John Major Joins Broadcom Board

IRVINE, Calif. -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced the appointment of John E. Major, the former Chairman and CEO of San Diego-based Novatel Wireless, Inc., to its Board of Directors. Mr. Major, 57, served as Chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless, which provides wireless data access solutions for PDAs and laptops, until earlier this month, when he left to form his own company, The Technologies Solutions Group. Mr. Major joined Novatel Wireless in August 2000 and led the company's successful IPO later that year. He remains a member of its board of directors. Mr. Major participates in several industry, research and educational organizations, including the Board of Governors' Executive Committees of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Electronic Industries Association (EIA). He is a past chairman of both organizations. He is also an advisor to Wireless Facilities Inc. and a past advisor to Loral Space Systems. He served on the Visitor's Board of the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academy of Science, and the Trustee's Council of the University of Rochester. "John Major's impressive background and successes in a range of areas, including his senior management leadership at both large and startup technology companies, will be a major asset to Broadcom," said Alan E. "Lanny" Ross, Broadcom's President and CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors. "We look forward to John's contributions to our Board and to the company as we endeavor to take Broadcom to the next level of growth." Broadcom Corp.