TECOM Presents the Brilliant Outcomes of “M-Taiwan”, and is going to Showcase the
End to End Total Solution at 2008 WiMAX Forum Operator Summit

April 21, 2008
TECOM Co., Ltd., a leading company in the Taiwanese wireless base station equipment industry, has been devoted to the development of the network and communications industry for twenty years.TECOM stands out from its numerous competitors due to its outstanding ability to develop WiMAX key technologies and its professional experience in the industry. TECOM has become the only flagship vendor for WiMAX base station development in the MOEA’s (Ministry of Economic Affairs)“WiMAX Speed-up Project”, and is responsible for the development of self-owned key technologies.In addition, TECOM has also presented solid outcomes in the development of WiMAX terminal products, including PC cards, express cards, indoor modems, outdoor modems, and IAD Integrated Access Devices.The government has released six WiMAX regional operation licenses last August, while Northern and Southern Taiwan areas share three licenses accordingly.VMAX Telecom, a joint venture of TECOM and VIBO has obtained one operation license in the northern Taiwan area.The company is aggressively implementing the network planning and construction work, and targets the start of operation in the second half of this year, to offer various wireless mobile broadband value-added application services.

Dr. Liu Zhao Kai, Chairman of both TECOM and VMAX indicates that TECOM has been devoted to the development of various wireless base station technologies for a long time, the company not only has a competitive edge in base station technology, it is also leading the WiMAX integrated access technology, product development and network management applications.Hence TECOM is one of the vendors that possesses total solution ability regarding WiMAX technology in Taiwan.

The WiMAX Forum Operator Summit and Expo this coming June is going to showcase various kinds of wireless mobile broadband value-added application services via the “M-Taiwan Application Promotion Project” that has been actively promoted by the government.The application services include personal broadband service, video streaming video/audio download service, web surfing service, online music listening, and IP telephony, presenting TECOM’s R & D abilities and outcomes in the WiMAX area.

During this showcasing activity, TECOM will present the complete END TO END series WiMAX product, from the base stations of the service providers, to the terminal products including PC cards, express cards, indoor modems, outdoor modems and IAD integrated access devices.Moreover, the Service Pavilion will apply the architecture of TECOM’s base station, enabling the service providers to present various on-site application services.

TECOM is going to present the complete technology abilities and brilliant outcomes in the “WiMAX Forum Operator Summit and Expo”.Besides presenting the solid achievements of MOEA’s policies in cultivating Taiwan’s communication vendors and the performance of the “M-Taiwan” project, it is also announcing formally in the global market that Taiwan is in the leading position of WiMAX network operations and is creating unlimited possibilities and opportunities for new WiMAX business operation models.