EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 28 /PRNewswire/ — TelASIC Communications, a leading developer of Remote Radio Head (RRH) products for WCDMA / HSDPA infrastructure, today announced that Kent Osborne has joined TelASIC as Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.Kent brings 26 years of experience in the area of manufacturing and operations delivering carrier-class products to telecom operators worldwide. Kent was Sr. Director of Operations at DSC Communications (acquired by Alcatel-Lucent) for access division where he supported the revenue growth from $50M in 1992 to $600M in 1996 when he left. At World Access, Inc. where Kent was Vice President of Manufacturing Operations, he supported revenue growth from $51M in 1996 to $212M in 1999. During the last 8 years, Kent has served as Vice President of Manufacturing and Operations at several start-ups. Kent started his career as an R&D and components engineer at Nortel and holds a BSEE from University of Tennessee.”I am excited to join TelASIC which is poised for sharp revenue growth,” said Kent Osborne. “Having introduced the industry’s first 60W RRH products, TelASIC welcomes the opportunity to meet the increased customer demands. I have successfully executed similar roles at DSC Communications/Alcatel, World Access and several other companies. I know what it takes to ship carrier-class infrastructure products at high volume, meet the tough quality requirements of telecom OEMs and operators, scale the operations quickly when demand increases on a short notice, mandate design-for-manufacturability/test from day one and develop strong partnerships with contract manufacturers and suppliers for optimizing cost.”As announced last month, TelASIC started shipping the industry’s first fan-less 60W RRH for 3G infrastructure.”RRH is the default choice of several operators who are building 3G and other mobile broadband infrastructures like WiMAX to offer flat-rate wireless internet, TV, music, gaming, social networking and other ARPU-rich data services,” said PK Dubey, CEO and President of TelASIC Communications. “Demand for our Remote Radio Head products is growing worldwide and I am delighted to welcome Kent to TelASIC.”About TelASIC CommunicationsTelASIC Communications () is a leading developer of Remote Radio Head (RRH) products for WCDMA/HSDPA and WiMAX/LTE infrastructure. TelASIC’s highly power-efficient RRHs enable transmission of high output power, which is essential for delivering the high data rates and complete coverage required for mobile TV/video/audio/data-centric 3G data services. The company’s products are based on its world-leading expertise in signal processing algorithms for power amplifier linearization and high performance data converters purpose-built for WCDMA/HSDPA and WiMAX/LTE transmission. TelASIC Communications
