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PRESS RELEASE Fitel, Acer and Beceem Partner to Bring the Future of Mobile Broadband Computing to Computex 2008 Beceem’s 4G-WiMAX chipset enables laptop from Acer to showcase leading edge Mobile Computing and Entertainment experience on Fitel’s new Mobile 4G-WiMAX network Taipei, Computex 2008, June 3, 2008 - Beceem, a leading supplier of high-performance Mobile 4G-WiMAX solutions, announced today that Fitel, a leading wireless service provider in Taiwan, and Acer, one of the world’s leading branded PC vendors, are providing Computex visitors a view of the Mobile Broadband Computing future by showcasing Acer’s Aspire multimedia and productivity laptop connected to Fitel’s high-speed Mobile 4G-WiMAX network using Beceem’s high-performance BCS200 Mobile 4G-WiMAX chip. The Acer Aspire offers the ultimate entertainment and productivity applications, and is the first notebook enhanced with an embedded Mobile 4G-WiMAX modem that is using Beceem’s latest Mobile 4G-WiMAX chipset. Beceem’s chip is enabling world leading 4G-WiMAX performance of more than 30 Mbps application layer throughput in MIMO mode, allowing Computex visitors to experience the power of Mobile 4G-WiMAX products and services that will be launched by Fitel in the 4th quarter of 2008. “Fitel wants to share an extraordinary experience with the Global 4G-WiMAX Ecosystem participants. Therefore, during the 2008 4G-WiMAX Expo Taipei, Fitel invites you to see the Fitel 4G-WiMAX VIP Bus running at 80Kilometer speed while watching CNN life Video News run smoothly. At the same time, and on the same Notebook, you can perform Video Conference with excellent user experience, showcasing just a few of the many 4G-WiMAX capabilities” said Charlie Wu, Chairman & CEO of Fitel. “The collaboration between Beceem and some of Taiwan’s most powerful companies provides a rare glimpse into the coming wave of innovative mobile computing and entertainment products and services that are at the forefront of the M-Taiwan initiative”, said Babu Mandava, Beceem’s CEO. “Beceem is excited to be the leading partner for Taiwanese companies that are embracing Mobile 4G-WiMAX as a key building block of next generation mobile computing and entertainment devices”. ABOUT BECEEM COMMUNICATIONS Beceem Communications Inc. is the leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the mobile broadband market, and the first with commercially available terminal chipsets for Wave 1 and Wave 2 profiles of the WiMAX Forum, that are based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard. For more information please visit www.beceem.com About Fitel Fitel obtained a 4G-WiMAX broadband access service license and will provide a variety of quality services/applications through the 4G-WiMAX network in Taiwan’s Northern Region. http://www.fitel.net.tw/ Media Contacts Lars Johnsson |
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