F3 Inc. announces DECT phone with USB solution for connecting regular phone and Skype 

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Hsinchu, Taiwan, June 1, 2006 ¡V F3 Inc. today announced the SkyDECT solution, a dual mode of Skype DECT phone to allow user to make and receive both Skype and conventional phone calls on the PSTN with ease. The phones will connect through regular DECT base-stations into the public phone service with RJ11 port and via a broadband internet link to Skype's P2P network with USB port.


With Skype user interface built-in developed by F3, it make user move around his place while seeing the contact list in the screen and check who is online and talk via Skype, even if not in the same room as computer. Additionally, it supports convenient features, including caller ID, call waiting, multi-calling, conference calling and Cheese Button.


F3 Inc. offers the development kit that provides all of the USB hardware and software necessary to develop SkyDECT solution with FUP1, a USB to audio PCM processor for VoIP.


Availability
Samples of SkyDECT and FUP1 chip will be available by end of June. The production quantities begin available in August 2006.


About F3
F3 Inc. is one of leading fabless suppliers in emerging VoIM solutions. F3 Inc. is founded in 1997 and acquired by Oplink Communications in November 2005. F3¡¦s office is located in Hsinchu SBIP Taiwan. For more information, please visit our website at: http//www.f3.com.tw/


About Oplink
Incorporated in 1995, Oplink is a leading provider of design, integration and optical manufacturing solutions (OMS) for optical networking components and subsystems. The company offers advanced and cost-effective optical-electrical components and subsystem manufacturing through its facilities in Zhuhai and Shanghai, China. In addition, Oplink maintains a full complement of optical-centric front-end design, application, and customer service functions at its headquarters in Fremont, California. The company's customers include telecommunications, data communications and cable TV equipment manufacturers around the globe. Oplink is committed to providing fully customized, photonic foundry services incorporating its subsystems manufacturing capabilities. To learn more about Oplink, visit its web site at: http://www.oplink.com/.

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