Telegent Systems Founders Honored With HYSTA Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Telegent Systems Founders Honored With HYSTA Entrepreneur of the Year Award

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, today announced that executive chairman of the board Dr. Weijie Yun and chief executive officer Dr. Samuel Sheng were named HYSTA's (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year, one of the most prestigious business awards in the Chinese community. Yun and Sheng were selected by the HYSTA board of directors and presented with the award at an October 4 event held at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Since Sheng and Yun founded the company in 2004, Telegent's breakthrough technology and unique business strategy have propelled the company to the forefront of the mobile TV market, with more than 50 million mobile TV receivers shipped since mid-2007.

"We're honored to receive this prestigious award and the recognition of our continuing success in the mobile TV market. This award directly reflects the combined efforts and teamwork of everyone at Telegent," said Yun. Added Sheng, "It has been extremely rewarding to work with the talented team at Telegent to be able to deliver technology that holds appeal to consumers around the world."

HYSTA (www.hysta.org) is the leading association for aspiring Chinese professionals offering a unique network of successful Chinese entrepreneurs and executives. It has become the first stop for networking and exchanging business ideas between successful Chinese entrepreneurs and executives in the Silicon Valley and China. The HYSTA annual Entrepreneur of the Year award recognizes Chinese professionals who lead successful Silicon-Valley based companies that bring technology innovation to market.

About Telegent Systems

Telegent Systems is a leading fabless CMOS semiconductor company providing high performance, single-chip solutions enabling free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile handsets, laptops and netbooks, and other portable devices. Telegent's solutions make television mobile, delivering both analog and digital broadcast reception with high sensitivity and picture quality in mobile and portable environments, ultra-low power consumption and the highest integration simplifying device design and manufacture. For more information, visit www.telegent.com.

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Web Site: http://www.telegent.com/

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