BARCELONA, SPAIN – February 24, 2016 – Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications, today announced that Qorvo's RF Fusion™ portfolio of High Band (HB) Modules has received the GTI 2015 Award for "Outstanding Contribution on Innovative Technical Product." Qorvo's expanding portfolio of high-performance RF Fusion HB Modules excels in satisfying the rapidly evolving customer requirements related to high-frequency LTE bands, in fully integrated, compact front end placements.
The GTI is an open global association of operators and vendors founded in 2011 to communicate and collaborate for the sake of speeding the commercialization of TD-LTE. The GTI Awards program is intended to recognize the industry's most outstanding contributions to the LTE industry and encourage the development of innovative products, solutions and applications. The Outstanding Contribution award is granted to the top offering in each category.
Eric Creviston, president of Qorvo's Mobile Products group, said, "Qorvo is delighted to receive the prestigious GTI 2015 Award for 'Outstanding Contribution on Innovative Technical Product' for our high-performance RF Fusion™ HB Modules. Qorvo is committed to working closely with the GTI to develop tightly compact, high-performance solutions that simplify design complexity and reduce form factors in mobile devices while enabling higher output power for enhanced cell coverage. We will continue to leverage our expanding product and technology portfolio, including our comprehensive filter technology portfolio, to help accelerate the deployment of next-generation wireless technologies."
Qorvo's RF Fusion™ HB module portfolio addresses critical TD-LTE cellular bands while enabling FDD-LTE. The pin-to-pin compatible portfolio integrates support for bands 7, 30, 38, 40, and 41 and includes support for uplink carrier aggregation. The expanding RF Fusion™ high-band portfolio is comprised of the QM78064 with integrated band 7 duplexer and antenna switch; the QM75001 with integrated band 41 wideband filter and uplink carrier aggregation support; and the TQF6297H with integrated band 41 narrowband filter.
The QM78064 is optimized for global flagship smartphones, while the QM75001 and TQF6297H are optimized for regional and super-regional LTE devices. Each product leverages Qorvo's proprietary LowDrift™ BAW filter technology to reduce insertion loss and enable Wi-Fi coexistence. Qorvo’s RF Fusion portfolio roadmap will also support Class 2 output power to increase band 41 cell coverage by compensating for propagation loss.
Qorvo's high performance RF solutions simplify design, reduce product footprint, conserve power, improve system performance and accelerate the adoption of carrier aggregation. Qorvo combines deep systems-level expertise, broad manufacturing scale, and the industry's most comprehensive product and technology portfolio to help leading manufacturers accelerate delivery of next-generation LTE, LTE-A, and IoT products. Qorvo's Core RF solutions set the standard for next-gen connectivity, with unmatched integration and performance at the heart of the connected world.
Qorvo is showcasing the Company's expanding portfolio of high performance RF solutions for smartphones, tablets, and other high-performance mobile data devices at the 2016 GSMA Mobile World Congress, February 22-25, 2016, in Barcelona.
About Qorvo
Qorvo (NASDAQ:QRVO) is a leading provider of core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and aerospace/defense applications. Qorvo was formed following the merger of RFMD and TriQuint, and has more than 7,000 global employees dedicated to delivering solutions for everything that connects the world. Qorvo has the industry's broadest portfolio of products and core technologies; world-class ISO9001-, ISO 14001- and ISO/TS 16949-certified manufacturing facilities; and is a DoD-accredited 'Trusted Source' (Category 1A) for GaAs, GaN and BAW products and services. For the industry's leading core RF solutions, visit www.qorvo.com.
Qorvo is a registered trademark of Qorvo, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries.
Investor Relations:
Doug DeLieto
VP, Investor Relations
Qorvo
+1-336-678-7088
Marketing Manager:
Abhiroop Dutta
Strategic Marketing Communications Manager
Qorvo Mobile Products
+1-336-678-8074
abhiroop.dutta@qorvo.com
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our plans, objectives, representations and contentions and are not historical facts and typically are identified by use of terms such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue" and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements included herein represent management's current judgment and expectations, but our actual results, events and performance could differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements or publicly announce the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, other than as is required under the federal securities laws. Qorvo's business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including variability in operating results, the inability of certain of our customers or suppliers to access their traditional sources of credit, our industry's rapidly changing technology, our dependence on a few large customers for a substantial portion of our revenue, our ability to implement innovative technologies, our ability to bring new products to market and achieve design wins, the efficient and successful operation of our wafer fabrication facilities, assembly facilities and test and tape and reel facilities, our ability to adjust production capacity in a timely fashion in response to changes in demand for our products, variability in manufacturing yields, industry overcapacity and current macroeconomic conditions, inaccurate product forecasts and corresponding inventory and manufacturing costs, dependence on third parties and our ability to manage channel partners and customer relationships, our dependence on international sales and operations, our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel and develop leaders, the possibility that future acquisitions may dilute our shareholders' ownership and cause us to incur debt and assume contingent liabilities, fluctuations in the price of our common stock, additional claims of infringement on our intellectual property portfolio, lawsuits and claims relating to our products, security breaches and other similar disruptions compromising our information and exposing us to liability, the impact of stringent environmental regulations, and the impact of the integration of Qorvo. These and other risks and uncertainties, which are described in more detail in Qorvo's 8K and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, could cause actual results and developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any of these forward-looking statements.