Freescale WiMAX Solutions Power CPE and Base Station Equipment From Vecima Networks

Freescale Processors Based on Power Architecture™ Technology at Heart of Advanced Broadband Products From Vecima
3GSM World Congress 2007
Booth #8B91

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the WiMAX standard gains momentum around the world, communications processors from Freescale Semiconductor are driving the rapid deployment of cost-effective WiMAX customer premises equipment (CPE) products and base station installations.

Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VCM), a leading supplier of data, digital video and broadband wireless telecom products, uses Freescale’s MPC8248 PowerQUICC™ II processor for its new OSR3500 WiMAX CPE offering. Additionally, the Freescale MPC8541 PowerQUICC III device powers the Vecima VistaMAX OPC3500 and OBR3500 base station models.

“A number of top service providers today use Vecima’s VistaMAX family of products to deliver high-speed data, Internet, video-on-demand and voice services to business and residential subscribers,” said Robert Forget, Vecima’s director of Wireless Sales. “Vecima is a dynamic company with innovative products that are gaining wide acceptance, and PowerQUICC processors from Freescale provide the power and processing intelligence to help our products stand out in the marketplace.”

Freescale is a leader in driving WiMAX adoption worldwide. The company offers a range of products and solutions that leverage its broad spectrum of industry-leading LDMOS power amplifiers, PowerQUICC™ communications processors and StarCore™ DSPs. Freescale also partners with other industry leaders to develop turnkey solutions that meet the stringent requirements of WiMAX systems designers and OEMs.

“Our WiMAX approach is generating marketplace momentum as we continue to win designs with companies who supply high volume, time-to-market WiMAX equipment to service providers,” said Jeff Timbs, director of marketing for Freescale’s Digital Systems Division. “Freescale is well positioned to help drive adoption of the WiMAX standard while contributing to the success of our customers.”

Vecima’s VistaMAX product lines target high-performance, non line-of-sight connectivity for broadband access and business gateways. Vecima can provide solutions for each WiMAX market segment:

* Consumer multimedia – data, voice, and video
* Enterprise deployments – security and QoS controlled data
* ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) deployments
* Developing markets in Africa, Asia and India
* SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems

Freescale WiMAX Demonstrations at 3GSM

Freescale is showcasing the WiMAX solutions that power the Vecima CPE and base station models at 3GSM in Booth #8B91. Also on display at the event are Freescale’s WiMAX-enabled MPC8349E mITX reference board optimized for small business and home office equipment. The integrated CPE solution supports WiMAX Forum 802.16d-2004 certification.

About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD). www.freescale.com

About Vecima Networks

Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) designs, manufactures and sells products that enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks. Vecima's hardware products incorporate original embedded software to meet the complex requirements of next-generation, high-speed digital networks. Service providers use Vecima's solutions to deliver services to a converging worldwide broadband market, including what are commonly known as "triple play" (voice, video and data) and "quadruple play" (voice, video, data and wireless) services. Vecima's solutions allow service providers to rapidly and cost effectively bridge the final network segment that connects the system directly to end users, commonly referred to as "the last mile," by overcoming the bottleneck resulting from insufficient carrying capacity in legacy, last mile infrastructures. Vecima's products are directed at three principal markets: Data over Cable, Broadband Wireless and Digital Video. The Company has also developed and continues to focus on developing products to address emerging markets such as Voice over Internet Protocol, fibre to the home and IP video. Please visit the company’s web site at www.vecimanetworks.com.