MIAMI LAKES, Fla., Nov. 24, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Calypso Wireless, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CLYW), announced today that a white paper, "Seamless Switching of Wi-Fi and Cellular for Voice, Data and Real-Time Video Conferencing Services," is now available for download on the company's web site at www.calypsowireless.com.
Last Thursday Calypso Wireless announced how its new technology could revolutionize cable companies' business model. Since that announcement, Calypso Wireless has received an overwhelming number of inquiries regarding the company's technology and its applications. The 13-page white paper discusses the industry, challenges with each one of the current cell phone standards, digital access methodologies, 3G bandwidth dilemmas and Calypso's ASNAP(tm) architecture and its applications. The company encourages its shareholders and all interested parties to visit the company's web site and download the document.
You can also receive the white paper by sending an email message to info@calypsowireless.com. Please include your full name and email address in your message.
Recap of last Thursday's announcement:
Calypso Wireless is in negotiations with one of the largest cable companies in the U.S. to license and purchase Calypso's ASNAP(tm) technology and related products to the cable company. Calypso Wireless has proprietary technology that seamlessly switches back and forth between cellular (GSM/GPRS or CDMA) networks and Wi-Fi wireless local area networks (WLAN) utilizing the 802.11 standard without losing connectivity. This makes Calypso's technology a natural fit for cable companies such as Time-Warner (NYSE:TWX), Cox Communications (NYSE:COX), Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSA), Charter Communications (Nasdaq:CHTR) and Cablevision (NYSE:CVC).
Calypso's technology enables cell phones and other mobile devices to automatically detect an available wireless local area network and then seamlessly switch between the signals from a GSM/GPRS link tower to the broadband network such as cable with Wi-Fi. The wireless customer remains connected to the GSM/GPRS or CDMA network until his cell phone detects a Wi-Fi network. At that point, the cell phone seamlessly switches to that network and is now able to connect at a speed of 11,000 Kbps (11Mbps) enabling movie-quality, real-time video conferencing via Calypso's cellular phones, or any cell phones powered with Calypso's technology.
This technology could create a powerful new profit center for cable companies providing broadband Internet access. Calypso's technology can turn every cable outlet into a wireless revenue-generating unit. This is how it works: A cell phone user with a Calypso-powered cellular phone will be able to connect to any Wi-Fi access point connected to a cable network. The cable company will then route the connection to the user's mobile carrier's network. The mobile carrier will then share the roaming charges with the cable company. The cable company will also be able to offer value added service to its customers regardless of where they connect...home Wi-Fi, office WLAN or public hot-spots. Every time the cell phone user makes a phone call using his cell phone at home, the call is routed through the wireless network instead of the traditional GSM/GPRS or CDMA link tower, however, when the user travels out of range of the Wi-Fi access point, the connection seamlessly switches to the cellular tower.
"Everybody wins. Cable companies will be able to generate new revenues through the sale or lease of Calypso-powered access points or cell phones. They will also derive additional roaming charges as compensation from mobile carriers for facilitating calls. Mobile carriers can increase the number of subscribers without having to increase cellular capacity, free up cellular spectrum, increase capacity and coverage, add more revenue producing services such as the real-time video conferencing, reduce dropped calls, improve quality of service, and locate mobile users by IP address, as the E911 mandates. And, consumers will be able to lower their airtime charges and enjoy much faster 11,000 Kbps connectivity. They can even start earning additional discounts toward their monthly cable bill. When another cell phone user picks up the access point owner's wireless network signal, the owner could pocket part of the roaming charges, which then would appear as an additional discount in the monthly cable bill," explains Mark Sujo, Vice President of Sales of Calypso Wireless, Inc.
The Calypso technology is already available and the company is in negotiations with several mobile carriers and a major cable company to license its technology and sell the equipment to them.
Earlier this month Calypso Wireless announced it had successfully completed a live demonstration of its proprietary ASNAP(tm) technology to C.G.E Distributors Corp. The demonstration was performed on T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS network in Miami. T-Mobile International is the mobile communications subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (NYSE:DT), and one of the fastest growing nationwide wireless service providers in the United States.
To fully understand how revolutionary Calypso Wireless' technology is, simply compare the company's 11,000 Kbps speed to the data transfer capabilities of existing wireless cellular networks in the U.S. Most cellular carriers are currently only able to reach a speed of only 9.6 to 40 Kbps, and even the future 3G networks are expected to reach about 385 Kbps. Calypso Wireless believes it is "light-years" ahead of its competition and any service provider offering its customers Calypso powered cell phones should have a marked advantage over its competitors.
Calypso's ASNAP(tm) technology offers several benefits over all of the other systems currently in use, and over what is currently being touted in the industry as the next big thing. Calypso's cellular phones will also use WLAN technology to deliver VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and real time video conferencing, voice and data whenever they are in range of a Wireless Access Point. This will result in both increased capacity and revenue streams for mobile carriers (cellular operators).
About Calypso Wireless, Inc.
Calypso Wireless is the company behind the world's only mobile real-time video cellular phone capable of seamlessly switching back and forth between the cellular networks and the new Wi-Fi networks. Calypso's sleek new C1250i cellular video phone is the first and only mobile phone capable of using Wi-Fi to connect users to the Internet at blazing broadband speeds of 11,000 Kbps per second (11Mbps), enabling movie-quality, real-time video conferencing. This speed is up to 200 times faster than connection speeds currently available from some U.S. wireless carriers. Calypso Wireless is a publicly traded company. Its common stock trades under the ticker symbol CLYW.
Calypso Wireless Inc. is headquartered in Miami Lakes, FL. For more information about Calypso Wireless and its products and services, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.calypsowireless.com.
This release is intended as a forward-looking statement within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance development and results of the Company's business include but are not limited to (i) The ability to provide technology in the future, (ii) Unexpected changes in the technology market, (iii) The success of the Company's expansion and sales and marketing strategies (iv) Competition within the Data Synchronization market (v) The ability of the Company to continue to finance its long-term strategy and expansion (vi) The ability of the Company to motivate and retain the services of its key personnel and hire additional qualified personnel to meet evolving staffing needs.
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