Thales to distribute IPWireless broadband wireless solutions

Thales Broadcast & Multimedia Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IPWireless Inc., for sales and support of the latter's broadband wireless access solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Thales will integrate and distribute the UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD) IPWireless product line that includes a complete network infrastructure solution, pocket-sized wireless desktop modems, and PC cards (PCMCIA) for laptops and PDAs.

Thales has already received its first commercial deployment contract from a Southeast Asian operator that has initiated a national deployment of the IPWireless solution and will offer commercial services by June of 2003. Further, Thales has also established a technical support center with trained personnel to support top tier operators in the South-East Asia region.