May 21, 2005 - Bangalore

MindTree Previews its UWB Program for High-end Audio-video Wireless Connectivity Applications at WiCon World 2005

The company will also showcase Bluetooth-based IPs such as Bluetooth Baseband Controller, Upper Protocol Stack and Device Profiles, along with the UWB MAC and UWB PHY layers of the UWB technology spectrum

BANGALORE

MindTree Consulting, a leading provider of Bluetooth technology Intellectual Property (IP) and solutions, today announced that it would showcase its UWB and Bluetooth technology solutions, targeted for usage in cell phones and wireless devices in the automotive industry, among other advanced technology solutions at the WiCon World Wireless Exposition to be held at Excel, London on May 24-25, 2005.

“Our continuous and targeted focus on Bluetooth has helped us offer the best and latest solutions to our customers and to achieve their design goals,” said S. Janakiraman, President and CEO, R&D Services, MindTree. He further commented, “Our Ultra Wide Band (UWB) program aligned with the WiMedia Alliance has already taken off and we have elements that can be showcased. We shall continue to strongly invest in R&D on UWB and Bluetooth technology as we go forward and will look to leverage MindTree’s capabilities in the short-range wireless domain.” 

MindTree offers one of the most complete suites of Bluetooth-based solutions in the industry, which includes the EtherMind™ 1.2 Upper Layer Stack and Profiles, and the BlueWiz™ 1.2 Baseband Controller.

MindTree’s range of Bluetooth device profiles includes sub-segments of Voice - from cell phones or other mobile devices to headsets (Hands Free, Advanced Audio Distribution, Audio Video Remote Control and Headset profiles), other phones (Intercom profile), with base stations (Cordless Telephony profile) - Data (from mobile devices to PCs or GPS receivers (Serial Port profile), to PDAs or laptops (Synchronization profile, FTP and Object Push profiles, Dial-up and Personal Area Networking profiles), with other phones (Phone book Access profile), with a camera (Basic Imaging profile) - Connectivity (mobile devices with a gaming station or PCs (Human Interface Device profiles) and printers (Basic Printing profile) - and specific profiles such as the SIM Access profile.

“We believe that the cell phone and automotive industry segments are poised for rapid adoption of UWB and Bluetooth technology - even low-end mobile phones are increasingly going to adopt Bluetooth as one of the mandatory communication interfaces and these would use royalty-free platforms such as Linux and Nucleus,” said MindTree Consulting Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, R&D Services, Vinod Deshmukh. He added, “MindTree, apart from being a high-end IP vendor, has demonstrated that it has the resources, skills, systems and approach to help our customers realize their products in a time-bound and cost-effective manner. We have licensed our product-and-silicon-proven, qualified, high performance BlueWiz and EtherMind solutions to multiple product and silicon vendors in the mobile handset, PDA, MP3 player and automotive telematics spaces.”

At WiCon World, MindTree will also display its Bluetooth Controller, BlueWiz 1.2, which is one of the most advanced versions of the Bluetooth Baseband controller, providing snapshots of its BlueWiz 2.0 initiative relevant to the Bluetooth v2.0 specification.

MindTree has sold more than 25 licenses of its IP in the last four years and its software is shipped as a standard embedded option in the products of global silicon vendors.  MindTree also offers its world-class, design-engineering services to build prototypes for Bluetooth-enabled devices, leveraging its global delivery model and technology expertise to help clients bring their products to market faster.

About MindTree Consulting

MindTree Consulting is an international IT company that delivers affordable business and technology solutions through global software development. Co-headquartered in Somerset, NJ and Bangalore, India, the company approaches technology initiatives in a business context, with the industry knowledge of a seasoned management team and employees exceptionally skilled in technology, business analysis and project management.  MindTree Consulting develops applications to help companies enhance their enterprise operations.  The company also delivers R&D services and designs re-usable building blocks for hi-tech companies.  MindTree is the world's youngest company to be assessed at Level 5 in both CMMi and P-CMM.  MindTree has been ranked among the top five Great Places to Work in 2004 in a study conducted by Grow Talent Company and Businessworld.  MindTree has also been rated as one of the Best Employers in India for the second consecutive year in 2004 by Hewitt Associates, please visit www.mindtree.com.

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