NextWave Broadband Announces Roadmap for Advanced Wireless Broadband Chipsets

NextWave Broadband Inc., a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc.
(NASDAQ: WAVE), today announced the roadmap for its family of WiMAX
baseband and multi-band RFIC chipset platforms. The chipsets, designed
by the company's Advanced Technology Group, are intended to provide
wireless device and network equipment manufacturers with an advanced
platform to develop next-generation WiMAX mobile terminal and
infrastructure products. Samples of the company's first generation
WiMAX baseband system-on-a-chip (SOC) and matched multi-band RFIC will
be available this quarter. Initial availability of the company's
second generation chips, designed for high-volume commercial
production, is planned for the first half of 2008.

The chipsets included in the roadmap incorporate numerous NextWave
innovations to improve performance, reduce power consumption, enable
new types of advanced multimedia applications, and allow seamless
operation and roaming across worldwide WiMAX frequencies and profiles.
In addition, the chipsets incorporate key features to accelerate the
convergence of mobile wireless devices with consumer electronics
products across Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN)
environments.

"Today's announcement demonstrates our commitment to deliver the
high-performance mobile broadband semiconductors and advanced
reference designs needed to enable a new ecosystem of mobile broadband
devices, networks, and services. Together with our sister company
PacketVideo, a leading worldwide supplier of rich media software
solutions for wireless carriers and device vendors, we've established
a strong foundation for the media-centric future we envision for
WiMAX," said Mark Kelley, chief division officer of the company's
Advanced Technology Group. "We believe our chipsets will establish a
new standard for price-performance and raise the performance bar for
next-generation, wireless broadband enabled mobile devices and
consumer electronics products."

A Family of WiMAX Baseband SOCs and Multi-band RFICs

NextWave's roadmap announcement provides customers with important
information about the first two generations of the company's advanced
WiMAX platforms, each comprised of several families of baseband SOC
solutions and matched multi-band RFICs.

NW1000 Platform

NextWave's first generation platform is comprised of the NW1100
WiMAX baseband mobile subscriber SOC and its matched multi-band RFIC,
the NW1200. Sample chips with reference designs will be available this
quarter. Key features of the NW1000 platform include:

-- IEEE 802.16e standard-based;

-- Supports PCI and SPI host interfaces;

-- Optimized RF-baseband interface for reduced BOM cost, ease of
design, and optimized performance;

-- Highly integrated direct conversion RFIC architecture;

-- Supports highly scalable channel bandwidths from 1.75 MHz to
20 MHz;

-- Supports major worldwide WiMAX spectrum allocations of 2.3 GHz
(including the WCS band in the U.S.), 2.5 GHz (including the
EBS/BRS band in the U.S.), and 3.4 - 3.8 GHz (including 3.65 -
3.7 GHz for licensed commons operation);

-- Integrated MIMO support; and

-- Optimized for mobile broadband services.

NW2000 Platform

NextWave's second generation WiMAX platform, the NW2000,
encompasses the NW2100 family of mobile subscriber baseband SOCs, the
NW2700 and NW2800 family of WiMAX access station baseband SOCs, and
the NW2200 family of highly integrated multi-band RFICs. Scheduled for
release with reference designs in the first half of 2008, the NW2000
mobile subscriber platform is designed to provide customers with an
ultra-low-power, integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi solution to support
power-limited mobile devices in a wide range of frequency bands.

By employing advanced 65 nanometer CMOS process technology to
minimize size and reduce power consumption, the NW2100 chipset family
will be optimized for bandwidth intensive mobile-multimedia
applications such as mobile television, streaming video, and video
conferencing, and for Quality-of-Service (QoS) sensitive applications
such as Voice-over-IP (VoIP). When coupled with the frequency-agile
NW2200 RFIC family, key features are expected to include:

-- IEEE 802.16e standard-based;

-- WiMAX Forum Wave 2 compliant;

-- Ultra-low-power, integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi baseband SOC designed
for outstanding battery life using 65nm CMOS process
technology;

-- Integrated 802.11 a/b/g;

-- Supports Wi-Fi in 2.4 GHz ISM band;

-- Mobility-optimized ASIC architecture with advanced power-save
features to extend battery life for multimedia-centric mobile
devices;

-- Supports global TDD and FDD spectrum allocations from 1.7 GHz
to 3.8 GHz;

-- Supports major worldwide WiMAX spectrum allocations of 2.3 GHz
(including the WCS band in the U.S.), 2.5 GHz (including the
EBS/BRS band in the U.S.), and 3.3 - 3.8 GHz (including 3.65 -
3.7 GHz for licensed commons operation);

-- Dynamically programmable WiMAX/Wi-Fi channel bandwidths of 3.5
MHz, 5 MHz, 7 MHz, 8.75 MHz, 10 MHz, and 20 MHz to support
various profiles;

-- Highly-integrated, direct-conversion RFIC architecture with
optimized RF-baseband interface for reduced BOM cost, ease of
design, and improved spectral efficiency;

-- Supports highly scalable RF channel bandwidths from 1.75 MHz
to 20 MHz;

-- Supports wide range of host OS environments and system
interfaces, including SDIO, SPI, USB2, and PCIe, to enable
widest possible range of device types;

-- Flexi-MAC architecture supports hosted or fully-integrated MAC
for optimal flexibility, accelerated time-to-market, and
reduced solution cost;

-- Enhanced MIMO support;

-- Supports optional beamforming solutions;

-- Up to 36 Mbps throughput capability;

-- Support of 802.16h contention-based protocol to enable WiMAX
operation in license-exempt bands;

-- Provides improved performance and interoperability between
Wi-Fi and WiMAX frequency bands;

-- Mobility-optimized SOC architecture with advanced power-save
features that delivers maximum throughput for demanding mobile
users;

-- Highly efficient single radio solution that supports multiple
service types including unicast, multicast, and NextWave's
optimized broadcast solution;

-- Convergence sublayer support for next-generation IPv6
networks;

-- Multiple reference designs to minimize development risk and
time-to-market for multiple device types including handsets,
smartphones, PDAs, PC modem cards, fixed CPE modems, USB
dongles and Personal Media Players (PMPs); and

-- Support for multiple host OS environments to allow the widest
possible range of device types.

Also included in the NW2000 platform are NextWave's NW2700 and
NW2800 baseband SOCs, which are designed for light and medium duty
infrastructure applications such as in-home access points and femto
cells as well as outdoor access points and micro-BTS devices.
Scheduled for release in the second half of 2008, these chipsets
demonstrate NextWave's commitment to provide products that lower WiMAX
network capital costs by providing semiconductor solutions on both
sides of the air-link to maximize spectral efficiency, by supporting
multiple service types, including broadcast, and by enabling
license-exempt band operations.

Meeting Real World Demands

NextWave's platform solutions, semiconductor products, and device
reference designs will enable network infrastructure and subscriber
terminal manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively develop highly
differentiated products to meet the rapidly increasing demands of the
market. NextWave Broadband's reference designs will highlight advanced
multimedia applications powered by software from PacketVideo, another
subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc.

To further support the needs of its customers, NextWave has
deployed a state-of-the-art WiMAX field test facility, in Henderson,
NV, with advanced data collection tools to measure "real world"
performance in typical deployment environments. This facility will be
made available to customers who wish to conduct field testing of their
products based on NextWave's reference designs and chipset products.

"Our mission is to make mobile broadband faster, more reliable,
more accessible, and more affordable," added Kelley. "Our 250
world-class engineers are among the most accomplished in the industry.
We have the talent, the financial resources and the commitment to
provide our customers with the technologies and support they need to
deliver the widest range of new and innovative products to the mobile
broadband marketplace."

About NextWave Broadband Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, CA, NextWave Broadband Inc., a
subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), develops
next-generation wireless broadband products and technologies for
mobile device and network equipment manufacturers and for wireless
service operators. The company's products and technologies include
WiMAX baseband SOCs, multi-band RFICs, device reference designs, and
advanced network components. With over 370 employees, NextWave
Broadband has additional offices in Henderson, NV; Calgary, Canada;
Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Seoul, Korea.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for
purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that
involve risks and uncertainties. In particular, this press release
discusses a projected product development roadmap which includes
expected timing for development of products and product features.
There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be
achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from
the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking
statements made by, or on behalf of, NextWave, and should not be
considered as an indication of future events or results. It is
possible that our development efforts could be delayed or will not be
successful and, even if development is successful, our products may
not result in meaningful revenues. Additional important factors that
could cause actual events or results to differ materially are
discussed in greater detail in the filings of NextWave with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are available
through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. NextWave makes no commitment
to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect
changes in events or circumstances after the date any such statement
is made, except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.