Analog Devices Joins OMTP Group - Company to help steer mobile platfor

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    CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced it has joined the OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform) group as an Advisor participant. Established in June 2004 by a world-class group of mobile operators, OMTP's mission is to create an open ecosystem for advanced mobile platforms that support enhanced subscriber experiences, while tailored to be able to meet the requirements of each operator.
    "The work the OMTP group has begun will be critical as mobile operators tackle the challenge of identifying a uniform interface that can be deployed across different handsets for each operator," said Christian Kermarrec, vice president, RF and wireless systems, Analog Devices, Inc. "As a provider of highly flexible and customizable semiconductor solutions for all wireless standards, ADI believes it can offer technology-neutral guidance to this organization in an effort to make the user's experience with 2.5/3G functionality seamless across all markets, irrespective of the platform they are using."
    Having developed semiconductor solutions for evolving wireless standards since the early 1990s, ADI believes it can help guide the future direction of implementing this wireless technology vision. By enabling individual carriers to offer multiple branded handsets that are differentiated for their market, yet incorporate an interface that is common for a particular wireless standard, ADI can help expand the deployment of next-generation 3G services.
    According to John Jackson, senior wireless technologies analyst at the Yankee Group, "To ensure service scalability and continuity for the end user, advanced wireless data services demand a common, sophisticated architecture to allow next generation services to be provisioned more broadly, cheaply and immediately. A highly flexible wireless terminal chipset is the foundation of such a solution. The addition of companies such as Analog Devices strengthens the OMTP's position as a driving force for creating cost-effective, robust wireless value-added services and delivering on the promise of 3G."

    About Analog Devices' Wireless Terminal Chipsets

    As a leading supplier of components to the GSM industry since 1990, Analog Devices has built a portfolio of solutions for mobile devices that leverages high-performance analog and DSP core technology. As customer needs have evolved, ADI's wireless terminal product portfolio has evolved from DSPs and analog building-block components, to sophisticated digital baseband processors, advanced analog and mixed- signal data conversion, power management, radio frequency ICs and ultimately to today's complete chipsets and reference designs. These products include a number of industry firsts, such as the Othello(R) family--the world's first open-market direct-conversion radio chipset; and Analog Devices' SoftFone(R) chipset, the first RAM-based baseband processor, which enables wireless terminal device manufacturers to easily customize user features and options entirely in software, while incorporating breakthrough advancements in power consumption, cost and size. Analog Devices' wireless chipsets leverage the company's high-performance signal processing expertise and are designed with a unique systems understanding approach. This approach is part of the reason why ADI's wireless chipsets power many leading mobile device manufacturers and brands worldwide such as LG, Quanta, Research In Motion (RIM), Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless, TCL, and many more.

    About OMTP

    The OMTP group was formed on June 23, 2004 and aims to define those platform requirements necessary for mobile devices to deliver openly available standardized application interfaces that will provide customers with a more consistent and improved user experience across different devices, whilst also enabling individual operators and manufacturers to customize and differentiate their offering. The OMTP group is an open association, with membership or participation available to organizations wanting to adopt OMTP requirements, to assist the process of achieving the OMTP group's goals or simply to follow the latest efforts and results of the OMTP group. Membership is open to mobile operators, whereas participation as a sponsor, advisor or associate, is open to any entity. Members, sponsors and advisors are eligible to be actively involved in projects formed by OMTP; associates receive information on ongoing activities. Mobile operators, mobile device manufacturers, software and hardware suppliers interested in participating in the OMTP group can find more information on the OMTP group's website: www.omtp.org.

    About Analog Devices

    Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

    Othello and SoftFone are registered trademarks of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Colleen Cronin Analog Devices, Inc. Tel: (781) 937-1622 Colleen.cronin@analog.com or Ricky Gradwohl Porter Novelli Tel: (408) 369-4600 x631 Ricky.gradwohl@porternovelli.com

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