Agere Systems Names Dr. Hans-Joachim Dittloff Vice President of Engineering for Mobility
December 07 2004 - 7:50AM
PR Newswire (US)
Agere Systems Names Dr. Hans-Joachim Dittloff Vice President of
Engineering for Mobility ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
Agere Systems (NYSE:AGR.ANYSE:AGR.B) today announced that Dr.
Hans-Joachim Dittloff has been named vice president of engineering
for its Mobility division, which is a leading supplier of silicon
and software solutions for GPRS/EDGE and 3G wireless handsets.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO ) In
this newly created position, Dittloff will lead Agere's core
development activities for GPRS, EDGE, 3G/UMTS and converged Wi-Fi
chips and software, product engineering and test initiatives, as
well as Agere's program management efforts within the Mobility
division. Dittloff joins Agere from Infineon Technologies, where he
was the chief operating officer of the Secure Mobile Solutions
Group with responsibility for Infineon's wireless and chip card IC
business, which provides a broad range of components and complete
systems solutions for mobile phones. Previously, Dittloff also
served as senior vice president, sales and marketing for Infineon's
Wireless Group. Prior to his tenure at Infineon, Dittloff held
leadership positions focused on communications, satellite and
vehicle navigation and mission control systems at SICAN Group,
TEMIC (Telefunken microelectronic GmbH) and STN ATLAS Elektronik
GmbH. "Hans-Joachim brings a wealth of expertise to this leadership
role that will be most critical as we look to rapidly grow this
business and expand Agere's portfolio of silicon and software for
mobile handsets," said Luc Seraphin, vice president of Agere's
Mobility division. "I look forward to taking advantage of his
technological and operations knowledge as we position this business
to meet customer demand for new and enhanced solutions." Dittloff
is based at Agere's mobile handset solutions development center in
Munich, Germany and he begins his work immediately. Agere Systems
is a global leader in semiconductors for storage, wireless data,
and public and enterprise networks. The company's chips and
software power a broad range of computing and communications
applications, from cell phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and
gaming devices to the world's most sophisticated wireless and
wireline networks. Agere's customers include the top manufacturers
of consumer electronics, communications and computing equipment.
Agere's products connect people to information and entertainment at
home, at work and on the road -- making personal broadband a
reality. More information on Agere is available at its website
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e-mail request to or call 1-610-712-3689. Agere is a registered
trademark and Agere Systems and the Agere Systems logo are
trademarks of Agere Systems Inc. This release contains
forward-looking statements based on information currently available
to Agere. Agere's actual results could differ materially from the
results stated or implied by such forward-looking statements due to
a number of risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, our ability to keep pace with
technological change, our dependence on new product development,
price and product competition, availability of manufacturing
capacity, customer demand for our products and services, general
industry and market conditions, and our reliance on major customers
and suppliers. For a further discussion of these and other risks
and uncertainties, see our annual report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, and our quarterly report on
Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004. Agere disclaims any
intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
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