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Terabeam Wireless Announces Plans for WiMAX Systems Based on the
Fujitsu System-on-Chip
TeraMax(TM) 3.0 Products to Include New 'Logan' Operating System and Planned
for General Availability in 4Q 2005
FALLS CHURCH, Va. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a
leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, and Fujitsu
Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA), a leading provider of robust and highly
integrated wireline and wireless system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for next
generation networks, today announced that Terabeam has selected the Fujitsu
MB87M3400 WiMAX SoC as the standard silicon for integration into Terabeam's
TeraMax(TM) 3.0 product family. The TeraMax(TM) 3.0 products will be
WiMAX-compliant, will incorporate Terabeam's new wireless network management
operating system, code-named "Logan," and are planned for general availability
in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Terabeam will offer turnkey point-to-multipoint and point-to-point systems
complying with the IEEE 802.16-2004 WiMAX standard as an extension of its
TeraMax(TM) product series. Current TeraMax(TM) products have been providing
customers with much of the functionality of WiMAX since 2004, such as
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), adaptive dynamic polling,
packet aggregation, and enhanced security options. TeraMax(TM) base stations,
customer premise equipment (CPE), and bridges are available today for operation
at multiple frequency bands -- including the 4.9GHz band dedicated to public
safety in the United States -- and are also available in compact
(integrated-antenna) and ruggedized enclosures. With a powerful combination of
performance, versatility, and value, TeraMax(TM) systems are ideal for a
variety of applications and environments for service providers, enterprises,
municipalities, and public safety organizations.
The Fujitsu MB87M3400 is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.16-2004 WiMAX
standard and can be configured to be used in both base station and subscriber
station applications. It is designed to support frequencies ranging from 2 to
11GHz in both licensed and license-exempt bands. An on-chip OFDM PHY supports
channel bandwidths from 1.75MHz up to 20MHz, and can operate in TDD or FDD
modes. When applying a 64QAM modulation in a 20MHz channel and using all 192
sub-carriers, the SoC's data rate can go up to 75 Mbps. The SoC incorporates
sophisticated processing power, including a powerful main RISC engine that
implements the 802.16 upper-layer MAC, scheduler, drivers, protocol stacks, and
user application software. Also on board is a secondary RISC/DSP that functions
as a co-processor, which executes lower-layer MAC functions, offloading
processing from the upper-layer MAC and enhancing the total SoC performance.
"Logan" has been under development for over three years and was a significant
driver of Terabeam's acquisition in 2004 of KarlNet, Inc. Logan is a
processor-agnostic operating system that can support multiple wireless modes
(including 802.11 and the proprietary TurboCell(R) currently, and 802.16 by 4Q
2005) and is significantly more adaptable for ongoing development. Logan's
agility and versatility allow for a major streamlining of Terabeam's software
portfolio, and it enables support for quality of service (QoS), voice-over-IP
(VoIP), state-of-the-art security and IPv6. Logan's user interface and
configuration and management tools provide for an enhanced user experience.
Logan will be integrated into select Terabeam products throughout the remainder
of 2005.
"Terabeam's extensive range of broadband wireless networking products has been
deployed around the globe by service providers, enterprises and government
entities. The addition of WiMAX-compliant systems to our portfolio will build
on our heritage of excellence in wireless networking," said Robert Fitzgerald,
Terabeam Wireless' CEO. "The Fujitsu WiMAX System-on-Chip delivers the
performance we require at an excellent price point, and we are pleased to have
aligned ourselves with a leader in this exciting technology. In addition, our
introduction of the Logan operating system to uniformly support all of our
standards-based and proprietary products will result in a quantum leap in
performance, scalability and management control in broadband wireless
networking."
"Terabeam's decision to work closely with Fujitsu on its WiMAX development is
very exciting and gratifying to our broadband wireless team," said Keith Horn,
senior vice president of marketing and sales for Fujitsu Microelectronics
America. "It also underscores our contention that 2005 is truly the year in
which WiMAX technology will emerge in multiple markets worldwide as the leading
companies in the industry, like Terabeam, move forward with significant product
development, compliance testing, and initial field deployments."
Terabeam Wireless will be participating in ISPCON from May 24 to 26 at the
Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and will be showcasing its broadband
wireless products in booth 318. Terabeam Wireless (booth 87019) and Fujitsu
(booth 41015) will be participating in SUPERCOMM 2005 from June 7 to 9 at
McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Terabeam will host an executive briefing
at 1:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, June 7 in Room #N427D (Level 4 in South Building,
McCormick Place).
About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation.
FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the
networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout
North and South America. As a founding and board member of the WiMAX Forum(TM),
Fujitsu supports the standards development and compliance programs that are
essential to successful Broadband Wireless deployment. Fujitsu provides
performance-driven WiMAX solutions by leveraging the company's experience and
expertise in the networking and communications markets. Fujitsu offers flexible
WiMAX SoC and reference designs for WiMAX-certifiable systems to equipment
vendors. For more product information, please visit the company's web site at
http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/WiMAX or send e-mail to .
About Terabeam Wireless
Terabeam Wireless is the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. Terabeam Wireless
is a world leader in providing extended range, license-free wireless data
equipment and is a leading designer of turnkey long distance wireless systems
ranging from 9600 bps to 1.42 Gbps for applications such as wireless Internet,
wireless video, wireless LANs, wireless WANs, wireless MANs, and wireless
virtual private networks. Additional information about Terabeam Wireless as
well as its complete product line can be found at the company's website located
at http://www.terabeam.com/ or by contacting the company by telephone at
413-665-8551 or by email at .
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical facts
are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and
assumptions. Terabeam Wireless' actual results may differ materially from the
results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that could contribute to such
differences including those relating to the downturn and ongoing uncertainty in
the telecommunications industry and larger economy; the intense competition in
Terabeam Wireless' industries and resulting impacts on its pricing, gross
margins, and general financial performance; difficulties in predicting Terabeam
Wireless' future financial performance; difficulties or delays in developing
and supplying new products with the contemplated or desired compliance,
features, performance, cost, price, and other characteristics; and the impacts
and effects of any strategic transactions we may evaluate or consummate.
Further information on these and other factors that could affect Terabeam
Wireless' actual results is and will be included in filings made by Terabeam
Wireless from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in
its other public statements.
DATASOURCE: Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
CONTACT: David Renauld, Vice President, Corporate Affairs of Terabeam
Wireless, +1-413-665-8551, ext. 215, or ; or Emi Igarashi of
Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc., +1-408-737-5647, or
; or Dick Davies, +1-415-777-4161, or
, for Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
Web site: http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/
http://www.terabeam.com/