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News Release from: RadioScape
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 June 2004
Elansat licenses DAB designs
Elansat Technologies of Taiwan has licensed the RadioScape RS200L and RS250H module designs.
The critical factors for success in this current, rapid growth phase of DAB (digital audio broadcasting) are being able to bring highly differentiated products rapidly to market and in huge volumes RadioScape's innovative, software-defined module approach provides a unique solution to achieve these aims
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, Elansat Technologies of Taiwan, a major OEM manufacturer of DAB radios, has licensed the RadioScape RS200L and RS250H module designs.
Elansat currently makes three DAB receivers that it markets under its own Lagio label.
"We designed these products ourselves using the Texas Instruments DRE200 chip", explained Capten Hsiao, Vice President and General Manager at Elansat.
"However, the DAB market is growing so fast now that we decided to license RadioScape's module design as it provides us with the ability to licence additional, off-the-shelf, proven software features from RadioScape such as excellent user interfaces, integral FM, alarm clock, rewind, real-time pause, and L-band, rather than have to try to create and verify them ourselves".
"This cuts time to market and enables us to focus on creating differentiated DAB receiver products for sale both under our own brand and for our major international customers sold under their own brands".
RadioScape's DAB modules are now used by many of the leading DAB brands such as Intempo Digital, Morphy Richards, Roberts Radio, Acoustic Solutions and Cambridge Audio with several more heavyweight brands due to bring products to market in 2004 according to Nigel Oakley, RadioScape's VP of Marketing.
"Sales of DAB radios took off dramatically in the couple of weeks just prior to Christmas 2003", he added, "with manufacturers air freighting in stock to meet the huge demand as DAB radios proved to be the hot product for Christmas".
"As a result, many brands that were waiting on the sidelines watching and waiting for the right moment to enter the DAB market have pressed the 'go' button especially to meet the run up to the Christmas 2004 market".
"RadioScape's unique model of licensing our DAB technology and designs provides unrivalled flexibility and enables customers to select the approach that best suits their way of doing business to achieve competitive prices and create feature-rich, differentiated DAB radios".
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