interWAVE's GSM Network Solution Enables Voice and Data Communications to Cocos -- Keeling -- Islands Off the Coast of Austrialia.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2002

interWAVE's GSM Solution Connects Remote Islands to

Australia's Public Telephone Network

Continuing to provide wireless communications to island nations throughout the world, interWAVE(R) Communications (Nasdaq:IWAV), a pioneer in compact wireless voice communications systems and broadband wireless data networks, today announced the completion of a fully-functional GSM network with both voice and data capabilities deployed on Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, north-west of Australia. eNIC Corporation, a subsidiary of VeriSign and an Internet service provider with deployments around the world, will use interWAVE's network solution to provide wireless telephony services to island residents, business and schools, as well as access to the World Wide Web.

"Throughout the world exists hundreds of island nations that have limited or no communications capabilities, greatly reducing the local economic growth and prosperity," said Arthur Yeung, interWAVE's vice president & regional managing director. "Deploying a robust and cost-effective wireless communications network on Cocos (Keeling) Islands will enable communications between the remote islands and the rest of the world without any reliance on the current limited or nonexistent fixed wireline infrastructure."

On March 7, 1991, the Prime Minister of Australia, as well as leaders of the Cocos Island community, signed a Memorandum of Understanding that set out the range of measures required to make the living standards throughout the Cocos (Keeling) Islands equivalent to those of Australia, including telecommunications capabilities.

As a result of past successful island network deployments, interWAVE's solution was chosen to deliver a flexible, robust and cost-effective network. Communications infrastructure equipment, including base stations, a mobile switching center and radios, was installed on Home Island and West Island, interconnected via a microwave link. A satellite link from West Island connects the network into Australia's public telephone network, delivering never-before wireless telephony, broadband data and long-distant services to residents, business, schools and visitors.

Unlike traditional networks that utilize a central switch, interWAVE's unique technology switches local calls locally, minimizing the costs associated with backhauling cellular traffic to the Australian mainland. Only long-distance calls are routed via satellite to the public telephone network in Australia, and interWAVE's unique network architecture greatly enhances network performance and quality of service, while decreasing network congestion and call interference.

"interWAVE provided us with the perfect, cost-effective solution for delivering communications capabilities to the islands without compromising Quality of Service," said Garth Miller of eNIC. "Technically reliable, interWAVE's GSM solution enhances island life with never-before wireless communications."

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, located northwest of Perth and southwest of Christmas Island, consists of twenty-seven coral islands with a total land area of approximately 14 square kilometers. Heavy rain seasons, dense jungle and significant distances between the islands pose a challenge for deploying and maintaining a cost-effective communications infrastructure.

eNIC Corporation's future plans include network expansion to other islands, including Christmas Island -- a popular vacation attraction complete with Commonwealth facilities such as medical services, an airport, restaurants and hotels.

For more information regarding this deployment, visit www.telekom.cc/project.

About interWAVE Communications

interWAVE Communications International, Ltd. (Nasdaq:IWAV) is a global provider of compact network solutions and services that offer the most innovative, cost effective and scaleable network allowing operators to "reach the unreached." Our solutions provide economical, distributed networks that minimize capital expenditure while accelerating customers' revenue generation. interWAVE's solutions feature a product suite for the rapid and simple deployment of end-to-end compact cellular systems and broadband wireless data networks that deliver scalable IP, ATM broadband networks. interWAVE's highly portable mobile, cellular networks and broadband wireless solutions provide vital and reliable wireless communications capabilities for customers in over 50 countries. interWAVE's U.S. subsidiary is headquartered at 312 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California, and can be contacted at www.iwv.com or at 650/838-2000.

About eNIC Corporation

eNIC Corporation, a privately held Internet company, is the worldwide registry of the Dot-CC Top Level Domain (TLD), and is the registrar for the second level domain names within the United States and the fourth largest registry and registrar of country code TLDs in the world. eNIC's dot-cc is now featured in China, in Arab nations. eNIC, based out of Seattle, Washington, can be contacted by visiting www.enic.cc.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the results of interWAVE Communications International, Ltd. to differ materially from management's current expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks relating to interWAVE's history of losses, the expectation of future losses, reliance on a small number of customers, complexity of products, difficulties in introducing new or enhanced products, compliance with regulations and evolving industry standards, long sales cycles, intense competition, management of global operations, the ability to retain and motivate key employees, and acquisition related risk factors including potential for profit acceleration, dilution of shares outstanding, increases in debt absorbed and potential post-acquisition employee retention, as well as the Risk Factors discussed in the filings and reports made from time to time by interWAVE with the Securities and Exchange Commission. interWAVE assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their respective dates.