GCT SEMICONDUCTOR SELECTED AS FINALIST FOR BEST OF WIMAX WORLD 2.

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(BW)(CA-GCT-SEMICONDUCTOR) GCT Semiconductor Selected as Finalist for Best of WiMAX World 2008 Awards

GCT?s GDM7215 is the Industrys First and Only Single-Chip Solution Supporting Both Mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Wave 2 and WiFi 802.11 b/g

High-Tech Editors WiMAX World 2008 Booth #839

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE) - Sep. 30, 2008-- GCT Semiconductor, a leading supplier of Mobile WiMAX solutions to the global market, today announced that the industry's first Mobile WiMAX plus WiFi single chip, GDM7215, has been selected by xchange magazine as a finalist to receive the Best of WiMAX World 2008 Award in the Chip Design category, and has been nominated to receive the Best of WiMAX World 2008 Industry Choice Award.

GDM7215 provides a total solution for wireless terminal applications requiring Mobile WiMAX and WiFi dual connectivity by implementing Mobile WiMAX RF, MAC and PHY plus WiFi RF, MAC and PHY all in one monolithic integrated circuit. Being demonstrated at WiMAX World 2008 in Chicago, IL, on October 1-2 (booth #839), GDM7215 supports multimode wireless connectivity with its on-chip RF transceivers, allowing seamless broadband and local wireless roaming.

"We are pleased to be recognized by the industry for the breakthrough technology we have developed enabling WiMAX? plus WiFi dual connectivity in an easy to implement single-chip solution,"