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 http://www.agere.com/. NOTE: For photo of Dr. Dittloff, please 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Agere Systems CONTACT: JoAnna Schooler, +1-610-712-1746 (office), or +1-908-283-4060 (mobile), , or Vibha Agrawal, +1-610-712-1737 (office), or +1-908-256-6234 (mobile), , both of Agere Systems Web site: http://www.agere.com/

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