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February 04, 2008

ABILIS SYSTEMS INTRODUCES WORLD'S SMALLEST DVB-H/T RECEIVER

  • New AS-101 mobile digital TV single chip receiver is now available
  • Complete single-chip in a small footprint 5mm x 5mm CSP package
  • Enables worldwide coverage with superior sensitivity, power efficiency and low system cost.
  • To be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona

Geneva, Switzerland – February 4, 2008 – Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company, has announced the availability of the world’s smallest digital mobile TV receiver for DVB-H/T applications, produced in a 5mm x 5mm CSP package. The new AS-101 integrates multi-band RF tuner, advanced OFDM demodulator, memory and interfaces onto a single 90nm CMOS die, with the receiver performance surpassing the MBRAI 2 and Nordig 1.0.3 specifications.

The AS-101 is optimized for multiple mobile and handheld applications, enabling digital TV capability on any device with a display. It supports the integration of both DVB-H and DVB-T standards in mobile phones, portable media players as well as PND. A number of reference designs based on various applications processors have already been developed.

This new single-chip receiver is part of a family of digital TV receivers from Abilis Systems based on its unique low power software defined radio (SDR) architecture and innovative multi-band RF tuner. The company’s SDR technique allows adaptive data processing and ensures excellent receiver performance in all reception conditions – using a parallel processing OFDM engine that demodulates signals even in noisy environments and high speed conditions. The integration of a multi-band zero-IF radio ensures that the minimum of external components are required. This means that the AS-101 enables worldwide coverage with superior sensitivity, power efficiency and low system cost.

The AS-101, available in a 5mm x 5mm CSP package, reduces significantly the overall cost and size of mobile devices with digital TV enabled. Abilis Systems will demonstrate at the Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona early February a small, easy to integrate, module with single side mounted components which breaks the $5 barrier in volume quantities. For more information, visit our Hospitality Suite, 4.4HS02.

About Abilis Systems
Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group company, provides true single-chip CMOS solutions for OFDM-based radio communications standards, enabling any electronics device with a display to receive digital TV broadcasts. By utilizing software-defined radio architectures to guarantee the highest quality of service in all reception conditions, combined with the latest low power technology, Abilis Systems enables a small footprint, low power television receiver which can support mobile and digital TV standards worldwide. The fabless semiconductor company’s unique ‘antenna-to-digital’ solution is easily integrated to output a digital TV video stream ready for decoding and display. Abilis Systems, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, also actively co-operates with sister companies of the Kudelski Group to develop complete hardware/software packages for highly secured conditional access systems. For more information, visit www.abilis.com

About the Kudelski Group
The Kudelski Group (SWX: KUD.VX) is a world leader in digital security and convergent media solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive content. Its technologies are used in a wide range of services and applications requiring access control and rights management to secure the revenue of content owners and service providers for digital television and interactive applications across broadcast, broadband and mobile delivery networks. The Kudelski Group is also a world technology leader in the area of access control and management of people or vehicles to sites and events. It additionally offers professional recorders and high-end Hi-Fi products. The Kudelski Group is headquartered in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. Please visit www.nagra.com for more information.

For further information, please contact:

Ivan Schnider
Nagravision Head of Marketing Communications
+41 21 732 09 40
[email protected]

Nigel Dixon
Abilis Systems VP Sales & Marketing
+41 79 540 41 92
[email protected]