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Tuesday March 30, 2:52 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Internet Service Provider Selects
California Microwave's Packet-Based
High-Speed Wireless Broadband
Access System
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1999--California Microwave, Inc.
(Nasdaq National Market: CMIC - news) announced today that it has signed a contract with
Austin-based Nobell Communications, Inc. (Nobell), to supply the 5GHz (U-NII) version from its
point-to-multipoint wireless broadband network access product family, AB-Access(TM). Under the
contract, Nobell will pilot the AB-Access equipment using a variety of real-life applications. The
embedded proprietary technology in AB-Access will enable Nobell's customers to take advantage
of simultaneous video conferencing, full-motion streaming video and high-speed connections to the
Internet over a single connection, at speeds 450 times faster than conventional modem networks.
Based on a successful pilot, Nobell intends to use AB-Access in its region-wide deployment.
Nobell represents the new-breed of wireless Internet and other telecommunications service
providers throughout the United States that are looking towards the unlicensed spectrum as a
catalyst for quick deployment of a true point-to-multipoint system. Bert Johansen, President of
Nobell, commented, ''We are very pleased to enter into this contract with California Microwave,
and to have the opportunity to test their new radio. We are excited about the possibility of providing
even greater bandwidth to our wireless customers, and this technology holds that promise.''
Adaptive Broadband Packet-On Demand(TM) Technology Delivers Walk About Internet Access,
Instant Provisioning
AB-Access is a key component of California Microwave's April 1998 strategic initiative plan that
focuses company resources on delivering end-to-end Wireless Broadband Solutions for
telecommunications and service providers world-wide. The patented design of the AB-Access
MAC layer uniquely provides service companies with an instant provisioning capability and
customers with portability for Internet and other data needs. As data traffic over takes voice traffic,
providers are moving away from dedicated circuit-based, to packet-based network infrastructures.
Packet-based networks offer providers an efficient method to supply Internet, data, video, and
multimedia applications over the same infrastructure. The ''packet-on-demand'' aspect of the
AB-Access system fits well within this infrastructure shift and offers higher data rates (up to 25
Mbps) and superior bandwidth management than competitive alternatives, such as XDSL and cable
modems.
AB-Access at Any Frequency: 2-42GHz
The core, patented AB-Access technology was engineered to work at any frequency from
2-42GHz. Adaptive's first release of AB-Access is for applications that use the 5GHz ''Unlicensed
National Information Infrastructure'' (U-NII) frequency band. Other frequencies are currently under
development.
California Microwave, Inc. (http://www.calmike.com) is a leading supplier of terrestrial wireless and
satellite-based systems to support ultra-high speed Internet access, broadcast digital TV transport
and worldwide Internet backbones. California Microwave also provides industry-leading solutions
for satellite-based data communications and terrestrial wireless telemetry networks.
With its emergence as a leading architect of the wireless broadband evolution, California Microwave
will change its name to better express this new identity. Effective April 29, 1999, it will become
Adaptive Broadband Corporation (ADAP).
Contact:
California Microwave
Stephanie M. Day, 408/743-3429
sday@califmicro.com
or
Investor Information Line, 1-888-225-6789 (Toll-free)
calmike.com
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