CCWW AND WINITY ANNOUNCE TAIPEI JOINT VENTURE COMPANY FOR MOBILE HANDSET IP AND SERVICES

23 February 2005: Bournemouth, UK and Taipei, Taiwan

Communications Consultants Worldwide (CCww), a leader in wireless protocol stack solutions and Winity Technology Inc., a solution provider focussed on mobile phone applications, announced today that they have formed a joint venture to provide IP and services to speed GSM/E-GPRS/UMTS handset development.

The joint venture, called CCasia, is based in Taipei and brings together the most experienced wireless professionals to provide a one-stop shop for IP and services to accelerate mobile phone concepts into quantity production.

Chipset and handset companies can choose from an extensive menu of IP, including GSM/E-GPRS/UMTS protocol stacks, base-band, mobile multi-media solutions (MIDI, MP4, MP3, 3D audio, 2D/3D GUI, 3D game content middle ware), WiFi (extra lower power 802.11b/g), POC/VoIP, mobile RFID, advanced mobile memory solutions, and mobile DVB-H/T.

This is backed up by comprehensive services from reference design creation, internal GCF testing, production and yield optimisation, and support for IOT and field trials.

"We are delighted to be working with John Wong and his high-calibre team - they are a great complement to our capability within CCww. We're excited to be able offer such an extensive range of IP and services through CCasia and we're well placed for significant growth in the region with our focus on early delivery and quality," commented Richard Carter, Managing Director and Founder of CCww.