TI won Tellabs' Supplier of the Year award through successfulparticipation in Tellabs' Supplier Alliance Program. Tellabs evaluates itssuppliers based on meeting high standards in the areas of technology, quality,responsiveness, delivery and total cost management. High performance bysuppliers on these measures enables Tellabs to help its customers succeed.

"Texas Instruments has consistently demonstrated excellence acrossTellabs' supplier management program, helping us meet our strategy of flawlessexecution," said John Brots, Tellabs executive vice president for globaloperations, who presented the award. "The TI team balanced cost management andthe delivery of products without a single quality issue, which enables us toimprove the customer experience for Tellabs customers."

"We are pleased to serve as a strategic supplier to Tellabs and to berecognized for efforts to help our customers succeed," said Steve Parks,worldwide marketing manager for Analog at TI. "This award reflects TI'scommitment to deliver embedded processing and analog technologies, such aspower management, clocking and interface devices, that meet the designchallenges and high-quality standards of our customers."

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