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interWAVE(R) Communications Gets Approval From Russian Ministry of Communications

Posted on: Sunday, 30 May 2004, 06:00 CDT

interWAVE(R) Communications, a pioneer in compact wireless communications systems, has announced that it had received type approval from the Russian Ministry ofCommunications for its Global System for Mobile Communications ("GSM") standards, and its Network Subsystem ("NSS") and Basestation Subsystem ("BSS") product lines.

The certification was awarded by the Laboratory of MobileSystems of FSUE LONIIS (Federal State Unitary Enterprise Leningrad Research and Development Institute of Telecommunications) and included ministry assignment and successful factory and field tests in accordance with Russian requirements. As a result of the approval interWAVE received its first order for deployment of a GSM network in Russia. This approval is also expected to be valid in a number of countries in Central Asia.

While major Russian cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg enjoy advanced telecommunications, with approximately 24 fixed lines per 100 inhabitants and 31 mobile lines per 100 inhabitants, areas outside of these major metropolitan areas have fixed and mobile coverage ofless than 10 lines per 100 inhabitants.

According to the Russian State Telecommunications Committee, there are up to 50,000 settlements in Russia with nominal modern communications links. Additionally, due to lack of funds local fixed line telephony companies have been slow to invest in infrastructure and are unable to provide fixed telephone lines to remote areas. These difficulties have led to the rapid proliferation of wirelesscommunications, which has grown at a rate approximating 100% per year in the last three years. These remote markets represent a significant opportunity for interWAVE's unique wireless telecommunications product offerings.

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