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Atheros WLAN
Technology is Used in Roadside High-Speed WLAN Demo at the 11th
World ITS Congress in Nagoya, Japan
SUNNYVALE, Calif.,
Oct. 20, 2004 – Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless LAN (WLAN)
chipsets, today announced that Atheros'
WLAN technology with high-throughput Super AG® capability will
be used for a Mobilecast demonstration in a technical tour of a
roadside high-speed WLAN system at the 11th World Congress on
ITS Nagoya, Aichi 2004, Japan. The event will be held from Oct.
18-22, 2004, mainly at Port Messe Nagoya (Nagoya International
Exhibition Hall). The TT-8 technical tour will be hosted by the
Internet ITS Consortium from Oct. 19-21, 2004.
During the
demonstration, a bus and three demo cars will be driven around a
wireless HOTAREA™ that offers continuous connectivity of
broadband wireless access services. For Mobilecast’s technology
demonstration, access points have been deployed on vending
machines in Nagoya city. Five of these access points, including
two from Nestle Beverage K.K., will be used to demonstrate
high-speed WLAN communications. Atheros’ chipset is used in
Mobilecast’s embedded vehicular router, the Mobilecast
Automotive Gateway (MAG™), which provides broadband connectivity
to the vehicles.
Mobilecast has been
offering wide area telematics service with CDMA 1x, and is now
first to demonstrate at the ITS Congress a wireless broadband
solution that enables more high-volume data communications, such
as movie streaming, than CDMA 1x can currently offer.
Atheros has been
cooperating with Mobilecast since March 2004 to develop a
roadside high-speed WLAN system. Mobilecast currently is
partnering with the South Otsu Street shopping avenue in Nagoya,
to make the street a HOTAREA. Visitors can receive streaming
advertisements or download local information via the wide area
telematics service.
“Atheros views
telematics as one of the important future applications for WLAN
and has put a lot of effort into developing the industry. We
contributed, for example, in field testing to develop the
specification for the WLAN standard for telematics, called
IEEE802.11a RA,” said Tomoki Ohsawa, General Manager of Atheros
Communications, K.K. “The ITS World Congress demonstration means
a lot to Atheros since many people will be able to actually
experience the technology. Atheros continues to contribute to
expanding the telematics market in Japan.”
For more information on the 11th
World Congress and TT-8 technical tour, please see:
http://www.itswc2004.jp/index.html,
and
http://www.itsworldcongress.org/technical/online.html.
About ITS
The World Congress on
Intelligent Transport Systems is the premier international event
where transportation professionals from around the globe gather
to share knowledge, exchange ideas and explore state-of-the-art
technologies and innovations in the high-tech transportation
industry. Since the first World Congress in Paris, France in
1994, the continuing goal is to promote awareness and deployment
of ITS technologies and enhance our ability to work together to
lift the world’s transportation systems to new levels of safety,
reliability, convenience and accessibility.
About Internet ITS Consortium (IIC)
Internet ITS is an
application system with universal specifications enabling any
car to connect to the Internet anytime and anywhere. IIC has
been working to develop the platform; support the development of
new businesses that improve safety, environment, comfort and
convenience; and contribute to standardization of the global
Internet ITS base. The following IIC member companies are
participating in the demo: Aishin Seiki Co.,Ltd; Nippon Oil
Corp./NEC Corp./ Tatsuno Corp.; Tsubasa System Co., Ltd.; Cybird
Co., Ltd.; Mobilecast Inc.; Zenrin DataCom Co., Ltd./KDDI Corp.;
Denso Corp.; Itochu Corp./NTT Communications Corp. (in order of
demonstration).
About Super AG®
Technology
In Japan, Atheros Super AG® technology
implements a combination of innovative performance-enhancement
features – packet bursting, fast frames, and data compression –
that improve the throughput and range of wireless networking
products. The technology supports up to 54 megabits-per-second
(Mbps) data link rates for users in Japan, and typical end-user
throughput of up to 40 Mbps. This is approximately double the
throughput performance of standard 802.11g or 802.11a/g
products. Outside Japan, where an additional dynamic turbo mode
can be activated, the technology can deliver more than 60 Mbps
of real user-available throughput. This is the highest
throughput performance available on the market today.
About Mobilecast
Established in 2002, Mobilecast built a
position in the telematics industry by developing packet
communications and WLNA embedded vehicular routers. As the
telematics communication service provider for operators and
after market, Mobilecast develops its business in and outside of
Japan and offers hardware and services to support secure,
reliable and comfortable driving. For more information, visit
www.mobilecast.co.jp.
About Atheros
Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading
developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless
communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems
expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed
signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly
integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost,
standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
processes. Atheros technology is being used by a broad base of
leading customers, including personal computer and networking
equipment manufacturers. For more information, visit
www.atheros.com or send
email to info@atheros.com.
# # #
Atheros, the Atheros logo
and Super AG® are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. MAG
and HOTAREA are trademarks of Mobilecast Telematics. All other
trademarks mentioned in this document are the sole property of
their respective owners.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Except for the historical
information contained herein, the matters set forth in this
press release, including statements regarding the telematics
market; and the features, performance and benefits of Atheros’
products in telematics applications, are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially, including, but not limited to,
whether and how rapidly consumers adopt telematics applications
for Wi-Fi Internet access technologies; our ability to develop
products for telematics applications; the effects of
competition; difficulties in research and development of new and
improved products; and other risks detailed in Atheros’
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2004 as filed with the SEC and in other reports filed with the
SEC by Atheros from time to time. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date hereof. Atheros disclaims
any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
