Comsys awarded best chip design at WiMAX World

ComMAX baseband processor shines at Best of WiMAX World Awards

11 October 2006: WiMAX World USA, Boston – Comsys Communication and Signal Processing, a leader in wireless baseband solutions, is pleased to announce that its ComMAX™ processor has been awarded best chip design at the prestigious Best of WiMAX World Awards, which recognizes leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies.

ComMAX is a flexible multimode OFDM/A baseband processor that enables service continuity between cellular and Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) networks. Targeted at manufacturers of multimode mobile-WiMAX terminals, ComMAX provides a comprehensive broadband solution with MIMO capability that can operate over multiple bands, presents best-in-class performance and offers substantial cost and power-savings.

Elkana Ben Sinai, Comsys CEO, commented, “We are delighted to be recognized publicly for ComMAX, which is the ethos behind Comsys’ commitment and focus on enabling mobile internet convergence through advanced baseband processors. Comsys’ background in cellular technology has served as a real strength for tapping into the potential of cellular/WiMAX convergence. To be awarded by the WiMAX community is a great honor for us.”

Eliot Weinman, Conference Chairman and President of Trendsmedia, said, “The awards were chosen based on a careful evaluation and analysis by a group of six independent WiMAX thought leaders who on the WiMAX World advisory board. On behalf of WiMAX World and xchange magazine, we congratulate each of the winners”.

Nominations were open to exhibitors and sponsors of the conference, held this week in Boston. More than 40 nominations were received in total. The independent judging panel, included Charles Wu, principal, CWLab; Craig Mathias, principal, Farpoint Group; Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts; Adlane Fellah, CEO and founder, Maravedis Inc.; Carolyn Gabriel, lead research analyst, Rethink Research; Berge Ayvazian, chief strategy officer, Yankee Group; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.

“xchange offers its congratulations to the winners. Given the terrific response during the nomination process as well as the caliber of the members of the selection committee, all of the winners should be proud to be recognized as leaders in the WiMAX community,” said Mike Saxby, xchange Group Publisher.

About Comsys
Comsys Communication and Signal Processing Ltd. develops the industry's leading integrated digital baseband solutions for Mobile WiMAX, UMTS, EGPRS (EDGE), GPRS and GSM networks.

Comsys' offerings range from system IP for multimode 3G cellular terminals to a fully mobile WiMAX baseband processor (802.16e), offered to silicon and handset manufacturers. Comsys' evolution to 4G includes an OFDM/A baseband processor with a flexible architecture and low power consumption, designed to support current and future mobile WiMAX profiles and future 3GPP-LTE. Companies such as Texas Instruments, Quanta Computers and Datang Microelectronics choose Comsys to benefit excellent performance, accelerated time-to-market and reduced silicon costs. For further information, please visit our website at www.comsysmobile.com