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Telegent Systems Named Finalilst for the EE Times ACE Awards
Mobile TV Solutions Enable Free-to-Air and Paid Programming in Single Chip
Sunnyvale, CA - January 25, 2007 - Telegent Systems, Inc., a leader in advanced RF and digital signal processing technologies for Mobile TV in cellular phones and other portable media devices, today announced that it has been selected by EE Times as a Finalist for Startup Company of the Year for its 2007 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) awards. This award goes to a venture capital (or pre-IPO financed) start-up (under three years in business) electronics manufacturing (device or system) company that demonstrates excellence in business development and/or technology development processes with the potential to become a technical or market leader in the global electronics industry.
"We are pleased to have Telegent Systems as a finalist in the Startup of the Year category," said Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EE Times. "Telegent Systems TV-on-a-Chip solutions are properly targeted at one of the electronics market's next big thing: Mobile TV."
Telegent Systems' first products, the TLG1100 and TLG1130, integrate all major Mobile TV receiver functionalities from antenna input to digital video output. Currently, TLG1100 supports NTSC and PAL, while TLG1130 supports DVB-H, DVB-T, NTSC and PAL. The hybrid TLG1130 solution enables the reception of both existing and new mobile broadcasts on any mobile device. This elevates the Mobile TV experience by giving consumers the ability to watch their favorite network programs, as well as supporting emerging made-for-mobile content.
By combining its expertise in RF, mixed-signal, and DSP technologies, Telegent Systems has developed the patent-pending SureTrak. technology that provides superior video reception, increased sensitivity, support of legacy and new broadcast standards, low power consumption and ease of design in for mobile devices.
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About Telegent Systems:
Telegent Systems is a fabless semiconductor company providing high-performance, highly integrated RF TV-on-Chip solutions for mobile video applications. Through its proprietary SureTrak(TM) architecture, which incorporates advanced RF, mixed-signal and digital signal processing, Telegent Systems has broken down the barrier to receive high-quality Mobile TV today. Telegent Systems' solutions set a new benchmark in Mobile TV, with lower power consumption, higher sensitivity, and smaller footprint for mobile devices such as cell phones, laptops and other portable media devices. This enables mobile device manufacturers with improved receiver performance, as well as decreasing initial infrastructure costs for Mobile TV deployment. Telegent Systems is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and a subsidiary in China. For more information, visit the company web site at www.telegent.com.
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