Sasken's Multimedia Subsystem wins DSIR award for Outstanding R&D

Sasken research and development wins prestigious accolade for work on Multimedia Subsystems

Mumbai - 15th November, 2007 - The Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science & Technology, India, has today named Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd. as one of the winners of the National Award for outstanding in-house R&D Achievements (2007) in Computer Software Design, for its development and optimization of multimedia subsystems.

Introduced in 1988 by the Government of India to encourage industrial R&D, the DSIR annually considers in-house R&D units in various sectors for awards for their outstanding achievements. The objective of these awards is to recognize the work in in-house R&D units, demonstrating how their contributions drive overall technological & industrial development.

"With Silicon architecture and OS designs becoming ever more powerful, the challenge for smart phone technology now lies in creating world class and compelling multimedia and messaging solutions," said Dr. G. Venkatesh, Executive Director & Corporate Chief Technology/Strategy Officer, Sasken. "Our Product Division's R&D is dedicated to this challenge, and it is a great accolade for the whole team to be recognized by this national award for its groundbreaking work."

This award will bring into sharper focus the R&D in this innovative industry. Sasken's many years of experience coupled with a rich pedigree in R&D has helped it deliver the application environments and given a better leverage to the power of the latest handsets and move the industry forward. For the DSIR, this made Sasken one of the prime candidates for this year's award.

About Sasken

Sasken is an embedded communications solutions Company that helps businesses across the communication value chain accelerate product development life cycles.

Sasken offers a unique combination of research and development consultancy, wireless software products, software services and network engineering services, and works with Network OEMs, Semiconductor Vendors, Terminal Device OEMs and Operators across the world. Global Fortune 500 and Tier 1 companies in these segments are part of Sasken's customer profile. Established in 1989, Sasken employs over 3,500 people at its offices in India, , Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, , UK and USA. Sasken has repeatedly featured among the Best Employers in leading industry surveys.

In addition to being directly involved in the development of a variety of technologies, Sasken is a member of premier technology bodies including ITU, 3GPP, GCF, MPEG-ISO, WiMAX, NFC, DLNA and ATM, DSL & SDR forums. Sasken is SEI CMM Level 5 certified and its' solutions are backed by ISO 9001:2000, ISO 27001 and TL 9000 certifications. Sasken's commitment to environment is highlighted by its ISO 14001 certification.

Sasken Wireless IP ships on 50+ models and over 50 million phones across networks in Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan.

For further information please visit www.sasken.com.

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UK - GUILDFORD | USA - BOSTON, DALLAS, NEW YORK, SANTA CLARA

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About DSIR

The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a part of the Ministry of Science and Technology, which was announced through a Presidential Notification, dated January 4, 1985 (74/2/1/8 Cab.) contained in the 164th Amendment of the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) has a mandate to carry out the activities relating to indigenous technology promotion, development, utilization and transfer.

The primary endeavour of DSIR is to promote R&D by the industries, support a larger cross section of small and medium industrial units to develop state-of-the art globally competitive technologies of high commercial potential, catalyze faster commercialization of lab-scale R&D, enhance the share of technology intensive exports in overall exports, strengthen industrial consultancy & technology management capabilities and establish user friendly information network to facilitate scientific and industrial research in the country. It also provides a link between scientific laboratories and industrial establishments for transfer of technologies through National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and facilitates investment in R&D through Central Electronics Limited (CEL).Visit http://dsir.nic.in/ for more information.

For more information, visit DSIR on the World Wide Web at http://dsir.nic.in/.

Amber Sironzkar
Adfactors
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Shri R.R. Abhyankar,
Head (RDI),
DSIR
T: 080-26863805, 26590446
rra@nic.in

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