NextWave Wireless Forms New Business Units to Meet Growing Demand for Company´s Mobile Multimedia and Wireless Broadband Products



    NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of
    enabling mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today
    announced the formation of two new business units, NextWave Mobile
    Products and NextWave Network Products, to enhance the company´s
    ability to meet growing market demand for its cutting-edge mobile
    multimedia and wireless broadband products and technologies.

    "In less than three years, NextWave has grown into a global
    provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband solutions to many
    of the largest network operators and device manufacturers in the
    world," said Allen Salmasi, CEO of Wireless. "In recognition of our
    triple-digit revenue growth, and the fact that we now have more than
    1,100 employees in 29 international offices, we are realigning our
    operations into two highly focused business units, NextWave Mobile
    Products and NextWave Network Products. This will help us sustain our
    rate of growth and will make it much easier for us to provide our
    customers with solutions that seamlessly integrate our wide range of
    innovative products and technologies."

    NextWave Mobile Products, comprised of the company´s PacketVideo
    (PV) subsidiary and the company´s semiconductor development group,
    will develop and deliver advanced multimedia software and content
    management solutions, baseband and RF chipsets, and device reference
    designs to network operators and mobile device manufacturers. NextWave
    Mobile Products will market its semiconductor products under the
    NextWave Wireless brand and will continue to market its software and
    media content solutions under the PV brand. The new business unit,
    which is headquartered in San Diego, will be headed by James Brailean,
    Ph.D., who will also remain CEO of PV, which was acquired by NextWave
    in 2005.

    NextWave Network Products will be comprised of NextWave´s
    IPWireless and GO Networks subsidiaries. Both companies, acquired in
    2007, will begin an immediate transition to the NextWave Wireless
    brand. The new business unit, which also includes NextWave´s network
    services and systems development businesses, will focus on providing
    network operators around the world with wireless infrastructure
    equipment and end-to-end, wireless broadband and mobile broadcast
    network systems. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, NextWave Network
    Products will be headed by William Jones Ph.D., currently CEO of
    IPWireless.

    "Jim Brailean and Bill Jones are outstanding leaders with decades
    of experience in pioneering the delivery of leading-edge mobile
    multimedia and wireless broadband solutions to customers around the
    world," added Salmasi. "They have unparalleled knowledge of the
    fast-moving global wireless industry, track records of exceptional
    innovation, and a commitment to drive the future growth of NextWave
    Wireless."

    As CEO of NextWave Mobile Products, Dr. Brailean will be
    responsible for managing NextWave´s software and semiconductor
    businesses including NextWave´s family of advanced fourth generation
    (4G) semiconductors for mobile phones, broadband devices and consumer
    products, and mobile multimedia software products such as PV´s
    industry-leading device-embedded software. He will continue serving as
    CEO of PV which he founded in 1998. Under his leadership, PV has grown
    into the world´s leading independent supplier of device-embedded
    multimedia software which can be found in over 200 million handsets
    around the world. In addition, in November 2007, PV became a founding
    member of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) led by Google and was
    selected to provide the multimedia sub-system software to the OHA´s
    new Android(TM) platform. Dr. Brailean is a recipient of the Lifetime
    Achievement Award from the Mobile Entertainment Forum for his
    contributions to the acceleration of the development and adoption of
    mobile multimedia services worldwide.

    As CEO of NextWave Network Products, Dr. Jones will be responsible
    for the development and delivery of NextWave´s advanced wireless
    broadband and mobile broadcast network products and end-to-end system
    solutions. As CEO of IPWireless, which he co-founded in 1999, he
    established the company as an industry leader in next-generation
    wireless broadband and mobile TV technologies, and led the development
    of TDtv, a UMTS-based mobile broadcast system successfully tested by
    some of the industry´s largest mobile network operators. Dr. Jones has
    over 20 years of experience in developing advanced wireless
    technologies and holds several patents related to wireless broadband
    and CDMA technologies.

    About NextWave Wireless

    NextWave Wireless Inc., (Nasdaq: WAVE) provides the software,
    systems, and silicon solutions that enable cutting-edge mobile
    broadband communications including mobile broadcast and multimedia
    services. The company´s products and technologies include mobile
    television and broadcast solutions, a family of high-performance
    wireless broadband semiconductors, end-to-end mobile broadband
    systems, and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that can be
    found in over 200 million handsets around the globe. NextWave´s
    customers include many of the largest mobile handset manufacturers,
    network equipment suppliers, and wireless service providers in the
    world. NextWave has obtained a licensed spectrum footprint in the U.S.
    that covers over 248 million people and mobile broadband spectrum in
    numerous international markets including Germany, Switzerland, Japan,
    Argentina, and Austria. The Company intends to make its spectrum
    available to service providers looking to deploy next-generation
    wireless broadband networks that utilize NextWave´s advanced wireless
    broadband products and technologies. Visit NextWave at
    www.nextwave.com.

    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. 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
    by such statements. 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 update any forward-looking statements
    in order to reflect subsequent changes in events or circumstances
    except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.