Wireless USB Solutions Provider Staccato Opens Office In Japan




TOKYO and San Diego, CA -/November 17, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- Staccato Communications, an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless technology pioneer and leader in Certified Wireless USB solutions, today announced that it has named Bob Sato as Japan Country Manager and has opened the company's first international office in Japan.

The new office will serve as a base for operations, sales and marketing and customer support in Japan for Staccato's Ripcord(TM) family of products.

"The rapid adoption of Certified Wireless USB by the Japanese OEMs has been further accelerated by the recent UWB regulatory approval by the Japanese government," said Rick Kornfeld, President and CEO of Staccato Communications. "We're pleased to have Bob Sato join us and contribute to our expansion plans in Japan and what we believe will be explosive growth for the industry and for Staccato over the coming months and years."

Bob Sato brings more than 18 years of wireless industry experience to Staccato, having held key sales and marketing positions at Marvell, CSR, VLSI Technology, Philips Semiconductors and Motorola. Mr. Sato is a third generation Japanese-American born in the U.S. and raised in Japan with a strong international business background and extensive fabless semiconductor experience. Prior to joining Staccato, he was Senior Sales Manager for the Communications and Consumer Business Group at Marvell, responsible for driving the embedded Wireless LAN business in Japan. At CSR, Mr. Sato was the Regional Sales Manager in Japan credited with securing key design wins at major cellular handset and consumer OEM/ODM accounts, contributing to CSR's leadership position in the Bluetooth market.

Prior to CSR, he was Marketing Manager at VLSI Technology. Following Philips Semiconductors' acquisition of VLSI Technology, Mr. Sato continued in this role and was responsible for driving the cellular baseband and Set Top Box business in Japan. Early in his career, he spearheaded the mobile data systems sales and product planning effort for Motorola in Japan. Bob Sato earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications from Illinois State University.

Staccato's new office is located at Shibuya Mark City W22F 1-12-1 Dougenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 150-0043. Phone +81-3-4360-5358, fax +81-3-4360-5301.

Staccato's Ripcord products are single-chip, all-CMOS products fully integrated into complete Systems-in-Package (SiP) to enable sub-$10 cost per node, small form factor, low and efficient power consumption, and 480Mbps Certified Wireless USB connectivity. Staccato SiP products are fully integrated solutions that integrate the radio frequency transceiver, baseband, MAC, processor, memory, and I/O functionality and are based on the WiMedia Alliance common radio platform.

About Staccato Communications

Staccato Communications, based in San Diego, Calif., is an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology pioneer with applications expertise in Certified Wireless USB, Bluetooth and Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity. The fabless semiconductor company serves the personal computing, consumer electronics, and mobile phone industries with small form factor single-chip, all-CMOS wireless system-in-packages (SiP). Staccato's WiMedia-based offerings include PHY, MAC, drivers, application software, development kits and reference designs.

Founded by wireless industry veterans who have delivered highly successful solutions for mobile phones, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, Staccato is now leveraging that expertise for UWB-based applications. For more information, please visit http://www.staccatocommunications.com.