Wavecom Q26 Elite CDMA 2000 1x device passes FCC and CDG 1 & 2 testing

    Q26 Elite samples now available - latest generation CDMA product,
    offering close compatibility with Q26 family of GSM/GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and
    HSPA Wireless CPU(R) products.

    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, April 1 /CNW/ - Wavecom today announced that
its Q26 Elite Wireless CPU(R) has passed all FCC and CDG 1 & 2 testing and is
Safe for Network on the Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Aeris networks.
    The Q26 Elite features QSC technology and supports GPS, making it
uniquely suited for fleet management and tracking applications with E911
requirements. The Q26 Elite, like several 3GPP-based products of the Q26
Family, is automotive grade - ruggedized for extreme environmental conditions,
meeting some of the toughest quality requirements in the industry.
    Several Wavecom customers are already designing products around the Q26
Elite for applications ranging from metering to automotive to water quality
management.
    "We have been working closely with Wavecom for six years using their
Wireless CPU(R) devices in a host of different Multi-Tech applications," said
Jeff Davis, Vice President of Engineering for Multi-Tech. "The Q26 Elite is a
natural fit for us because the form factor is the same as the other Wavecom
Q26 products, so we can design our hardware once to enable either CDMA or
GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSPA connectivity."
    "Wavecom remains fully committed to supporting the most pervasive
standards, ranging from GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSPA through CDMA and
satellite-based wireless communications technologies," said Anders Franzen,
President of Wavecom, Inc. "Now more than ever, M2M solution providers with
applications on CDMA networks are looking for support, and we are pleased to
be able to offer it with our new Q26 Elite."
    For more information on the Q26 Elite and Q26 family of products, please
visit www.wavecom.com/Q26 or see Wavecom in person at CTIA Wireless in Las
Vegas at booth No. 818.

    Wavecom - the wireless M2M experts

    Wavecom is a leading provider of embedded wireless technology for M2M
(machine-to-machine) communication. We provide a range of GSM/GPRS, CDMA, EDGE
and 3G Wireless CPUs; programmable processors which also act as wireless
modules or wireless modems. These are backed by a C and Lua-based cellular
wireless software suite which includes a real-time operating system (RTOS), a
software development environment based on Eclipse(TM), and several Plug-Ins
(GPS, TCP/IP, security, Bluetooth(TM), Lua script and more). We also offer a
wide range of professional and operated services. Our solutions are used for
automotive telematics, smart metering, fleet management, GSM/GPS/satellite
tracking, wireless alarms, wireless POS (point of sales), WLL (fixed voice),
remote monitoring and many other M2M applications.
    Wavecom is headquartered near Paris, France and is publicly traded on
Euronext Paris (Eurolist) in France and on the NASDAQ (WVCM) exchange in the
U.S. Wavecom is majority-owned by Sierra Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX:
SW). For more information, please visit www.wavecom.com.

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For further information: Media Inquiries: On-site at CTIA: Sara Brown,
Communications Manager, Americas Region, Tel: (919) 699-7093, e-mail:
sara.brown@wavecom.com