Leuven – Belgium, March 14 2005 – Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OPIN.BR), the wireless technology company, today announced its data card will be demonstrated at CTIA Wireless with Nortel (14 – 16 March 2005, New Orleans).
The two companies will conduct demonstrations on the Nortel booth (Hall C, booth #3125). The demonstrations will feature business and consumer applications using Nortel infrastructure equipment. They will include video on demand with high-quality movie trailers, high speed download of music and e-mail with attachments at speeds up to 1.5 megabits per second.
Option’s HSDPA data card will be commercially available later this year. The companies are working with a number of leading global operators on HSDPA trials and deployments in 2005.
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) is a migration technology for the UMTS wireless standard used by leading mobile network operators across Europe, Japan and North America to deliver voice and data services. HSDPA boosts network capacity to carry up to three times as much data traffic and up to twice as many wireless users per cell site compared to today’s UMTS networks. By making more efficient use of the existing network and boosting throughput, HSDPA significantly reduces operating costs while delivering a better end user experience. As such HSDPA will enable faster mobile services like high-resolution interactive gaming, multimedia music tracks, DVD-quality film and video etc.
CTIA WIRELESS 2005 is the global event for the wireless, mobile computing and Internet industries. At CTIA WIRELESS more than 35,000 high-tech professionals gather to see what’s groundbreaking in wireless. CTIA WIRELESS 2005 delivers one show featuring everything wireless: from the backbone of the industry- the tower and infrastructure companies, to the carriers and service providers, to the end-user hardware manufacturers. For more information please visit www.ctiawireless.com.
About Option
Option NV (www.option.com), the wireless technology company, is a leading innovator in the design, development and manufacture of 3G WCDMA (HSDPA and UMTS), EDGE, GPRS, GSM and WLAN technology products for wireless connectivity solutions. Option has built up an enviable reputation for creating exciting products that enhance the performance and functionality of wireless communications. Option’s headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium. The company has Research & Development in Leuven, a Software and Applications Development centre in Adelsried (Germany) and an ISO 9002 Production Engineering and Logistics facility in Cork, Ireland.
For more information please contact:
Douglas Ros, Vice President Business Development & Marketing
Tel +32 (0)16 317 411
E-mail: d.ros@option.com
Frederic Convent, CFO & General Counsel
Tel +32 (0) 16 317 411
E-mail: investor@option.com