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Arasor Enters into Strategic Agreement with SemIndia
Arasor Internat ional Ltd. (ARR.AX) today announced that it has entered into a st rategic
agreement with SemIndia, [ India’s leading integrated semiconductor ] company, to supply
broadband access solut ions to BSNL, India’s largest telecommunicat ions service
provider . Under the terms of the st rategic agreement , Arasor wi l l init ial ly supply
SemIndia with one mi l l ion broadband access terminal devices under a tender agreement
that SemIndia secured f rom BSNL’s systems integrator that covers one thousand (1000)
cit ies in India.
According to indust ry sources, broadband access in India is expanding rapidly with
est imates f rom consumer access to broadband expect ing to reach over 250 mi l l ion
subscr ibers in the next couple years f rom the approximately 40 mi l l ion broadband
subscr ibers today.
Simon Cao, CEO of Arasor states, “By enter ing into this st rategic agreement with
SemIndia, we are execut ing on our st rategy to secure a market leadership posit ion in
India through of fer ing a var iety of communicat ions technologies and solut ions to BSNL.
Bui lding on our init ial success in del iver ing wireless broadband access solut ions, Arasor
wi l l star t del iver ing f ixed l ine broadband access solut ions to BSNL under this init ial
cont ract which represents an excel lent beginning of our long term st rategic cooperat ion
between two leading system-on-chip solut ion providers. ”
Dr . Vinod K. Agarwal of Chai rman and CEO of SemIndia added, “SemIndia is pleased to
enter into this st rategic agreement with Arasor . We look forward to working closely wi th
Arasor to provide wor ld class broadband access solut ions to our joint customer base. ”
The st rategic agreement also al lows for oppor tunit ies where Arasor and SemIndia can
provide communicat ions solut ions to addi t ional customers in the future.
About Arasor Internat ional Limi ted
Arasor Internat ional Limited develops and markets telecommunicat ions and consumer
optoelect ronic solut ions. Under the leadership of one of the st rongest management and
engineer ing teams in the optoelect ronics indust ry today, Arasor aims to establ ish itself as
a leading solut ions company serving global systems vendors in the network t ranspor t ,
wi reless communicat ions and the emerging laser -based display indust r ies. Arasor ’s
wor ldwide headquar ters are located in Mountain View, Cal i fornia, USA with operat ions in
Guangzhou, China; Shanghai, China and Yokohama, Japan. For addi t ional informat ion:
www.arasor .net .
About SemIndia.
SemIndia is a company promoted by wor ld-class ent repreneurs and semiconductor
indust ry veterans to real ize the huge semiconductor and elect ronics potent ial in India.
The pr imary object ive of SemIndia is to act as a catalyst for the growth of the
semiconductor indust ry in India and making India a global hub for semiconductor
products, manufactur ing and intel lectual proper ty creat ion and enhancement . SemIndia is
working with the Government of India (GOI ) , Government of Andhra Pradesh (GOAP) , the
India Semiconductor Associat ion ( ISA) , an indust ry associat ion of more than seventy- f ive
(75) mult i -nat ional companies, and other st rategic par tners and customers, including
some of the leading semiconductor companies of the wor ld, for market ing, dist r ibut ing
and manufactur ing customized products for the Indian market with the goal of br inging
down the pr ice of semiconductor products so that everyone in India can af ford comput ing
and broadband communicat ion.
www.semindia. in
For fur ther informat ion please telephone:
Scot t Wi lkie
Di rector of Operat ions & Investor Relat ions (Aust ral ia)
+ 61 400 118 100
or
Mike Hong
General Manager of Wi reless Communicat ions (Uni ted States)
+1 650 314 1700
Viv Hardy
0411 208 951
Cal l idus (Publ ic Relat ions)