TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Institute for Information Industry (III), one of the world's leading information technology institutes and a Principal WiMAX Forum Member, and Newport Digital Technologies (NDT) (OTCBB:IFDG) today announced that it is deploying the WiMAX network in Northern Italy and in Fiji. The first $1 million of the $12 million order of WiMAX IEEE 802.16d base stations started shipping today with the balance to be delivered over the next 11 months.
III is consulting on the transaction for the IEEE 802.16d base station and will utilize its vast WiMAX experience and substantial contributions to 802.16d/e/j/m to assist in the capacity as System Integrator and technology contributor for NDT and Gil Technologies, the Taiwan Base Station hardware manufacturer.
"The support we have and will continue to receive from III is instrumental in securing large deployment contracts as a result of III's expertise in 802.16d/e/j/m," said Vincent Chen, Vice President of Gil Technologies. "In 802.16j alone III had 75 contributions approved as standard baselines which represented 36% of the total, along with several essential patents."
"We shipped out the first of three shipments that will go out this quarter which will represent close to $3 million in sales for us of WiMAX base stations this quarter," said Mr. Richard Damian of Newport Digital Technologies.
ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION INDUSTRY
III is one of the world's leading information technology institutes and was established in 1979 -- a quasi government organization jointly sponsored by the Taiwan government and prominent enterprises for the purpose of strengthening the development of the information in Taiwan.
Since its inception, III has been a source of vision of innovation, technological excellence and a major contributor to Taiwan's development into a significant player in the global ICT arena. III has helped promote full utilization of ICT technologies thereby advancing the establishment of a modern information society in Taiwan.
III's current WiMAX status:
* 16d BS software system
-- Fully available since 2007
-- Passed WiMAX Forum Plugfest held in Malaga, Spain in
Oct. 2006
* 16e BS software system
-- Include 16e MAC protocol stack, security control software,
IP networking protocol set, and network management software
-- Finished 16e BS prototype (SISO); MIMO version will be
available in Q2 2008
-- Passed WiMAX Forum Plugfest held in Taipei in Oct. 2007
* 16j RS/MRBS software system
-- Based on 802.16j standard draft
-- 1st version of 16j RS prototype will be finished in Q2 2008
* Technical transfer
-- (16d/16e) WiMAX BS system, WiMAX CPE chipset
-- (16j) WiMAX RS system and enhanced BS system
-- TTCN-3 GFT tools and WiMAX PCT/RCT test cases
About Newport Digital Technologies
NDT is a publicly traded company trading on NASDAQ, recently formed in January of 2008 as a wholly owned subsidiary of IFPG. Managed by prominent IT industry executives and Digital Wireless technology consultants for the sole purpose of supporting III's International Expansion. NDT's focus will be on the International Distribution of III's products, services and solutions of which III is Taiwan's largest System Integrator. Over 500 deployments of WiMAX Base Stations are projected during the next 11 months in Northern Italy to small, remote villages providing internet access.
NDT is a publicly traded company which is traded under NASDAQ ticker symbol: (OTCBB:IFDG) http://www.newportdt.com