Atelier licenses TSY Telephony Subsystems for Series 60 Platform to Texas Instruments

Atelier TSY for the Series 60 Platform integrated in TI OMAP-based reference designs and development platforms

PARIS, France, and DALLAS, Texas, June 23rd, 2003

Atelier, the leading expert in telephony software for Symbian OS™, today announced that Atelier has licensed its Symbian OS 2.5G telephony subsystem to Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI).

Under the agreement, Texas Instruments will gain access to Atelier’s telephony software intellectual property for Symbian OS comprising TSY telephony module, Multiplexing CSY and Series 60 DSY components, for use with all TI GPRS digital basebands.

“Symbian OS and Series 60 OMAP-based solutions continue to gain traction in the wireless market,” said Paul Werp, worldwide director of marketing for TI’s OMAP platform. “TI’s reference designs and Atelier’s telephony software provide a foundation for OEMs to bring Symbian and Series 60-based solutions to market quickly.”

Atelier has worked closely with Texas Instruments to optimize its software components for the recently announced TCS2600 GSM/GPRS reference design based on the OMAP730 digital baseband and TI’s Innovator Development Kit for the Series 60 Platform, providing Texas Instruments OEM/ODM customers with complete OMAP-based hardware and software reference designs for Series 60 and Symbian OS-based smartphones.

“This announcement marks a major milestone in Atelier’s long time relationship with Texas Instruments. The collaboration with TI reinforces Atelier’s position as a leading provider of wireless software solutions in the Symbian space and provides Atelier with long-term opportunities in the wireless industry”, said Marc Menschenfreund, CEO of Atelier.

Atelier offers a wide portfolio of Symbian OS telephony software components that have been validated on Texas Instruments’ OMAP™ processors. This portfolio includes TSYs which fully implement Symbian OS ETEL and Nokia Series 60 telephony APIs, 3GPP 27.010 multiplexing CSY and Series 60 DSY components.


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About Atelier

Atelier is a leading provider of wireless software solutions for Symbian OS and offers mobile device manufacturers design, development and customization services for Symbian OS based 2.5 and 3G phones. Atelier has deep expertise in Symbian OS and Series 60 telephony software and help manufacturers significantly reduce time-to-market of Symbian OS based phones. For more information: www.atelier.tm

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and Analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com

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