NextWave Network Products CEO to Deliver Mobile TV Presentation at Mobile World Congress

Dr. Bill Jones, CEO of NextWave Network Products, and Marc Fossier, CTO of France Telecom, Will Deliver Presentation on Mobile TV Over 3G with MBMS   

SAN DIEGO, CA , Feb. 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network)  - NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today announced that Dr. Bill Jones, CEO of NextWave Network Products, and Marc Fossier, CTO of France Telecom, will deliver the opening presentation of the Mobile TV track -- "Mobile TV - Technology Debate: Delivering Mobile TV Over 3G with MBMS" -- at the Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona. The session will be held on Tuesday, February 12th, from 11:40 - 13:10.

The presentation will draw upon the experiences of Orange and NextWave in trialing TDtv(TM), and explore how as an industry mobile operators and the entire mobile value chain can work together to advance mobile TV and offer subscribers innovative multimedia and broadcast services. The discussion will also detail how 3G operators can use their currently-idle unpaired spectrum to deliver compelling multicast mobile TV services using an MBMS that is cost-effective for mass-market deployment.

Today, European operators looking to deliver multicast mobile TV services are faced with a range of broadcast or cellular-based technologies. However, the core issue remains the availability of spectrum and the fact that many mobile broadcast solutions require either completely new spectrum or partnerships with broadcasters. NextWave's TDtv solution, the UMTS TD-CDMA 3GPP MBMS standard for mobile TV, is the only mobile broadcast solution specifically designed to operate on a UMTS operator's existing unpaired 3G spectrum.

In 2007 Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, and 3UK announced successful results of a technical trial of TDtv, which successfully delivered 11-14 high quality channels in only 5MHz of TDD spectrum. The trial also demonstrated how TDtv offers comparable coverage to WCDMA with less cell sites, the ability of TDtv to support users at vehicular speeds, and the viability of dual-mode TDtv/WCDMA handsets.

NextWave will be demonstrating TDtv along with a wide range of mobile multimedia broadcast and mobile broadband technologies at the Mobile World Congress on Stand #AV40. 

About IPWireless

Founded in 1999, IPWireless is a pioneer in developing and delivering next generation silicon, software, and network infrastructure wireless solutions that are based on 3GPP, the world’s leading mobile standard path.  Our UMTS mobile broadband technologies have been deployed by a set of marquis customers around the globe in both the commercial and government markets.  IPWireless’ award-winning and field-proven TDtv™ technology, a 3GPP mobile broadcast solution, enables UMTS operators to profitably deliver multiple, high-resolution TV channels, digital audio, or other IP data-cast services to an unlimited number of concurrent customers using their existing spectrum. Many of the world’s largest mobile network operators have announced initiatives with this unique mobile broadcast solution.

IPWireless is headquartered in San Bruno, California, and operates a technology development center in Chippenham, UK. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ipwireless.com

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