To: brian h who wrote (5056 ) 11/30/2000 12:10:16 PM From: brian h Respond to of 197154 Thursday November 30, 10:39 am Eastern Time Press ReleaseWhite Electronic Designs Receives $1.1 Million Order for Next Generation WideBand CDMA Wireless Base Stations PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000--White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ: WEDC - news) has received a $1.1 million order from a leading telecommunications company. The order is for a memory solution supporting Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) wireless base station applications. Shipments will begin immediately and we expect these orders to be completed within the next 7 months. Wideband Code Division Multiple Access or, WCDMA, is the radio frequency interface technology that will be used in most Third Generation (3G) systems across the world. WCDMA is optimized to support multiple high-speed wireless multimedia services such as full-motion video, Internet access and videoconferencing. 3G systems introduce wideband radio communications, with access speeds of up to 2Mbit per second. Compared with today's mobile networks, 3G systems will significantly boost network capacity to support more users and more complex services. Hamid Shokrgozar, Chairman and CEO of White noted, ``This order, and many others we have received during the past twelve months, reflect the confidence our customers have in White's ability to keep abreast of the rapidly expanding requirements of their local, national or international networks.'' White Electronic Designs Corporation supplies the wired, wireless, and optical communications industry with niche semiconductor products that support network systems, switches, base stations, and other hardware platforms. The Company designs and manufactures innovative solutions for three high technology sectors in military and commercial markets: high-density memory products and multi-chip modules for data communications and telecommunications providers; ruggedized high-legibility flat panel display for commercial/military aircraft and ordinance delivery systems; interface storage and retrieval devices, and electromechanical assemblies for OEM's in commercial and military markets. White is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Massachusetts and Indiana.