RFMD Targets CDMA Components Market

RF Micro Devices is to re-target the CDMA components market with the introduction of multiple CDMA front end products. In calendar year 2009, RFMD plans a major refresh of its CDMA product portfolio, marking the Company's first new offerings for CDMA handsets in approximately five years.

RFMD CDMA front end products to be launched in 2009 include power amplifiers (PAs), discrete switches and GPS low noise amplifier (LNA) modules with integrated filters. New products recently launched by RFMD include the RF73xx family of linear CDMA PAs, the RF1126 and RF1136 discrete switches and the RF2815 GPS LNA module with integrated surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter, designed for GPS-enabled CDMA mobile devices.

"We are very pleased to expand our industry-leading portfolio of cellular front end components to address the many opportunities in CDMA handsets," said Eric Creviston, president of RFMD's Cellular Products Group. "CDMA handsets totaled approximately 170 million units in 2008 and continue to represent a large segment of the overall handset market. We expect our CDMA product refresh will extend our reach to new customers and new design teams and expand our total available market by approximately 150 million units in calendar year 2009."

Bob Bruggeworth, president and CEO of RFMD, said "RFMD is diversifying its customer base and product portfolio through a significant increase in new product introductions. We are particularly focused on new standard products for the open market, and the CDMA market greatly increases the scope of our open market opportunities."

Posted to the site on 17th February 2009