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To: bafan_57 who wrote (205)	3/13/2001 3:56:18 PM
From: Dan Hamilton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 216

COM DEV to unveil M/ERGY(TM) high-speed wireless Internet access system in Las Vegas Company to Reveal Revolutionary New Product at CTIA Wireless 2001 Trade Show CAMBRIDGE, ON, March 13 /CNW/ - COM DEV Wireless, a division of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSE: CDV), will reveal its revolutionary new M/ERGY(TM) high-speed wireless data system at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association's (CTIA) Wireless 2001 show taking place at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas on March 20-22 (booth (number sign) 3058). The M/ERGY system enables service providers to offer their customers high-speed wireless Internet access at a fraction of the cost of providing cable modem or DSL service. Designed as a complete end-to-end solution, M/ERGY is also able to provide full service to mobile subscribers traveling at speeds up to 120 mph and incorporates voice-over IP capability. COM DEV Wireless designs and manufactures leading-edge wireless systems and subsystems for major global wireless, cellular telephone and PCS system vendors worldwide. According to Keith Ainsworth, President and CEO of COM DEV International, "M/ERGY is the world's first high-speed, truly broadband system that offers unprecedented access to the Internet. M/ERGY will provide full high-speed wireless modem support to laptop and desktop computers. We're creating an entirely new opportunity for communications, data and Internet service providers to offer fast, easy and highly flexible access to the Internet, e- commerce and on-demand video. Anyone seeking a glimpse of the future of entertainment, commerce and Internet communications should attend our press conference at 12:30 PM PST on Wednesday, March 21, at the Las Vegas show." "Our system is extremely cost competitive. Compared to related systems from wired cable and DSL to 3G cellular phone systems, M/ERGY requires much less investment of capital and other resources," said Roger Boivin, President of COM DEV Wireless. "We believe it will give adopters a distinct competitive advantage because they will be able to offer service at prices comparable to current technology and launch an entirely new and immediate source of revenue. M/ERGY is the ideal solution for companies hungering for a slice of the enormous global market for high-speed Internet access." About COM DEV COM DEV International Ltd. based in Cambridge, Ontario, is a leading producer of wireless infrastructure, as well as a designer and manufacturer of space hardware subsystems. The company has two divisions: COM DEV Wireless and COM DEV Space that operate facilities in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and China. COM DEV Wireless designs and manufactures leading-edge wireless systems and subsystems that enjoy broad acceptance among global wireless system vendors. System products include soft radios, broadband wireless Internet products and TDMA Base Stations. Subsystem products integrate signal filtering, signal amplification and alarm monitoring in a single compact electronics package. COM DEV Space manufactures advanced products that are sold to the major satellite prime contractors for use in commercial communications and earth science satellites. COM DEV, COM DEV Wireless, COM DEV Space and M/ERGY are registered trademarks of COM DEV International Ltd. This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from results indicated in any forward-looking statements. The company cautions that, among other things, in view of the rapid changes in the wireless communications markets and technologies, and other risks including the cost and market acceptance of the company's new products, the level of individual customer procurements and competitive product offerings and pricing, and general economic circumstances, the company's business prospects may be materially different from forward-looking statements made by the company. %SEDAR: 00003673E -0- 03/13/2001

To: bafan_57 who wrote (205)	5/23/2001 1:43:23 PM
From: Dan Hamilton	Respond to of 216

COM DEV Opens New $10.7 Million Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Facility in Cambridge MP, Janko Peric Announces $2.5 Million Technology Partnerships Canada Investment in New Development and Manufacturing Facility CAMBRIDGE, ON, May 23 /CNW/ - COM DEV International Ltd. (TSE:CDV) today officially opened its new $10.7 million surface acoustic wave (SAW) development and manufacturing lab at its COM DEV Space facility in Cambridge, Ontario. Cambridge MP, Mr. Janko Peric, representing Industry Minister, the Honourable Brian Tobin, opened the new lab, made possible in part by a $2.5 million Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) investment. The new facility will allow COM DEV to use its proprietary design tools to develop and manufacture high efficiency, high frequency SAWs. "These new SAW devices will eventually help satellites to deliver high- speed Internet access to Canadians in remote regions," said Mr. Peric. "Among the many other applications for SAWs, COM DEV's new SAW products, now possible with this new facility, will help move us toward our goal of making Canada the most connected country in the world." "This new facility will allow us to leverage the leading SAW technology that COM DEV has developed over the past 15 to 20 years," said John Keating, President of COM DEV Space and COO of COM DEV. "This state-of-the-art SAW facility will also enable us to address limitations in our current manufacturing capabilities and overall capacity." SAWs are crystal devices used in electronic circuits to process radio signals by converting them to acoustic waves (vibrations), modifying them mechanically as they traverse the device, and converting the modified vibration back to a radio signal. Tiny chip-size SAWs can make analogue transformations of radio waves that would require a large mainframe computer to do digitally. This new lab provides COM DEV with an ability to now "print" transducers with line width as small as 0.35 microns, and pattern thickness as low as 0.03 microns. To put this in perspective, this is equivalent to being able to paint twenty stripes on a typical human red blood cell with a diameter of 7.5 microns. SAW devices are used in a wide range of microwave radio applications from RF filters to chemical sensors, as well as most terrestrial wireless communications devices and systems. The new SAW development and manufacturing centre will allow COM DEV Space to more fully address a global SAW market estimated to be worth more than one and a half billion dollars per year. The new equipment is expected to allow COM DEV to create a new product division designing and manufacturing high end, stand-alone SAW devices, that is expected to grow to generate $25 million per year in revenue and create or sustain 26 new jobs.