DECT 6.0 Market Share Surpasses 17 %.

New Era of Communication Devices Broadly Accepted by the Entire Value Chain Less Than Two Years after Introduction

BOSTON -- The DECT Forum, the international association of the worldwide DECT industry, announces today at VON that DECT 6.0 communication devices have reached a 17.9 % value share in the United States based on September 2007 data from The NPD Group/Retail Tracking Service.

According to recent market figures from The NPD Group, DECT 6.0 cordless telephony and communications devices have achieved over 100 percent growth in share since the first products launched in early 2006.

DECT 6.0 is the interference free wireless communication technology for family homes and small- and medium-sized enterprises. Since the allocation of DECT 6.0 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for Unlicensed Personal Communications Services (UPCS) in 2004, DECT 6.0 has become a broadly accepted technology for cordless telephony. With DECT communication devices utilizing the frequency band of 1920 - 1930 MHz, DECT devices can readily coexist with Wi-Fi systems without interference. This guarantees consumers interference-free communication within their homes and enterprises. Additional benefits of the DECT 6.0 technology include brilliant, high quality voice transmission, secure communications between base and handset, greater range enabling entire house coverage, and better power management ensuring longer battery life. And, unlike other cordless communication technologies, DECT 6.0, while developed specifically for voice transmission, can support future IP broadband connectivity, enabling enhanced internet-based services and applications directly to the handset or device.

"DECT 6.0 communication devices offer superior performance to those based on 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz radio technologies. The increasingly rapid adoption rate we have experienced so far provides proof positive that the consumer values this performance. As in the rest of the world where these technologies have competed, we fully expect that DECT will replace these systems as the preferred means to provide digital cordless communication, now and in the future," says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.

"These recent NPD figures show that there is growing acceptance of the DECT 6.0 technology in the US. This is especially impressive considering it was officially launched less than two years ago. The rapid US marketplace embrace of DECT 6.0 is a great success story for the entire industry and its value chain - from the chip vendors and manufacturers through to the operators, distributors, and retailers", says Mike Rude, Chairman of the US Working Group of the DECT Forum.

DECT Forum at Fall VON:

October 31, 2007 in Boston: DECT Phones Update

4.30pm - 5.30pm

Speakers: Rick Krupka (Vtech and VP of UTAM), Mike Rude (DSP Group and Chairman of DECT Forum Working Group USA), Herman Hugo (Infineon), Erica Martinez (Panasonic). More info at: http://www.von.com/2007/boston/web/expoPresentations.htm

DECT World Conference 2008:

January 30 and 31, 2008 in Amsterdam (Hilton Hotel)

The only global DECT event. More info at: www.informatm.com/dect

About DECT Forum:

The DECT Forum is the international industry association embracing suppliers and operators of CAT-iq/DECT based terminals, systems, and networks. With more than 670 million devices sold and growing to more than 100 million devices per year, DECT, DECT 6.0 and CAT-iq are worldwide adopted technologies with high relevance for cordless voice and broadband home networking. The DECT Forum is located in Berne, Switzerland. Full members of the DECT Forum are currently: American Telecom, Ascom, Avaya, Binatone, CCT, DSP Group, GN Netcom, Infineon, Kirk, NXP, Panasonic, Philips, Plantronics, RTX, Sagem, Siemens, SiTel, Suncorp, Telematrix, Thomson, Topcom, Unical, Uniden, Vtech, Xingtel.

DECT Forum is the owner of the brands DECT 6.0 and CAT-iq. DECT is a trademark owned by ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). For more information please visit our website at: www.dect.org.