Parrot,
provider of Bluetooth products for the automotive market has signed a licensing
agreement with Ericsson Technology Licensing. Parrot will use Ericsson’s Core Baseband to
develop their own system-on-a-chip (SoC), Parrot5, to be
used in Parrot’s next generation Bluetooth
products.
The
license covers Ericsson’s new Bluetooth baseband core, which holds the complete
range of mandatory Bluetooth version 1.2 features.
The
Ericsson Core Bluetooth Baseband Platform Q-E1 is based on the Bluetooth v1.2
specification with for example better voice and audio quality and improved
coexistence with other wireless technologies.
Parrot
also has an option to license Ericsson’s full portfolio of software and all
profiles suitable for the automotive industry.
“We
regard Parrot as a unique and important partner, due to their integrating
capabilities as an Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM),
combined with their ability to develop system-on-a-chip for the Bluetooth market,” says Maria
Khorsand, President of Ericsson Technology Licensing. “Parrot is a pioneer and a
major player in the automotive segment with handsfree products already on the
market for numerous car manufacturers.”
“Designing
our next generation of system on chip Parrot5 with Ericsson’s Baseband Core
allows us to bring a cost effective solution to the market in a very short time”
says Nicolas Besnard, CTO of Parrot.
”We
appreciate that Ericsson has long experience and dedication to Bluetooth and
that they feel responsible for their solutions all the way to the consumer
market, says Henri Seydoux, CEO of Parrot.”
Parrot
is leading the worldwide in car communication market with advanced digital
processing technology and a Bluetooth stack supporting numerous profiles. Parrot
offers a wide range of handsfree products for the distribution, the after-
market and the original equipment
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Arlette
Kotchounian
Communications
Phone : +33 148 03 60 80
Fax : +33 148 03 06 66
Email : arlette.kotchounian@parrot.fr
Parrot
Based in
Paris and founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux CEO, Parrot S.A. is one of the
profitable, fast-growing companies that have emerged from the "start-up"
generation. Since its beginnings, Parrot’s core competence has been the
technologies for embedded noise-robust voice recognition and signal processing,
with applications in mobile computing and mobile communications for cars. Parrot
has assembled all the expertise required to quickly turn its ideas into
products, from the development of signal processing algorithms Bluetooth stack
and application software, to the design of dedicated chipsets.
www.parrot.fr
Ericsson
Technology Licensing
Technology Licensing develops state-of-the-art Bluetooth design solutions
optimized for mobile communication, computing and media devices. As a major
driving force behind the Bluetooth initiative, we have been instrumental in the
development of Bluetooth wireless technology from a simple idea into a widely
acclaimed industry standard. Our complete portfolio of IP Cores for Bluetooth
baseband and radio together with a complete Bluetooth software package,
qualification services, training and design services provides semiconductor and
original equipment manufacturers the fastest, most reliable course for
implementing Bluetooth
wireless
technology in new products.
www.ericsson.com/bluetooth
