NextWave Ships WiMax Chip

SAN DIEGO -- NextWave Broadband Inc., a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), today announced it has begun shipping samples of its NW1000 Series WiMAX chipset, comprised of the NW1100 baseband system-on-a-chip (SOC), matched NW1200 multi-band RFIC, and associated system software, to consumer electronics and mobile device manufacturers.

NextWave’s NW1000 Series is designed to provide wireless device manufacturers with an advanced platform to develop next-generation WiMAX mobile terminal products. The chipset incorporates numerous NextWave innovations to improve performance, reduce power consumption, lower manufacturing costs, enable advanced mobile-multimedia applications, and allow seamless operation and roaming across worldwide WiMAX frequencies and profiles.

“These chipsets, in conjunction with the full-form-factor reference designs we have developed, will help subscriber terminal manufacturers quickly and cost-effectively produce the innovative WiMAX terminal products needed to meet increasing market demand for true mobile broadband services,” said Mark Kelley, Chief Division Officer of NextWave Broadband‘s Advanced Technology Group. “The chips we are now shipping are part of an extensive family of advanced mobile WiMAX chipsets being developed at NextWave – a chipset family being designed to offer innovations such as dual TDD/FDD support, extreme low-power consumption, and advanced mobile broadcast capabilities.”

Key features of the NW1000 Series chipset platform include:

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