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Press Releases 2006

December 15, 2006

SK Telecom Selects Staccato as Partner to Deliver the First Worldwide Deployment of UWB WPAN Mobile Phone Services

SK Telecom's selection validates Staccato's leadership vision for low-cost UWB solutions with the industry's only single-chip, all-CMOS devices

December 6, 2006

Staccato Communications Specifies Teradyne FLEX™ Test Platform for Production Ramp of Ripcord® Products Based on Certified Wireless USB

Teradyne Joins "Team Staccato" Program as Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Supplier

November 29, 2006

Staccato's Ripcord® Secures Official WiMedia PHY Registration; Company Honored with Multiple Industry Awards

Ripcord's PHY achieves registration milestone as industry's first and only interoperable single-chip CMOS solution compliant with Certified Wireless USB and WiMedia requirements; Staccato's expertise and leadership is further reinforced by recent award commendations

September 26, 2006

Staccato Communications Announces Six Reference Designs to be Submitted for Certified Wireless USB Certification and US FCC and Japan TELEC Approval

Production-ready reference design kits ease design and test challenges affording customers improved time-to-market advantages

September 26, 2006

Staccato Announces Industry's First Mini Card Combining Bluetooth® and Certified Wireless USB Technologies on a Single Card, Completing Phase One of The Roadmap

Proving coexistence and compatibility in small form-factor, Staccato's SC3224R design enables Bluetooth and Certified Wireless USB Technologies to work simultaneously on a single Mini Card

September 26, 2006

Staccato Communications Achieves Industry-First Milestones with Reference Designs, Based on Certified Wireless USB, for Mobile Mobile Phones, PDAs and PC Notebooks

Staccato provides the industry's first single-chip, all-CMOS Half Mini Card, based on Certified Wireless USB, and offers the market's only Secure Digital I/O card reference design based on its Ripcord® family of single-chip, all-CMOS solutions

September 6, 2006

Staccato Communications Adds Regional Distributors in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea

Frontek and MJL Technology selected to represent Staccato's Ripcord® family of single-chip, all-CMOS products in Asia

July 24, 2006

Staccato Communications to Deliver Certified Wireless USB based Reference Designs with Cypress

Market leaders in Wired USB and Certified Wireless USB to Collaborate on Next Generation Reference Designs for the Emerging Certified Wireless USB Market

July 24, 2006

Staccato and SMSC Collaborate to Develop Joint Reference Designs for Certified Wireless USB Market

SMSC USB MultiSwitch™ Hub and Staccato's single-chip all-CMOS Ripcord® design reduces customer design risk and speeds time-to-market

July 19, 2006

MEDIA ALERT: Staccato Communications Demonstrates Product Maturity at Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference, Taiwan

June 19, 2006

Staccato Communications Announces Partner Program

Anritsu Ltd., Catalyst Enterprises, Inc., Ellisys, FDK Corporation, Fractus, Fujitsu Components America, Inc., iAnywhere, LeCroy Corporation, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., OMRON Corporation, Stonestreet One, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., TDK Corporation, Tektronix

June 1, 2006

AboCom Chooses Staccato Communications' Ripcord® Solution Based on Certified Wireless USB for PC Products

June 1, 2006

Staccato Communications Announces Asian Information Technology Inc. To Develop Production Test Equipment for Ripcord® Products Based on Certified Wireless USB

June 1, 2006

Cameo Communications, Inc. Taps Staccato Communications' Ripcord® Solution For PC Products Based on Certified Wireless USB

June 1, 2006

Leading Wireless OEM Manufacturer Cellink Selects Staccato Communications' Ripcord® Solutions Based on Certified Wireless USB

March 28, 2006

Staccato Communications Announces Convergence Product Roadmap for Certified Wireless USB, WiNet and Bluetooth/Bluetooth-over-UWB Technologies

January 31, 2006

Staccato Communications Appoints Former Broadcom Executive Marty Colombatto as Chief Executive Officer

January 3, 2006

Staccato Communications Introduces Ripcord Family of Products based on Certified Wireless USB

Industry's First Single-Chip, All-CMOS UWB Solutions

January 3, 2006

Staccato Communications Closes $18 Million In Third Round Venture Capital Financing

Funds To Accelerate Commercialization of Industry's First Single-Chip, All CMOS Wireless USB Solutions

Press Releases - Archive 2005 - 2003

December 20, 2005

UWB Market Matures with Multiple Vendor Interoperability

Alereon, Staccato and Wisair demonstrate interoperable UWB products

December 8, 2005

Staccato Communications Launches European Operations

Conducts Certified Wireless USB Demonstration at Ecma Meeting

December 1, 2005

Staccato Communications Announces Strategic Solution Delivery and Software Development Appointments

August 25, 2005

Staccato Communications Applauds Adoption of Ultra-wideband Emissions Policy By Japanese Ministry

August 11, 2005

Paul Mockapetris Joins Staccato Communications' Advisory Board

DNS Inventor and Early Internet Pioneer Brings Extensive Internet Expertise and Experience in Successful Start-ups to the UWB Company

May 11, 2005

Staccato Communications Named a Red Herring 100 Company

Award recognizes 100 private companies in North America that drive the technology industry's future

April 4, 2005

Staccato Communications Introduces Ripcord Development Kit for Wireless USB Including First Single-Chip 0.11 Micron CMOS UWB Silicon

Staccato's Ripcord® UWB Development Kit (DVK) includes Staccato's single-chip CMOS MBOA PHY module and enables rapid development and evaluation of 480Mbps Wireless USB and Wireless IP personal connectivity for PC, mobile, and consumer electronics

April 4, 2005

Staccato and Fujitsu Jointly Develop Industry's First Wireless USB-Enabled Digital Still Camera Development Platform

First public showing of Staccato's Ripcord® UWB Development Kit and joint demonstration with the Fujitsu digital still camera development platform

January 6, 2005

Staccato and Coretronic to Collaborate on Developing Wireless USB for Projectors and Related Products

Coretronic will use Staccato UWB technology to build wireless USB products for projection and display markets

January 4, 2005

Fujitsu and Staccato Communications Partner to Offer All-CMOS Single-Chip Wireless USB

January 4, 2005

Staccato Announces AboCom as Partner to Create Ultrawideband Wireless USB Products for PC Market

AboCom will use Staccato UWB technology to build wireless USB adapters and PC Express cards

January 4, 2005

Demonstration to Show Future of High-Speed Wireless USB in MBOA UWB TechZone at CES

Staccato Communications, Intel and Philips collaborating to demonstrate wireless USB functionality

December 14, 2004

Staccato Demonstrates Industry's First Complete Single-Chip All-CMOS MBOA UWB Chip

Compliant to Multiband OFDM Alliance specifications, the all-CMOS design ensures low-cost UWB chip solutions for 2005 market

November 30, 2004

Staccato Communications Named Among Top 15 WiFi Companies of 2005

FierceWiFi Honors Staccato Communications as One of the "Fierce 15" Emerging WLAN Companies of the Year

September 22, 2004

Staccato Communications wins San Diego Telecom Council Innovators Award

Engineering team also gets 2004 Overall Innovator honors

April 6, 2004

Staccato Communications Closes $20 Million in Second Round Venture Capital Financing

Funds will accelerate launch of all-CMOS ultrawideband products for wireless USB 1.0

February 18, 2004

Staccato Communications Announces Agreement with NEC Electronics to Jointly Develop High-Speed wireless USB Silicon Products

Products are based on the MultiBand OFDM Alliance UWB technology and the emerging high-speed wireless USB protocol announced by Intel

February 18, 2004

Staccato Communications Introduces the First High-Speed wireless USB Development Platform Based on Ultrawideband Technology

Platform will speed development time of 480 Mbps wireless USB products

February 3, 2004

Staccato Communications Announces License Agreement and Strategic Relationship with WISME for UWB MAC Technology

Combination of MAC and PHY to yield the first single-chip all-CMOS UWB product

December 17, 2003

Staccato Joins WiMedia Alliance and 1394 Trade Association as UWB Productization Becomes Reality

MBOA Cofounder Throws Support Behind Additional Standardization Organizations in UWB Ecosystem

December 9, 2003

Staccato Communications Supports UWB Markets with Royalty-Free Technology for IEEE Standard

Announcement complements this week's royalty-free statements from other leaders in UWB Multi-Band OFDM technology including Texas Instruments

September 12, 2003

Staccato Communications, Samsung and General Atomics test UWB Multiband OFDM Evaluation System For FCC Compliance

UWB Evaluation System Passes Most Stringent Measurement Procedures Established by the FCC in February 2002

August 12, 2003

Samsung takes the lead in the Ultra-wideband WPAN technology development race with partner Staccato Communications

Agreement is first commercial deal announced for Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology

July 21, 2003

Staccato Communications Adds Lars Mucke to Engineering Team

New senior RF systems architect has extensive experience in high-speed CMOS RF silicon design

April 28, 2003

Staccato Communications, Inc. Closes $7.5 Million in Series A Funding and Introduces New Company Name

Investments will enable the leading UWB company to expand team and accelerate development efforts

April 28, 2003

Staccato Communications, Inc. Adds Dan Meacham as VP of Engineering

Start-up UWB company attracts large investment and top RF CMOS talent