CI Wireless Announces Evolutionary 'EkoLink' Coverage and Capacity Solution; RF Distribution Solution Offers Lower Noise Figure, Increased Optical Loss and Greater RF Power.

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Wireless 2000

Booth 4313

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000

Offering global operators an evolutionary solution to providing coverage and capacity enhancement, CI Wireless today announced the availability of EkoLink(TM).

The EkoLink is a fiber optic RF distribution system that utilizes wave division multiplexing (WDM) to reduce fiber requirements while providing RF links between a campus of buildings or where increased optical path loss and greater RF output power is required to service an area. EkoLink can be installed in an optional weather-proof enclosure allowing it to provide pico cell coverage.

CI Wireless' complete line of wireless distribution products are on display at CTIA Wireless 2000 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, booth number 4313, Feb. 28 - March 1, 2000.

"As global operators add wireless data to their service offerings, it will become increasingly more important to address issues such as improving coverage and network capacity," said Dave McKay, president of CI Wireless. "EkoLink is another example of CI Wireless' commitment to providing the operator community with advanced wireless distribution solutions. Offering simplified installation and reducing recurring costs, the EkoLink provides increased optical loss and greater RF output power while meeting coverage and capacity needs."

Exceeding GSM and CDMA standards, EkoLink provides 20 dBm composite RF output power. Offering increased output power requirements for facilities such as airports, convention centers and manufacturing plants, the EkoLink provides optimum up-link system coverage, noise figure on a single link is less than eight dB and up to five dB of optical loss in the fiber link. The EkoLink hub supports up to 16 remotes served from a single BTS sector, or it can be split allowing two sectors to feed up to eight remotes each. The EkoLink supports all protocols including CDMA, GSM, TDMA and is forward compatible with third generation technologies.

Headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, CI Wireless designs and manufactures products to enhance the performance of wireless communications systems. The company's mission is to provide high-quality, cost-effective products that meet the need for RF signal distribution in buildings and outdoors where coverage or additional capacity is a system requirement. CI Wireless also provides the essential service and design support required to meet the fast pace growth conditions in today's global wireless environment. The company's wireless distribution products can be used in any wireless communications system, including AMPS, CDMA, TDMA, GSM, Paging, SMR/ESMR, LMDS, MMDS and conventional two-way radio systems. For more information on CI Wireless, please call Ricca Silverio at 714/540-1030, e-mail [e-mail], or visit the company's Web site at www.ciwireless.com.