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Attention Business Editors:
COM DEV's M/ERGY(TM) Field Trial Successfully Records Technical Milestone
CAMBRIDGE, ON, May 31 /CNW/ - COM DEV International Ltd. (TSE:CDV) today
announced that its M/ERGY(TM) team successfully demonstrated broadband
wireless Internet usage while in transit at speeds up to 120 km/h. This event
marks an important milestone in the development of M/ERGY, the Company's
wireless Internet access system. In addition to technical measurements used to
validate the system's capability to support data transfer rates of 2.45 Mbps,
multiple e-mail messages were sent over the Internet. M/ERGY is a packet-based
system that will deliver high-speed wireless Internet data at speeds
comparable to current cable and DSL modems and incorporate voice-over IP
capability.
"Our trials are progressing on schedule and the performance of the system
looks really good. We remain on track for commercial availability of the
M/ERGY product line in Q1 2002," said Josh Lober, COM DEV Wireless's Vice
President of Digital and Software Systems. "Additional Internet applications
that have been tested in the San Luis Obispo, California laboratory include
Telnet, FTP, Web browsing and video conferencing. These and other applications
will be field tested in a fully mobile environment over the weeks to come at
the Paso Robles, California test site."
The M/ERGY system is currently running Qualcomm's High Data Rate (HDR)
air interface technology, supporting wireless Internet connectivity at 2.45
Mbps. This summer as the technology becomes available from Qualcomm, COM DEV
will integrate an updated air interface that is fully compliant to the
CDMA2000 1xEVDO standard. |
