debitel selects wireless network cards from Sierra Wireless for 3G HSDPA mobile data service in Germany
August 03 2006 - 10:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Surf@go Card 850, manufactured by Sierra Wireless, offers debitel
customers the ability to work online wirelessly at broadband speed
VANCOUVER, Canada and STUTTGART, Germany, Aug. 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sierra Wireless
(NASDAQ:SWIRNASDAQ:-NASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:SW) and debitel, the third
largest mobile service provider in Germany with 8.9 million
customers, today announced that debitel has selected Sierra
Wireless HSDPA wireless wide area network cards to provide
customers with high speed HSDPA network access in Germany. The
debitel SURF@go Card 850, now available through debitel's business
sales channels and in debitel retail locations throughout Germany,
is designed to provide wireless connectivity to e-mail, the
Internet, and online corporate applications over 3G networks at
data speeds comparable to wired broadband connections. The debitel
SURF@go Card 850 is a 3G wireless WAN Type II PC Card with a slim,
unextended design, allowing users to conveniently store the card
inside the laptop. Fully functional on HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, and GPRS
networks, the SURF@go Card utilizes the 2100 MHz UMTS frequency
band common to European UMTS networks, offering average data rates
of 500 to 800 kbps, with bursts over 1 Mbps on HSDPA networks. In
areas where HSDPA or UMTS network coverage is not available, these
cards will connect to EDGE and GSM/GPRS networks and enable
international roaming on all four frequency bands (850, 900, 1800,
and 1900 MHz) used worldwide. "With the launch of HSDPA network
service, our customers can now enjoy a wireless computing
experience that is very similar to working on wired broadband,
including the ability to access streaming audio and video and work
within a VPN without sacrificing efficiency," said Martin Witt,
head of product management for debitel. "The wireless wide area
network cards provided by Sierra Wireless are key to these
benefits, and we believe the ease-of-use, performance, and
reliability of these cards will help to increase the appeal of our
service to customers." "We are pleased to cooperate with debitel to
offer customers in Germany a wireless data product that
demonstrates the speed and performance of HSDPA technology," said
Jim Lahey, Vice President, EMEA for Sierra Wireless. "With the
ever-increasing pace of modern life, the ability to stay in contact
and quickly access information from wherever it's needed is a
compelling benefit for mobile professionals." For more information
about Sierra Wireless PC Cards, please visit
http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/pccard.aspx. To contact the
Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, please call +1 604-232-1488 or
e-mailing . Note to editors: ---------------- To view and download
images of Sierra Wireless products, please visit
http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/photos.aspx. About debitel AG
With almost eleven million customers in Europe, 8.9 million in
Germany, debitel AG is one of the largest German providers of
mobile telephony. As a network-independent service provider,
debitel offers access to all four mobile networks, fast DSL access,
individual tariffs for mobile and fixed-line telephony, and now
mobile television. In the customer segments, debitel is orientated
towards individual customer requirements, and is the
network-independent German market leader with regard to the market
share of customers. For more information, please visit
http://www.debitel.ag/press. About Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless
(NASDAQ:SWIRNASDAQ:-NASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:SW) develops and markets
reliable, high quality wireless communications products that
provide mobile professionals with data and voice access to wide
area wireless networks. The Sierra Wireless product portfolio
includes the award-winning AirCard(R) line of wireless PC cards,
embedded modules for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and
the MP line of rugged, vehicle-mounted wireless modems. Sierra
Wireless also offers professional services to OEM customers during
product development, leveraging the company's expertise in wireless
design and integration to provide built-in wireless connectivity
for notebook computers and other portable computing devices. Sierra
Wireless is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada,
with additional offices in Carlsbad, California; London; and Hong
Kong. For more information about Sierra Wireless, please visit
http://www.sierrawireless.com/. "AirCard" is a registered trademark
of Sierra Wireless. Other product or service names mentioned herein
may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Forward Looking
Statements (Sierra Wireless) This press release contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things,
plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement of our
services and products, statements about future market conditions,
supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions,
revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other
expectations, intentions, and plans contained in this press release
that are not historical fact. Our expectations regarding future
revenues and earnings depend in part upon our ability to
successfully develop, manufacture, and supply products that we do
not produce today and that meet defined specifications. When used
in this press release, the words "plan", "expect", "believe", and
similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements.
These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited
to, changes in technology and changes in the wireless data
communications market. In light of the many risks and uncertainties
surrounding the wireless data communications market, you should
understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking
statements contained in this press release will be realized.
CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445,
Email: ; Johannes Ippach, debitel AG, Telefon: +49(0)711 721-7410,
Fax: +49(0)711 721-7490, E-Mail: , Internet: http://www.debitel.ag/
DATASOURCE: Sierra Wireless, Inc. CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra
Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445, Email: ; Johannes Ippach, debitel
AG, Telefon: +49(0)711 721-7410, Fax: +49(0)711 721-7490, E-Mail: ,
Internet: http://www.debitel.ag/
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