NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile
multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, will showcase its
complete range of innovative products and services at the upcoming
2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (February 11-14,
2008). During the event, NextWave plans to make a number of important
announcements that will further the company´s leadership in providing
the products and technologies needed to enable next-generation mobile
multimedia services for customers around the world. These
announcements will include news related to mobile TV, LTE, advances in
NextWave´s WiMAX technology and ecosystem, and mobile media content
solutions.
"Major operators and handset manufacturers around the world today
depend on NextWave for a wide range of essential mobile multimedia and
wireless broadband technologies," said Allen Salmasi, CEO of NextWave
Wireless. "At this year´s Mobile World Congress we will be showcasing
an exciting lineup of innovative products and services that will take
mobile multimedia into a new realm for our customers."
NextWave Products Showcase
Among the products and technologies that will be demonstrated by
NextWave Wireless (Stand #AV40) at Mobile World Congress are:
TDtv(TM) - Designed to operate on existing 3G spectrum, TDtv is a
high-performance, UMTS-based mobile TV solution that delivers up to 28
channels of high-quality, live television programming to TDtv-enabled
WCDMA handsets. TDtv represents a breakthrough in reducing the cost of
implementing mobile television and provides UMTS operators around the
world with a powerful multimedia and advertising platform.
V5(TM) Base Station - Based on NextWave´s widely-deployed TD-CDMA
base station platform, the V5 is designed to deliver the ultimate in
performance and flexibility by offering mobile operators the
industry´s only 3GPP TD-CDMA base station with an evolutionary path to
WiMAX and LTE.
ER-7(TM) - Based on the 3GPP Release 7 standard for TD-CDMA, ER-7
is an advanced mobile broadband platform that incorporates key
NextWave technologies that can significantly bolster the operator
business case for mobile broadband. ER-7 includes interference
cancellation technology that triples cell edge throughput performance
and doubles overall system capacity, as well as advanced
quality-of-service capabilities to increase overall revenue potential.
At the stand, NextWave will also preview the expanding WiMAX
ecosystem which delivers NextWave´s "no compromise", end-to-end WiMAX
solution which combines industry-proven wireless innovations and the
company´s family of advanced WiMAX semiconductors.
In addition, PacketVideo (PV), a NextWave subsidiary, and the
industry´s leading independent supplier of device-embedded multimedia
software, will debut new solutions for the rapid expansion of mobile
media services (Stand #1C09).
Panel Sessions
Two NextWave Wireless executives will be speaking at Mobile World
Congress:
-- Bill Jones, CEO of NextWave Network Products, will join Marc
Fossier, CTO of France Telecom, to deliver the opening
presentation of the Mobile TV track - "Mobile TV - Technology
Debate: Delivering Mobile TV Over 3G with MBMS." The session
will be held on Tuesday, February 12, from 11:40 - 13:00.
-- Joel Espelien, Chief Business Officer and Vice President of
Strategy for PV, will participate in a FLO Forum roundtable.
The session will be held on Tuesday, February 12, from 11:00 -
13:00 in Media Center Hall 2.
About NextWave Wireless
NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE) is engineering the future of
mobility by providing next-generation mobile multimedia and wireless
broadband technologies to the world´s leading mobile handset
manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers and wireless service
providers. From mobile television and mobile broadband systems to
semiconductors and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that can
be found in more than 200 million handsets around the globe, NextWave
is evolving the way consumers experience mobile multimedia content. In
addition, the company´s global spectrum footprint allows service
providers to deploy next-generation wireless broadband networks
utilizing NextWave´s advanced wireless broadband products and
technologies. For more information, 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.
