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Mindspeed Technologies: Mindspeed(R) Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 11th Annual Product of the Year Award


Published on 2009-02-02 07:23:20, Last Modified on 2009-02-02 07:24:56 - Market Wire
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NEWPORT BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - February 2, 2009) - Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: [ MSPD ]), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named the Comcerto 300 series access voice processors as a recipient of its 2008 Product of the Year Award.

"Mindspeed is honored to have been selected for this prestigious award for our Comcerto 300 processors by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine," said Kurt Michel, marketing director of Mindspeed's carrier VoIP products. "This award places a nice accent on our Comcerto 300 series' introductory year, in which the access VoIP market grew rapidly, and customers worldwide adopted the Comcerto 300 processors for their access VoIP applications."

The Comcerto 300 series of voice processing devices, in concert with the carrier-grade media stream processing software, delivers a complete, integrated VoIP media, signaling and control processing solution for next-generation network (NGN) POTS/ISDN line cards focused on class 5 replacement and IP-PBX applications.

Leveraging a dual-core ARM + DSP processing architecture along with a rich set of interfaces and features, including dual Gigabit Ethernet SerDes/SGMII, Comcerto 300 processors provide complete low-cost/high-value VoIP media and control processing between narrowband TDM and Ethernet, allowing inexpensive POTS termination systems to be built on an Ethernet / LAN-based architecture.

"INTERNET TELEPHONY is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to Mindspeed Technologies for their Comcerto 300 series of access voice processors. Mindspeed has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "We're proud to honor their accomplishments in the advancement of IP communications and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February 2009 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, ([ www.itmag.com ]). INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communication since 1998™.

For more information about TMC, please visit [ www.tmcnet.com ].

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit [ www.itmag.com ].

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN Magazine. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO and Communications Developer Conference.

About Mindspeed Technologies®

Headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and sells semiconductor networking solutions for communications applications in enterprise, access, metropolitan and wide area networks.

The company's three key product families include high-performance analog transmission and switching solutions, multiservice access products designed to support voice and data services across wireline and wireless networks, and WAN communications solutions including T/E carrier physical-layer and link-layer devices, as well as ATM/MPLS network processors.

Mindspeed's products are used in a wide variety of network infrastructure equipment including voice and media gateways, high-speed routers, switches, access multiplexers, cross-connect systems, add-drop multiplexers and digital loop carrier equipment.

To learn more, visit us at [ www.mindspeed.com ].

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