San Francisco, CA, December 10th, 2001 -
Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) and IVT Corporation today
announced they have signed a partnership to jointly promote their
Bluetooth solutions. The combination of Alcatel's Bluetooth
reference design with embedded Software up to HCI, and IVT
Corporation's Bluetooth Host Protocol Stack, Profiles and
BlueTester, results in a total Bluetooth solution that is
easy-to-integrate, offering equipment manufacturers a short
development cycle.
Dr. Qiang GAO, CEO of IVT Corporation: "We are pleased to enter
such partnership with a innovative Bluetooth chip manufacturer
like Alcatel. Alcatel and IVT are looking forward to providing
their customers with complete turnkey solutions".
Vincent Mouret , Vice President Wireless Business Unit for
Alcatel's microelectronics activities, commented, "Alcatel is
bringing to the market the most compact and complete solution,
satisfying the needs of the most demanding customer applications
in terms of data rate, software flexibility and hardware
implementation. Our partnership with IVT allows us to offer to our
customers a total Bluetooth solution, a proven combination of our
hardware and firmware and IVT's software. This partnership is part
of our extensive program of collaboration with the major players
in the Bluetooth industry."
The Alcatel Bluetooth design, the MTC-60180, is the first
Bluetooth chip on the market offering complete V1.1. functionality
with proven interoperability: full data rate, point-to-multi point
- Master/slave switch, multi-slot packet communication (for higher
data rates), Park, hold, & sniff modes, Scatternet
functionality, Safer+ Encryption, 3 simultaneous audio channels.
With the flash memory embedded in the chip, the Alcatel's
design is a compact and complete solution. Customers can benefit
from software upgrades faster and can differentiate their products
by adding application layers, without the need of external memory.
The chip allows for a maximum flexibility through the choice of
radio. Alcatel has a future-proven platform, with a roadmap of
various dedicated versions, a fast move to ROM (FlashROM? From
TSMC), and extended functionality. Moreover, Alcatel offers local
technical customer support worldwide.
IVT was the first to release the Bluetooth Protocol Stack SDL/C
source code (Bluelet) in November 1999, followed by the first
Bluetooth Conformance Tester (BlueTester for Conformance) in
September 2000, and the first Bluetooth Interoperability Tester
(BlueTester for Interoperability) in September 2001. IVT Bluelet
Software Suite is one of the most favourable solutions for PC OEM
makers, which runs on Windows 98/ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
It supports many profiles including DUN, PAN, FAX, HCRP, and many
Bluetooth hardware such as USB dongle, PCMCIA Card and CF Card.
Bluelet for CE (3.0) is another leading product from IVT. It is
one of the most suitable solutions for handheld device makers. It
runs on many handheld devices. IVT also offers different reference
designs such as headset, access point, voice & date gateway,
PAN bridge, cordless phone.
Alcatel designs and manufacturers leading-edge system-on-chip
(SoC) solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers, various
application specific standard products (ASSPs) and
application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for automotive
and peripheral customers. Alcatel is the number one supplier of
ADSL chipsets worldwide and is the fourth largest semiconductor
supplier in Europe, with 28 offices worldwide. More information
about Alcatel's semiconductor solutions can be found on
www.alcatel.com/microelectronics.
About IVT Corporation
IVT is a worldwide leader in providing a full range of
Bluetooth solutions, including protocol stack source code, all
profiles source code, protocol analyzer, interoperability &
conformance testers, reference designs, testing service and design
service . IVT is a Bluetooth SIG Associate Member. IVT has sales
offices in Europe, USA, Korea, Taiwan, an R&D centre in China,
and a worldwide customer base. For more information, please visit
www.ivtcorporation.com
About Alcatel
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated
end-to-end voice and data communications solutions to established
and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers world-wide.
With 120,000 employees and sales of EURO 23 billion, Alcatel
operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit
Alcatel at
www.alcatel.com/microelectronics.
Contacts
IVT Corporation Asia
Dr. Qiang GAO
Tel: 86 10
62963060
Fax: 86 10 62963059
e-mail:
Qiang.Gao@ivtcorporation.com
IVT Corporation USA
Arnold Lingwall
Director of Sales and
Marketing North America
Tel: 801-446-3878
Email:
arnielingwall@msn.com
IVT Europe
Joe Amodio
Director Sales and
Marketing
Tel: +44 118 9321132
Email: joeamodio@aol.com
Alcatel Europe & Asia Pacific
Mirella Kimpen
Tel: +32
2 718 18 40
Email: mirella.kimpen@mie.alcatel.be
Alcatel North America
Kevin Kohleriter
Tel: (972) 477
7611
Email: kevin.kohleriter@usa.alcatel.com
