FCC Decision to Increase Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Systems' Speed Validates the Conclusions in IGI Consulting's New Report, Wireless Access 2000.

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000

The FCC decision last week to increase the transmission speed of frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) systems in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band to 10 Mbps validates the conclusions of IGI Consulting's (IGIC) new report, "Wireless Access 2000: The LMDS, MMDS, and Unlicensed Bands." In the report, published August 1, 2000, IGIC supported the proposed transmission speed increase in the 2.4 GHz band from 2 to 10+ Mbps, because the greatest beneficiary of any speed increase is the end user, and current wireless Internet deployments in the unlicensed bands heavily favored FHSS systems.

The catalyst behind the FCC's decision has been the Home Radio Frequency Working Group (HomeRF). Members of the group, which include Proxim, Compaq, Intel, Motorola, and Siemens, have elevated the wireless LAN, Home Networking, and Wireless Internet Access markets from niche applications into the mainstream. IGIC supports their past and future efforts.

IGIC's report, "Wireless Access 2000," also predicts that broadband wireless revenues will top $17 billion by 2005, up from $5 billion in 2002, and $800 million in 2000, a CAGR of 92 percent over the five-year period. The report takes an in-depth look at the Unlicensed, MMDS, and LMDS bands and the external and internal competing technologies in the U.S. broadband access markets, such as Fiberless Optics, 3G, broadband access via satellite, xDSL, cable modem, and FTTC.

For more information about IGIC's report "Wireless Access 2000," which costs $3995, contact Tony Carmona by phone at 1-800-323-1088 or 1-617-232-3111, by fax [phone]; by e-mail: [e-mail]; or visit our Web site at www.igigroup.com.