EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001382

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 532/OEA/MHAMES/LRITTER
USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA
AMEMBASSY KYIV FOR RSTEFFENS
AMEMBASSY KYIV FOR DKRAMER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION:
INFOPULSE-UKRAINE, KIEV, UKRAINE, LICENSE NO. NLR

REFTEL: USDOC 00695


1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided
below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export
Administration Act.


2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to
determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-
user, Infopulse-Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is
listed on an NLR SED as the ultimate consignee of an
oscilloscope, parts and accessories, ECCN 5B991 and
EAR99. The licensee is Mindspeed Technologies, 4000
Macarthur blvd., Newport Beach, CA 92660.


3. On March 14, 2007, Export Control Attache Donald
Pearce and FSN Natalya Shipitsina conducted the
requested post-shipment verification with Mindspeed
Technologies Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. The export
control team met with Yevgeny Novikov, Director.


4. In November 2006, Infopulse Ukraine was split into
two corporate entities, known as Infopulse Ukraine and
Mindspeed Technologies Ukraine. The Remote Design
Center of Infopulse was transferred to the newly
created Mindspeed Technologies Ukraine. Infopulse
still provides logistics services for Mindspeed
Technologies Ukraine.


5. Mindspeed Technologies Ukraine provides chip design
services, research and development, and specialized
software integration for Voice-Over-Internet Protocol
(VoIP) products for its U.S. based partner, Mindspeed
Technologies. NOTE: according to the Mindspeed
Technologies website, prior June 27, 2003, Mindspeed
was a wholly owned subsidiary of Conexant Systems,
Inc. Conexant was launched as an independent entity in
January 1999 after Rockwell International Corporation
spun off its Rockwell Semiconductor Systems business
to stockholders. Mindspeed designs, develops and
sells semiconductor networking solutions for
communications applications in enterprise, access,
metropolitan, and wide-area networks. END NOTE. The
company employs 60 at its offices located in a
corporate tower in Kyiv. The company has no sales, no
marketing responsibilities, and does not conduct
exports.


6. The equipment in reftel is used in the Remote
Design Center of Mindspeed Technologies Ukraine. The
team observed the laboratories utilized by the Remote
Design Center. Due to the integration of the product
into the equipment in the laboratory, the team was not
able to verify a serial number for the Terradyne
Hammer product referenced in the documentation. The
EAR99 commodities consisted of connectors and cables,
and cannot be verified as they do not have identity
plates or serial numbers.


7. Recommendations: Post recommends Infopulse-Ukraine,
Kiev, Ukraine as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S.
origin commodities.
(FCS MOSCOW/SBOZEK/DPEARCE)
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