News

Texas Instrument to Open New R&D Center in Chennai

Texas Instrument (TI) as announced that it is increasing its wireless design presence in India with a new research and development (R&D) center in Chennai. The announcement was made in a meeting with Thiru Dayanidhi Maran, the Minister of Communications & IT for India.

"Today, there is a huge opportunity to connect the unconnected as the majority of India's population does not have access to communications services. TI has been committed to India for over 20 years, and I'm pleased to say that we are escalating our existing wireless design presence in recognition of the importance of India to the global wireless market," said Gilles Delfassy, TI's senior vice president of its Wireless Terminals Business Unit.

He added, "Open standards such as GSM and DVB-H technologies for mobile phones will provide the market with greater choice, better value and more opportunities for innovation. Based on our 17 years experience as a leader in the wireless industry, working to make our customers successful, we believe the best way to enable growth is through open standards," Delfassy said.

Delfassy noted that TI is committed to driving down handset costs with its "LoCosto" family of single-chip mobile phone solutions, which will accelerate wireless penetration in emerging high-volume markets like India. Low-cost handsets based on TI's "LoCosto" platform are expected on the market in India later this year.

TI's history in India began with a research and development center in Bangalore more than 20 years ago and has now expanded with the new R&D center in Chennai dedicated to a platform of technologies that will span across TI's product portfolio.


print	save	email	comment