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Sierra Wireless nnounced the delivery of high-speed wireless modems to four major CDMA wireless carriers in North America - Bell Mobility, Sprint PCS, TELUS Mobility, and Verizon Wireless. Sierra Wireless is the first wireless data modem provider to supply all four North American carriers with CDMA2000 1X PC Card modems, further establishing the company's leadership in the growing high-speed wireless data market.

Through its solid reputation for developing high-performance CDMA products that enable true high-speed wireless connectivity, Sierra Wireless ensures a growing mobile market is connected through leading wireless carriers in both Canada and the United States. With nearly 53 million users, representing more than 60 percent of the total number of subscribers in North America (according to the CDMA Development Group (CDG) www.cdg.org), CDMA network technology continues to expand throughout the continent. According to Gartner Dataquest Analyst Michael King, "Gartner Dataquest estimates that there will be 65.7 million CDMA subscribers in North America by the year end of 2002, making it the largest CDMA market in the world."

"As a company, we've taken the vision of real-time, high-speed wireless data access and turned it into a reality. This announcement represents an industry milestone for our team, and a clear sign of our dedication to being the very best in the business," said David Sutcliffe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sierra Wireless. "Every day our expanding global product line reaches more and more people in all parts of the world - providing fast, reliable access to the information they need the most. Through our commitment to quality and our success in delivering the market's most innovative products, we are delivering on the promise of wireless data."

Sierra Wireless will continue to build its long-standing relationships with the North American carriers to deliver mobile solutions that operate on new CDMA networks. The company has enjoyed a successful history of delivering innovative wireless products that operate on CDMA networks including the AirCard® 510, the world's first CDMA IS-95A Type II PC Card; the SB555 embedded module, integrated into the new Audiovox Thera - one of the first wireless enabled Pocket PC devices to operate on CDMA2000 1X networks; the AirCard 555, the first dual band CDMA2000 1X PC card in North America now available through Bell Mobility, TELUS Mobility, and Verizon Wireless; and most recently the PCS Connection Card (AirCard 550) now operating on the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network. Combined, these carriers serve over 40 million customers in Canada and the United States.

About the size of a credit card, Sierra Wireless AirCard modems slide into a laptop or PDA and provide end users with reliable, wireless connectivity to the Internet, e-mail, and corporate applications as well as the ability to send and receive voice calls. The unique design also offers maximum coverage and access to complete CDMA networks including existing IS95A networks, and the new CDMA2000 1X high-speed network ensuring complete access - anywhere, anytime.