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LGC Wireless Revolutionary In-Building Solution includes 3G
21st March 2002

PEMSTAR Inc., a leading provider of global engineering, manufacturing and fulfillment services to technology companies announced today that it has been selected by LGC Wireless of San Jose, CA to manufacture their latest in-building wireless networking product, the InterReach(TM) Unison.
The InterReach Unison is an intelligent, flexible, fiber optic wireless networking system designed to deliver high-quality PCS and cellular communications within any facility. InterReach Unison has been specifically designed to meet the needs of large public and private facilities with a need to support large numbers of PCS/cellular subscribers within the facility. Prime examples of these types of facilities include airports, subways, hotels, convention centers, shopping centers, sports arenas and large multi-tenant office buildings.
"LGC selected PEMSTAR as its strategic manufacturing partner for Unison because we were impressed with PEMSTAR's expertise with complex RF and optical technology, their quality systems, and their global manufacturing footprint," said Alex Gray, LGC Wireless Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. "We were also impressed with the quality of the PEMSTAR team."
LGC Wireless' existing products, LGCell(TM) and MetroReach(TM) Focus have been installed in a number of landmark facilities throughout the world, including the Venetian Hotel-Resort-Casino in Las Vegas; Seattle's Safeco Stadium; the Metro subway system in Santiago, Chile; and Malaysia's Petronas Towers, the world's tallest office buildings. To date, LGC Wireless has shipped over 2,000 systems worldwide.
"Our PEMSTAR team has advanced manufacturing and testing capabilities and we're pleased that LGC Wireless is taking advantage of those abilities," said Allen J. Berning, CEO of PEMSTAR. "InterReach Unison provides superior RF performance and it's a product we're proud to associate ourselves with. As the global market for wireless products and services expands, PEMSTAR is well positioned to meet the growing demand, while ensuring that the Unison system remains a leader in high quality, high performance networking systems at competitive cost."

About LGC Wireless:

LGC Wireless is the leading supplier of products for optimizing the deployment of metropolitan cellular, PCS and 3G networks, and for providing mobile users with reliable in-building access to high quality voice and wireless data. LGC is currently shipping product to more than 20 countries and has installed more than 1,600 systems. Supported wireless access standards include TDMA, CDMA, GSM, iDEN, and 3G.


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