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IPWireless Signs Exclusive Agreement for Solectron's New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Services for 3G UMTS TD-CDMA Products; Agreement Also Streamlines Entry Into Mobile Broadband Market for OEMs and Operators.


MILPITAS, Calif. -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE NYSE

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 and integrated supply chain services, and IPWireless, a leading developer of 3G standards-based mobile broadband technology, today announced Solectron as the exclusive provider of outsourced new product introduction (NPI NPI National Provider Identifier, see there ) and manufacturing services.

Under the terms of the agreement, Solectron will be the exclusive provider of outsourced NPI services for new products introduced by IPWireless and will be the exclusive provider of outsourced manufacturing for IPWireless-supplied UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features.  TD-CDMA TD-CDMA Time Division - Code Division Multiple Access (3G standardized UTRAN technology)  mobile broadband equipment, including base stations and modems.

This agreement streamlines the process for companies seeking to enter the rapidly expanding UMTS TD-CDMA technology ecosystem while allowing IPWireless to focus on its core business of advancing the technology's performance. IPWireless's growing list of licensing partners are free to choose whether to manufacture equipment and have NPI services performed internally or through partners and this agreement makes Solectron a compelling choice.

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) technology, UMTS TD-CDMA has emerged as a leading global standard for mobile broadband with commercial deployments in numerous countries around the world including Australia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

"Solectron's proven performance will lower the barriers to entry and improve time to market, making it easier for OEMs, mobile operators, broadband service providers, and systems integrators to join the growing UMTS TD-CDMA ecosystem and quickly capitalize on the demand for mobile broadband systems," said Dr. Bill Jones, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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 for IPWireless. "As IPWireless continues to focus on its core technology, we are pleased that those deploying UMTS TD-CDMA networks will be able to take advantage of the scalability and flexibility offered by Solectron's global footprint and will benefit from Solectron's demonstrated technical expertise in wireless broadband, new product introduction and lean manufacturing."

"Our long relationship with IPWireless highlights Solectron's unique ability to collaborate with its customers to proactively find innovative solutions to customers' business challenges," said Doug Britt, executive vice president of Sales and Account Management, Solectron. "Solectron brings a number of core capabilities in new product introduction, supply chain management and lean manufacturing that can help improve the competitive advantage for OEMs like IPWireless and its licensing partners."

About IPWireless

IPWireless develops advanced standards-based mobile broadband technology. The company's UMTS TD-CDMA technology has emerged as a leading global standard for wireless broadband. TD-CDMA allows operators to offer a spectrum of completely mobile, portable, or stationary end-to-end packet-based services with unmatched economics and true broadband performance. TD-CDMA has the highest average sector capacity, the strongest cell edge performance, and the lowest cost per megabit of any standards-based mobile technology available today, and is deployed by leading operators around the world including announced initiatives with T-Mobile, Orange, Nextel, and PCCW PCCW Pacific Century CyberWorks
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. The IPWireless Partner Program and chipsets allow device manufacturers and infrastructure vendors to very quickly bring innovative new TD-CDMA solutions to market. For more information, visit the company's website at www.ipwireless.com.

About Solectron

Solectron Corporation (www.solectron.com) provides a full range of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the world's leading networking, telecommunications, computing, consumer, automotive, industrial and medical device firms. The company's industry-leading Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster.  methodology (Solectron Production System(TM)) provides OEMs with low cost, flexibility and quality that improves competitive advantage. Solectron's service offerings include new-product introduction, collaborative design, materials management, product manufacturing, and product warranty and repair and end-of-life support. Based in Milpitas, Calif., Solectron operates in more than 20 countries on five continents and had sales from continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 of $10.4 billion in fiscal 2005.
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