RFMD Advances in Ranking of Global Wireless Semiconductor VendorsGartner Dataquest has identified RF Micro Devices Inc. as the world’s sixth largest global wireless communications semiconductor vendor, based on revenue. RFMD advanced one position, compared to its previous ranking as the number-seven vendor in Gartner’s prior year .
“Dataquest Insight: Semiconductor Vendor Performance, 2006,” Gartner attributes RFMD’s 44 percent growth in its wireless applications revenue from 2005 to 2006 to its POLARIS TOTAL RADIO RF solutions and power amplifier module businesses. They continues to say that mobile phones accounted for an estimated 75 percent of total wireless application revenue in 2006 and that the high growth of 3G handsets in 2006 with their relatively higher semiconductor content was a strong contributor to high wireless growth.
“Gartner’s research findings underscore our market leadership in cellular RF solutions and our share-gain opportunities in other high-growth wireless markets,” said Bob Bruggeworth, President and CEO of RFMD. “RFMD is the leading supplier of cellular front ends across all tiers of handsets¡ªfrom the high-end EDGE and 3G segments to the entry level and replacement segments of the handset market. As the cellular RF leader, we are uniquely positioned to increase our RF semiconductor content in mobile devices as 3G multimode handsets proliferate, new subscribers are added and new replacement phones are purchased.”
