WiSpry Named Top Innovator by the GSMA in Its Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition

WiSpry Named Top Innovator by the GSMA in Its Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition

IRVINE, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WiSpry, Inc., the leader in programmable radio frequency (RF) semiconductor products for the wireless industry, today announced that the Company was named one of the Top 15 Innovators in the Americas leg of the GSM Association's (GSMA) 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition. WiSpry, who is exhibiting at the conference, will be competing against two other companies within the Most Innovative Wireless Device-centric Technology category for the position of Global Semi-Finalist/regional category winner at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas, which is being held in Atlanta, Georgia, 3 - 4 June, 2008.

One winner will be named from each of the five categories and awarded the title of "GSMA Global Semi-Finalist." From these five cutting-edge ideas, the "Mobile Innovation Global Finalists" will arise and win a trip to Barcelona to compete against the other finalists for the prestigious title of the "2009 GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion," to be named during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February.

"Being named a Top Innovator on a global scale by the GSMA validates the worldwide demand for programmable RF semiconductors in the cellular handset business and the market impact our programmable RF product technology will have as we ready it for high volume production," said Russ Garcia, president and CEO of WiSpry. "It is an honor for an organization such as GSMA to recognize the value of our products and technology leadership here at WiSpry."

The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition was created by the GSMA as part of the Mobile Innovation Market, which encourages breakthrough technology, applications and services in the mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing innovative mobile products, industry investors from leading venture capital firms, and senior figures from mobile operators and leading global brands.

The Mobile Innovation Marketplace - Americas is a unique platform for top innovators competing for the Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion title. During the event, 15 emerging growth companies from around the world will compete in five categories, reviewed by senior executives from mobile operators and venture capital organizations. The objective of the Mobile Innovation Market is to stimulate innovation and accelerate its eventual adoption, and the Mobile Innovation Global Award Top 15 Innovators from the Americas tournament are truly "best of breed".

About WiSpry

WiSpry, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., designs and markets RF silicon integrated circuits, components and modules to radio frequency (RF) system manufacturers of mobile phones, laptops and mobile data communications products. Utilizing the Company's core competency in RF micro-electro-mechanical systems (RF-MEMS) technology, WiSpry creates revolutionary wireless products enabled by the cost-effective integration of RF-MEMS and advanced semiconductor circuitry to create 'System on Chip' MEMS-based RF architectures. WiSpry tunable RF-MEMS devices permit the development of reconfigurable RF front-ends and enable system designers to achieve the architectural innovation required to meet the growing challenges of mobile communications networks. For more information, visit http://www.wispry.com/.

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