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MILPITAS, Calif., Dec 6, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Signia Technologies and ARC
Wireless Solutions, Inc. (OTC BB: ARCS), through its Antennas America division,
today announced a Compact Flash reference design for Bluetooth(TM) using
Antennas America's embedded Bluetooth(TM) antenna and Signia Technologies
Bluetooth(TM) module. The reference design is applicable to manufacturing 0 dBm
Bluetooth(TM) solutions for Compact Flash. Signia Technologies and Antennas
America intend to license the design to customers with the objective of giving
them the manufacturing cost competitive products for the Bluetooth(TM) market.
Signia Technologies and Antennas America have focused on making Bluetooth more
cost effective and easier for customers to implement in design, manufacturing,
and test. The Bluetooth Compact Flash reference design highlights each company's
position as a leader in the development of Bluetooth and wireless connectivity
solutions.
"Antennas America and Signia Technologies' reference design provides excellent
Bluetooth transmission characteristics at a very competitive price. This Compact
Flash reference design for Bluetooth will bring Bluetooth functionality to a
large segment of the intelligent device market in a very timely manner." Stated
Glenn Befort, CEO of ARC Wireless Solutions Inc.
"We believe that our customers will be among the first to provide Windows CE
devices with Bluetooth(TM) functionality to the marketplace. Many handheld
devices are coming onto the marketplace without networking or connectivity
solutions, this solution will help fill that gap." stated Brian Ann, President
of Signia Technologies.
Most Bluetooth(TM) products will initially address legacy products including
notebooks, desktops, and PDAs. To address these markets, Signia Technologies has
been developing a family of products such as the Compact Flash reference and the
PCMCIA reference design to help customers/partners bring unique Bluetooth(TM)
products to market faster and at a significantly lower cost. These products will
enable customers to use Bluetooth(TM) features such as LAN access, dial-up
networking, file transfer, data synchronization, and audio all in their existing
notebooks.
About ARC Wireless Solutions, Inc.
ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. is a wireless technology company that does
marketing, distribution and servicing, as well as selective design and
manufacturing, of a broad range of component and network solutions in support of
wireless applications. The Company's wireless solutions are marketed through the
Company's internal sales force, OEMs, numerous reseller distribution channels,
retail and the Internet to support network deployment in the growing domestic
and global wireless markets. ARC Wireless Solutions Inc., together with its
Antennas America division, is headquartered in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The
Company's Winncom Technologies subsidiary is located in Solon, Ohio, and its
Starworks Wireless subsidiary, doing business as The Kit Company, is located in
Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about the Company and its products,
please visit our web sites at www.arcwireless.net, www.antennas.com,
www.winncom.com and www.thekitcompany.com.
About Signia Technologies
Signia Technologies is a premier wireless solution provider with strong
expertise in wireless integrated circuit, software, system, and networking
design. Signia has demonstrated Bluetooth(TM) functionality in extended ranges
of up to one hundred meters in notebooks, Internet access points, and PC cards.
The company works in partnership with other Bluetooth members, customers, and
value-added companies to provide the highest performance in Bluetooth(TM) using
the most cost-effective technologies.
About Bluetooth
In early 1998 a group of computer and telecommunications industry leaders,
including Intel, IBM, Toshiba, Ericsson, and Nokia, together began developing a
way for users to connect a wide range of mobile devices quickly and easily,
without cables. To ensure that this technology is seamlessly implemented in a
diverse range of devices, these leaders formed a special interest group,
formally announced on May 20, 1998, to design a royalty-free, open specification
technology, code named "Bluetooth." The SIG has quickly gained membership from
companies such as 3COM/Palm, Axis Communication, Compaq, Dell, Lucent
Technologies UK Limited, Motorola, Qualcomm, Xircom and is encouraging the
involvement of all other companies interested in offering products taking
advantage of a standardized, wireless means for connection.
This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities and does not purport to be
an analysis of the Company's financial position. This Release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which forward-looking statements
are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and
assumptions will prove to have been correct. See the Company's most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB and Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for additional
statements concerning important factors, such as demand for products,
manufacturing costs and competition, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the Company's expectations. |
