IPWireless,
Inc., the leading next-generation broadband wireless company enabling
broadband everywhere, announced today that it will partner with Wireless
House, a mobile communications technology company based in Kista, Sweden,
to develop the IPWireless™ PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association) broadband modem card. The IPWireless PCMCIA
card, available in early 2003, will deliver the same reliable, mobile,
wide-area broadband experience as the IPWireless pocket-sized Advanced
3G modem that customers are using worldwide today. By offering an end
user device in an even simpler form, IPWireless enhances and extends the
simplicity and mobility of its international standards-based, plug-and-play
mobile broadband technology. The jointly developed PCMCIA card marks the
first in a series of innovative devices to be created by IPWireless and
Wireless House that will seamlessly integrate universal mobile telecommunications
service (UMTS) connectivity into mobile devices, furthering the IPWireless
vision of broadband everywhere by ensuring uninterrupted broadband access
anywhere in the world - whether in a house, an office, at an airport,
or on a train.
"Having developed some of the most technologically advanced, standards-based devices on the market, Wireless House will help us deliver on our vision to make mobile broadband a completely seamless experience," said Chris Gilbert, CEO of IPWireless. "Tomorrow's laptops and PDAs will be 'IPWireless enabled' so that everyone will be able to enjoy a user-friendly experience of high-speed Internet access wherever they are - just as we enjoy with cell phones today."
"We are privileged to work with IPWireless in developing its groundbreaking PCMCIA card. The emergence of the UMTS TDD standard as an increasingly significant component of global wireless connectivity makes the development of this card particularly exciting, as it marks an important first step in enabling high-speed Internet access over large coverage areas," said Tom Bryant-Meisner, CEO of Wireless House. "We look forward to an innovative partnership with IPWireless as we continue to create devices that will provide Internet users with an unprecedented level of mobility that ultimately will provide uninterrupted broadband access anywhere in the world."
IPWireless is positioned to define a new era of wireless broadband access for consumers, small businesses, and mobile workforces by offering the most cost-effective, convenient, and widely available broadband in the world. Based on internationally recognized UMTS TDD standards to support voice and data, the IPWireless Advanced 3G Broadband™ solution allows global operators to deliver through a single network wireless broadband services ranging from true mobile broadband to an industrial-strength small-office connectivity solution.
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