MIAMI LAKES, Fla., June 15, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Calypso Wireless Inc. (Pink Sheets:CLYW), the premier broadband wireless device and technology manufacturer, that is making the real-time two-way video conferencing WiFi-GSM-GPRS cellular phones, announced today that it has signed a field trial installation agreement with Ecuador Telecom -- Ecutel SA, a Wireless Local Loop (WLL) and telephony company. Ecutel will conduct the field trial installation agreement with Cisco Systems networking systems.
According to the agreement between the two companies, Ecutel will conduct a field trial of Calypso Wireless' ASNAP(tm) patented technology (U.S. Patent #6,680,923) that enables mobile users to seamlessly switch back and forth between GSM/GPRS/CDMA cellular networks and Wi-Fi wireless local area networks (WLAN) utilizing the 802.11 standard. Mobile customers using Calypso's ASNAP(tm) cellular phones will be able to access any Wi-Fi zones installed and access the Internet at broadband speeds of up to 11,000 Kbps per second (11Mbps), enabling movie-quality real-time video conferencing on Calypso's C1250i mobile phone.
"Using our existing Wireless Local Loop (WLL) with Cisco Systems networking equipment incorporating the Calypso ASNAP(tm) patented technology, Ecutel is looking forward to offering the Calypso C1250i dual mode GSM-WiFi cellular phone to our customer. Our company will offer to different mobile carriers the ability to interconnect with our WLL in order to offer new functionalities and services, such as broadband connectivity and real time two-way video conferencing on the Calypso mobile phone. We look forward to installing the Field Trial equipment in order to follow up with a definitive supply agreement for the Calypso C1250i cell phone and network software," says Mr. J. Vedova General Manager of Ecutel.
Calypso piqued the interest of many mobile carriers by demonstrating its ASNAP(tm) patented technology, which provides a system that enables mobile carriers and Internet service providers to identify and authenticate the mobile user, thereby creating a platform for revenue sharing between the synergistic companies and increased revenues for them by delivering new added services. Calypso patented technology could also provide significant savings to mobile carriers in additional frequency spectrum and infrastructure equipment by offloading capacity to the Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) and IP networks, while providing additional sources of revenues providing new services such as real time two way video conferencing, fast Internet connection and VoIP.
"Mobile users will be able to make two-way, real-time video conferencing and VoIP calls over the WLAN or switch over to the mobile network when outside of a coverage WLAN area. The C1250i's browser can be used both inside and outside the WLAN; users always have access to the Internet. Instant messaging between C1250i handsets on a wireless LAN is also possible. We expect contracts for the delivery of our dual mode GSM-GPRS-WiFi cellular phone incorporating our ASNAP(tm) patented technology and network software, upon the successful completion of the field trial," says Alfredo Sarrazin, Vice President of Sales of Calypso Wireless Inc.
"Calypso is scheduled to conduct demonstrations of the company's C1250i Wi-Fi cellular phone by the fourth week of July. The delivery of phones is anticipated to begin during the fourth quarter of 2005," says Sarrazin.
About Ecutel
Ecutel is a division of Telemedia Group (Telecommunications, Media and Services), a corporation base in the USA and has operations in Europe and Latin America. The company is a Wireless Local Loop (WLL), Wireless Internet Service Provider (WisP) that also provides local, long distance and public telephony and innovative data converged services for enterprise and consumer customers. For more information about Ecutel S.A. and its products and services, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.ecuadortelecom.com/laempresa.php?pag=1
About Calypso Wireless
Calypso Wireless is the company behind the ASNAP(tm) technology for which it was granted U.S. Patent #6,680,923 titled "Communication system and method" (http://www.uspto.gov search U.S. patent number 6,680,923), which covers the seamless roaming of voice, video and data between Wide Area Network access points, such as cellular towers (GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA, WCMDA etc.) and short-range Internet access points (such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.).
Calypso's patented ASNAP(tm) technology enables the cellular phones to automatically detect any available Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and then seamlessly switch between the signals of a standard cellular link towers and an available short-range broadband network such as cable or DSL with Wi-Fi. The integration of ASNAP(tm) technology will enable greatly enhanced services such as real time video conferencing via Calypso cellular phones, PDA's (Personal Digital Assistance) or any mobile devise powered with the company's ASNAP(tm) technology. The patent has also given Calypso the rights to offer license agreements to major mobile and ISP carriers as well as to cellular phones manufacturer and OEM's. Calypso has also built upon its patented ASNAP(tm) technology to create a new technology that could provide 'the' solution that allows satellite radio signals from carriers such as XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio to be readily received by all types of mobile wireless devices, thus generating a huge new potential revenue stream for both the satellite radio companies and the companies supplying service to mobile phones and devices and the manufacturers and retailers of those devices, as well for the licensing of this technology by Calypso.
Calypso Wireless is a publicly traded company, headquartered in Miami Lakes, FL. Its common stock trades under the ticker symbol CLYW. For more information about Calypso Wireless and its products and services, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.calypsowireless.com
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