“We looked for companies to partner with in order to offer a very attractive and cost effective value proposition for customers interested in a complete mobile WiMAX solution; our choice was Wavesat, given its proven experience in the WiMAX domain," said Khaled Ismail, CEO of SySDSoft. "We strongly believe that this partnership will put the two companies ahead of competition"

"SySDSoft has a strong and proven track record of developing innovative software solutions for the WiMAX market," said Vijay Dube, Wavesat’s VP of Marketing and Business Development. "We are happy to team up with SySDSoft to bring advanced 802.16e solutions to market and we look forward to a long and successful partnership with them."

Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing WiMAX chipsets, software and development platforms, enabling OEMs and ODMs to be first to market with high performance and cost effective WiMAX compliant solutions. Featuring the first WiMAX Forum certified CPE design; Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment from Fixed to Mobility:

- Fixed (access points, backhaul, DSL extensions) with 802.16-2004 OFDM Evolutive™ solutions
- Nomadic & Portable (fixed system to include high-speed connectivity for laptop and portable applications) with 802.16d+ OFDM Evolutive™ products
- Full mobility with 802.16e-2005 sOFDMA UMobile™ WiBro/WiMAX product family

NOTE: ALL REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THIS RELEASE ARE THE PROPERTY OF WAVESAT.

Wavesat’s NP7256 mini-PCI design provides advanced WiMAX features such as support for UL subchannelization which significantly improves performance for indoor modems. 

Based on Wavesat’s latest Evolutive™ NP7256 ASIC, this new generation WiMAX Mini-PCI has been redesigned with fewer parts and advanced RF chipsets to substantially reduce overall size and BOM. Combined with Wavesat’s MAC software, it enables ODMs and OEMs to build small and extremely low cost subscriber units. The flexible architecture of the Mini-PCI will offer easy design upgradeability to WiMAX 802.16e.

NP7256 Mini-PCI Features:
• Complete WiMAX air interface (baseband PHY, real-time critical MAC and RF)
• Small footprint and low power consumption
• Enhanced indoor reach through subchannelization on the uplink.
• Embedded encryption support permitting lower priced processors to be used in the CPE

“Near- to medium-term applications for WiMAX are driven by fixed and portable application services, CPE cost, and platform flexibility,” commented Frank Draper, Wavesat’s VP Strategic Development. ”Our WiMAX NP7256 Mini-PCI design offers OEMs and ODMs the opportunity to quickly develop a low BOM subscriber unit with minimum NRE investment and risk by using existing broadband CPE platform. As a market leader, Wavesat will continue to focus on enhancing current product portfolio to bring additional cost reduction, easy upgradeability and design flexibility to its unique architecture. “

Wavesat WiMAX Portfolio
Wavesat's award-winning and WiMAX Forum Certified™ WiMAX product portfolio supports both base stations and subscriber units for licensed and license-exempt radio frequencies. Wavesat provides a full-range of standards-based integrated circuits, software, and development platforms supporting IEEE 802.16-2004 and 802.16e-2005 standards.

Featuring the industry’s first WiMAX Mini-PCI card and chosen by ODMs and OEMs worldwide, Wavesat’s WiMAX portfolio provides effective wireless connectivity for a wide range of network sizes and coverage from urban to rural applications.

Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment including:
• Fixed (access points, backhaul, DSL extensions) with 802.16-2004 OFDM Evolutive™ solutions
• Nomadic & Portable (fixed system to include high-speed connectivity for laptop and portable applications) with 802.16d+ OFDM Evolutive™ products
• Full mobility with 802.16e-2005 sOFDMA UMobile™ WiBro/WiMAX product family

Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing WiMAX chipsets, software and reference designs, enabling OEMs and ODMs to be first to market with high performance and cost effective WiMAX compliant solutions. Featuring the first WiMAX Forum certified CPE design, Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment from Fixed to Mobility.

NOTE: ALL REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THIS RELEASE ARE THE PROPERTY OF WAVESAT.

Operating in the 3 GHz frequency bands, Libra MAX is the world’s first dual-mode integrated chassis-based WiMAX product. Dual-mode capability gives service providers a choice of delivering triple play services – voice video and data - in 802.16 WiMAX or Turbo W-OFDM.   Turbo W-OFDM is a patented technology that is capable of faster transmission speeds than those permitted by the WiMAX standard.

Libra MAX uses Wavesat’s WiMAX Forum Certified™ Mini-PCI design in both its subscriber station and base station components. The Mini-PCI design is a development platform supporting manufacturers’ efforts to design WiMAX-compliant wireless devices for the 3 GHz and 5.8 GHz frequency bands.  Wavesat’s Mini-PCI design simplifies overall system design, enabling customers to bring WiMAX solutions to market faster and more cost-efficiently, while allowing for flexibility to address further changes driven by the WiMAX emerging market dynamics, application diversity and customer profiles.

“EION Wireless has demonstrated both skill and speed in delivering a dual-mode base station and CPE based on our Mini-PCI design,” said Frank Draper, VP Strategic Development for Wavesat. “Wavesat is committed to building the largest WiMAX ecosystem of ODMs and OEMs worldwide and we are extremely happy to count EION Wireless among them”.

“The Wavesat design is a very stable platform that allows us to build a rich feature set for the Libra MAX system,” said Chris Beadle, EION’s Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. “Using the Wavesat chip in our subscriber station and base station, gives us the ability to incorporate advanced networking features into the Libra MAX  and develop useful applications such as E1/T1 over WiMAX”.

“Libra MAX with Dual Mode WiMAX access and higher speed Turbo W-OFDM proprietary access coupled with EION’s IP networking provides licensed nationwide service providers with a unique WiMAX solution having greater flexibility, superior performance and higher throughput capacity,” said Hassan Abdelghany EION’s VP of Sales for Africa, Middle East and Central Asia region.

“We are pleased to be working with a fellow leading WiMAX Forum member” said Dr. Kalai Kalaichelvan EION’s President and CEO. “Wavesat’s mini-PCI design is a good fit for our modular chassis-based design. This is a strategic advantage for the company as it allows us to adapt to market demands more quickly than our competitors.”

GITEX is the largest annual consumer computer and electronics trade show in the Middle East. GITEX 2007 takes place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Visitors to GITEX 2007 can view the Libra MAX demonstration at booth number 224 in the Canadian Pavilion Exhibition Hall.

Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing WiMAX chipsets, software and reference designs, enabling OEMs and ODMs to be first to market with high performance and cost effective WiMAX compliant solutions. Featuring the first WiMAX Forum certified CPE design, Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment from Fixed to Mobility.

“Wavesat’s demonstrated expertise and its award-winning WiMAX-certified products offer interesting opportunities to broaden our WiMAX capabilities,” said Serge Fortin, President and CEO of SR Telecom. “We are delighted by the prospect of working with an internationally recognized semiconductor chip developer of this calibre. We expect this relationship will create additional opportunities to improve our competitiveness in the global WiMAX market.”

"We are confident our collaboration with SR Telecom will result in more robust, cost-effective solutions for customers of WiMAX solutions worldwide," said Michel Guay, President and CEO of Wavesat. "We are looking forward to a long and successful collaboration with SR Telecom."

Wavesat's WiMAX products support both base stations and subscriber units for licensed and license-exempt radio frequencies. Its WiMAX portfolio, chosen by original design manufacturers (ODMs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, provides effective wireless connectivity for a wide range of network sizes and coverage from urban to rural applications. Wavesat has developed the industry's first WiMAX Mini-PCI card. Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment including:

 Fixed (access points, backhaul, DSL extensions) with 802.16-2004 OFDM Evolutive(TM) solutions
 Nomadic & Portable (fixed system to include high-speed connectivity for laptop and portable applications) with 802.16d+ OFDM Evolutive(TM) products
 Full mobility with upcoming 802.16e-2005 sOFDMA UMobile(TM) WiBro/WiMAX product family.

The collaboration between the two companies will address growing market demand for a more diverse portfolio of customer premise equipment (CPE). Interoperability between Wavesat and SR Telecom technologies will provide access to a portfolio of customer premises equipment (CPEs) from various original design manufacturers (ODMs), the goal of which would be to interoperate with SR Telecom's base station and advanced features. The two parties will work together with the ODMs to integrate SR Telecom's value added features. Upon successful completion of interoperability testing and ongoing collaboration, SR Telecom will offer CPEs Powered by Wavesat as part of its own portfolio of solutions.

Wavesat is a privately held fabless semiconductor company developing WiMAX chipsets, software and reference designs, enabling OEMs and ODMs to be first to market with high performance and cost effective WiMAX compliant solutions. Featuring the first WiMAX Forum certified CPE design, Wavesat provides solutions for each WiMAX market segment from Fixed to Mobility.

NOTE: ALL REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THIS RELEASE ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.