NRFLAb and Cycleo Join Expertise on RF Test and Wireless IP to Ensure Innovative Wireless IP Testability and Manufacturability

GRENOBLE, France & SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France-- September 28, 2011 --NRFLAb and Cycleo today announced their partnership to ensure wireless IP testability and manufacturability. NRFLab provides test services to support RF integration at board level and all the way up to production testing. Cycleo is a leading provider of long range low power semi-conductor IP for wireless applications. With this partnership, customers have access to a unique combination of wireless IP and RF test expertise to secure and speed up their RF chip bring up and characterization. This close cooperation addresses the IDMs currently adopting Cycleo’s IP and willing to put innovative chip on wireless market rapidly and cost-effectively.

“Ensuring wireless IP testability, characterization and manufacturability is a key aspect in today’s time to market challenge,” says François Hede, chief executive officer of Cycleo, “Most of the test related challenges coming from an extremely innovative IP are overcome in days instead of months when they are addressed by a team of experts with deep knowledge of our IP.”

“With this new partnership, our objective is to deliver confidential, quick, reliable and reusable measurements that can instantly show a complete status of a product,” says Myriam Massei, NRFLab president, “But we do not stop there, alone or with our partners we provide optimized solutions in multiple area such as PCB board, SW, system or design aimed to improve product performances, decrease validation time, reduce production tester time and ultimately increase yield.”

About Cycleo

Cycleo is a leading provider of innovative long range low power semi-conductor IP to AMR, M2M and telecom markets. Cycleo offers IP and design services to end users or IDMs willing to increase range of wireless systems. www.cycleo.net

About NRFLab

NRFLab is an independent Radio Frequency (RF) Measurement Laboratory located in Sophia-Antipolis, France. NRFLab provides test services to debug, validate and port until test production customer’s electronic product or RF integrated chip. www.nrflab.com.