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MindteckÂ's ZigBee Center of Excellence (CoE) is a one-stop-shop ZigBee solutioncenter, providing product design, development, implementation, and deploymentservices to worldwide customers.
Acknowledging this landmark achievement, Shankar Velayudhan, Group Chief TechnologyOfficer, Mindteck said, Â This ZigBee stack is specifically tailored for FreescaleÂ'slow power HCS08 microcontroller and the MC1319X series of RF data modems. Withaggressive power and resource management, this ZigBee compliant platform is aperfect design choice for ZigBee-enabled products.Â
Freescale had earlier announced the availability of BeeKit in the FreescaleTechnology Forum held in Shanghai last month. BeeKit includes BeeStack and developerconfiguration tool that supports Freescale's platforms based on the HCS08 MCU.
 MindteckÂ's proven capabilities in embedded systems development and expertise inZigBee specification design services were instrumental in FreescaleÂ's decision towork with Mindteck, said Brett Black, commercial wireless operations manager forFreescale.  The ZigBee stack now gives us the flexibility to customize and optimizethe platform to differentiate ourselves from the competition.Â
MindteckÂ's competitive business model comprising transformational outsourcingservices focused on improving customersÂ' operating model, value-gains from domainand core technologies expertise, and cost competitiveness resulting from offshoreproject execution was the other decisive factor in this landmark deal.
"MindteckÂ's partnership and development history with Freescale opens the door formore ZigBee compliant platforms to enter the market, said Bob Heile, chairman ofthe ZigBee Alliance.  ZigBee dominates the wireless sensors and control marketlargely because of its vast selection of compliant platforms produced by the topsemiconductor companies in the world."
About MindteckMindteck (BSE: MDTK) provides a wide range of information technology solutions thathelp customers enhance their overall business performance. The companyÂ's portfoliocomprises of Embedded Systems, Enterprise Consulting Services SAP and IT Services.Mindteck is a leading provider of product development lifecycle services in embeddedsystems development. The technology capabilities are well supported byindustry-specific experiences in developing solutions for analytical instruments,semiconductor manufacturing, wireless, and medical equipment industries. Mindteck isa ZigBee design services company providing ZigBee application development and ZigBeecompliant stack development services. www.mindteck.com
About ZigBee TM AllianceThe ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enablereliable, cost effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and controlproducts based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance membership comprisestechnology providers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Membership isopen to all. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org.
