awards program this year to honor companies that demonstrate extraordinary leadership and innovation in the wireless industry. Atheros was honored with an award for being first to achieve 802.11a volume shipments.

"We recognized Atheros not only for its innovative wireless chipset design, but also for the company's leadership in delivering the AR5000 to market," said Andrew Seybold. "The emergence of next-generation wireless technology in the industry creates new opportunities for richer multimedia and networking applications that were previously not possible with existing wireless technology, which lacks the faster data rate speeds and higher performance of 802.11a."

Shipping since August, the Atheros AR5000 solution provides high-speed wireless LAN connectivity compliant with the IEEE 802.11a standard. The company's innovative chipset architecture consists of the world's first complete 5GHz "Radio-on-a-Chip" (RoC) and MAC/baseband processor fabricated exclusively in standard-process digital CMOS. The chipset supports all 802.11a data rates up to 54 Mbps, and speeds up to 72 Mbps in Atheros Turbo Mode(TM).

"We are very pleased to accept this award for wireless LAN innovation," said Mark Bercow, vice president of marketing at Atheros. "With 802.11a the industry is moving to high-speed wireless networks that for the first time are encroaching upon the performance capabilities of wired technologies. The coming year should see some exciting applications in areas that people have assumed would only become a reality far in the future."

More details on all the Outlook4Mobility Awards are available at www.Outlook4Mobility.com.

About Andrew Seybold's Outlook4Mobility

Andrew Seybold's Outlook4Mobility, Inc. is a newsletter and conference producer based in Los Gatos, California. Among its activities, the company sponsors the twice-yearly Wireless Data University, a day-long tutorial and industry-update event, and the annual Andrew Seybold's Summit 4Mobility, a two and one-half-day conference for senior executives of the Wireless Data/Wireless Internet and financial industries. With Forbes, Andrew Seybold's Outlook4Mobility, Inc., jointly publishes Forbes/Andrew Seybold's Wireless Outlook, a monthly investment advisory newsletter focused on publicly traded wireless technology companies. For information on Andrew Seybold's Outlook4Mobility, Inc. and the Andrew Seybold Consulting Group, LLC, contact Ruth Johnson at 408 354 7900, or email ruth@Outlook4Mobility

About Atheros Communications

Atheros Communications was founded in May 1998 by leading experts in radio and signal processing from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, and private industry. The Company's mission is to provide wireless networking technologies that drive transparent connections between all computing, communications, audio and video devices. Funded by August Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Foundation Capital, New Enterprise Associates and others, Atheros has raised a total of $98.3 million in three rounds of funding. The Company currently employs over 140 people and has filed more than 45 wireless technology patents.

For press and analyst inquiries contact: Cheryl Patstone, 408-773-5344, cheryl@atheros.com or Greg Wood, A&R Partners, 650-762-2838, gwood@arpartners.com.