New Customer

Filtronic PLC
22 September 2003



For Release                                                22nd September 2003


                                  Filtronic plc


Filtronic plc ('Filtronic'), a leading global designer and manufacturer of
customised microwave electronic subsystems for the wireless telecommunications
and defence industries, announces that it has been selected by a new OEM
customer to supply initial quantities of an integrated radio frequency head unit
to be installed in 3G wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) base
stations. Production quantities are not expected to commence until the second
half of calendar year 2004. The units contain power amplifiers, which
incorporate the unique, high power, compound semiconductor transistors
manufactured in Filtronic's own fabrication facility at Newton Aycliffe. The
units also contain the up/down converters and the high-speed digital baseband
interface and processing capability.


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For further information, please contact:


Filtronic plc
Professor David Rhodes            07850-827-280 (Mobile)
John Samuel                       07860-614-145 (Mobile)
Christopher Schofield             01274 530622


Binns & Co plc
Peter Binns/Emmie Peryer          020 7786 9600






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