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CSR joins WiBree ForumCAMBRIDGE, England --(Business Wire)-- CSR plc (LSE:CSR): Ref: EME9949 CSR plc (LSE:CSR) announced today that it is joining the WiBree forum. WiBree is a new radio standard that opens up a new market for ultra low power wireless connections to button battery cell powered, devices; one not yet served effectively by other radio technologies. WiBree is not competitive to Bluetooth, rather it complements it, building upon much of the existing Bluetooth technology base. CSR will continue to increase its investment in the Bluetooth SIG. This will further widen CSR's portfolio beyond Bluetooth, WiFi, UWB and now to include WiBree and will leverage the strength CSR has as the leading supplier of wireless connectivity devices into the cellular phone industry. Details of the WiBree forum are available here: http://www.nokia.co.uk/nokia/0,8764,33198,00.html About CSR CSR is the leading global provider of Bluetooth technology and has developed expertise in other single-chip wireless communication standards such as Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions for Bluetooth based around BlueCore, a fully integrated 2.4 GHz radio, baseband and microcontroller. CSR has already launched its fifth generation BlueCore suite and is in volume manufacture of its fourth generation BlueCore devices. BlueCore4 supports the Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) standard which was ratified at the end of 2004. Outside of Bluetooth, CSR has also developed UniFi, the first single chip 802.11a/b/g embedded solution specifically targeting the mobile phone and consumer electronics markets. BlueCore features in over 60 per cent of all qualified Bluetooth enabled products and modules listed on the Bluetooth website with industry leaders including Apple, Dell, IBM, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, RIM, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba using BlueCore devices in their range of Bluetooth products. CSR has its headquarters and offices in Cambridge, UK, and offices in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, India, France, Denmark, Sweden and both Dallas and Detroit in the USA. More information can be found at www.csr.com. |
