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Avago Technologies Announces New CDMA Cell-Band and PCS Front End Modules for Mobile Handsets

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 5, 2009 Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced two new front end modules (FEMs) that incorporate a power amplifier (PA), duplexer, band-pass filter and coupler to improve efficiency and extend talk time in mobile handsets. Avago’s AFEM-775x series includes Avago’s CoolPAM and Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR) technologies to improve performance in CDMA cell band and dual-band handsets, wireless PDAs and wireless data cards.

The AFEM-775x series are fully matched CDMA FEMs, which are designed to minimize power consumption with three power modes (high power, mid-power and bypass modes). Additionally, the CoolPAM-V technology incorporated in these modules does not require a DC-DC converter which helps save cost and space in handset designs. Moreover, the power amplifier is manufactured based on advanced hetero-junction bipolar transistor (InGaP HBT) technology which offers state-of-the-art reliability and ruggedness.

Avago’s AFEM-7758 is an FBAR-based duplexer that provides low insertion and outstanding isolation to minimize Tx leakage in both Rx and Tx bands over a wide temperature range. It also improves handset receiver sensitivity and single tone desensitization performance. Moreover, the optimized matching between the PA and duplexer eliminates the need for a bulky and costly isolator.

Key Features

Pricing and Availability

Avago’s AFEM-7750 and AFEM-7758 front end modules are available now with pricing starting from $2.20 and $2.80, respectively in 10,000 unit volumes. More information about Avago Technologies’ wireless products can be found at: www.avagotechwireless.com.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to approximately 40,000 end customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company's products serve four diverse end markets: industrial and automotive electronics, wired infrastructure, wireless communications, and consumer and computer peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 40 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement and supporting materials may contain forward-looking statements which address our expected future business and financial performance. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections of future Company or industry performance based on management's judgment, beliefs, current trends and market conditions, and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we caution you not to place undue reliance on these statements. Avago Technologies Finance Pte. Ltd.'s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on December 17, 2008, recent Current Reports on Form 6-K, and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") (which you may obtain for free at the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov) discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

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