Sierra Wireless Expands HSDPA AirCard(R) PC Card line

Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) -

- The AirCard 875 is the company's 15th product in the AirCard
family and offers true high-speed roaming on 3G networks worldwide

VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) today introduced the 15th
product in the company's flagship AirCard(R) product line, the
AirCard 875 wireless wide area network card for HSDPA networks. The
AirCard(R) 875 offers increased data speeds and high-speed worldwide
roaming, with tri- band HSDPA / UMTS and quad-band Class 12 EDGE /
GPRS connectivity. Commercial shipments of the card are expected to
begin in the third quarter of this year.

"The AirCard 875 is the latest in a long line of high-quality
AirCard PC Card products, built on Sierra Wireless's 13 years of
wireless product development experience," said Trent Punnett, Senior
Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development for Sierra
Wireless. "We are committed to continuing industry leadership in
developing products for new network technologies and providing the
reliable, high-performing wireless devices that our customers have
come to expect from Sierra Wireless."

According to the GSM Association, GSM-based networks (which
include GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, and HSDPA network technologies) have been
deployed in 208 countries worldwide, with high-speed UMTS or HSDPA
networks deployed in 50 countries. Compatible with all GSM
frequencies used worldwide, the AirCard 875 offers true global
connectivity to the best GSM-based network technology available(1).

The AirCard 875 is a Type II PC Card with a fixed antenna,
supporting peak theoretical data rates of up to 3.6 Mbps on HSDPA
networks(2) and is upgradeable to support future network upgrades
providing peak data rates of up to 7.2 Mbps(2). The AirCard 875
supports HSDPA and UMTS on the 2100, 1900, and 850 MHz frequency
bands, plus EDGE and GPRS on the 1900, 1800, 900, and 850 MHz bands,
allowing one card to operate at the best available speed on wireless
networks worldwide. In addition to the increased data speed and
worldwide roaming capability, the AirCard 875 offers several new
advanced features:

-   Receiver equalization enables reductions in signal interference and
        better throughput, which is particularly beneficial to customers in
        urban areas with high levels of signal noise;
    -   Simultaneous voice and data capabilities allow customers to use the
        card as a phone with a headset, without suspending access to email or
        online applications (available with future software upgrade, subject
        to network support);
    -   High-performance antenna in a rugged housing includes integrated
        status indicator lights and a new low profile design.

Sierra Wireless introduced its flagship AirCard product line in
June 1997 with the AirCard 210 for CDPD networks. The AirCard 875 is
the 15th card to be introduced in the product line, which has also
included the AirCard 300 and AirCard 350 for CDPD networks; the
AirCard 400 for the Ricochet network; the AirCard 510, AirCard 550
and AirCard 555 for CDMA 1X networks; the AirCard 710 and AirCard
750 for GSM/GPRS networks; the AirCard 775 for EDGE networks; the
AirCard 580 for EV-DO Release 0 networks ; the AirCard 860 and
AirCard 850 for HSDPA networks; and the recently announced AirCard
595 for EV-DO Revision A networks, expected in the third quarter of
this year.

VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

For more information about the Sierra Wireless AirCard 875 please
visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/ac875.aspx. To contact
the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1-604-232-1488 or e-mail
[email protected].

VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

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VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

About Sierra Wireless

VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) develops and markets
reliable, high quality wireless communications products that provide
mobile professionals with data and voice access to wide area
wireless networks. The Sierra Wireless product portfolio includes
the award-winning AirCard(R) line of wireless PC cards, embedded
modules for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and the MP line
of rugged, vehicle-mounted wireless modems. Sierra Wireless also
offers professional services to OEM customers during product
development, leveraging the company's expertise in wireless design
and integration to provide built-in wireless connectivity for
notebook computers and other portable computing devices. Sierra
Wireless is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada,
with additional offices in Carlsbad, California, London, and Hong
Kong. For more information about Sierra Wireless, please visit
www.sierrawireless.com.

"AirCard" is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless. Other
product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of
their respective owners.

VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
relate to, among other things, plans and timing for the introduction
or enhancement of our services and products, statements about future
market conditions, supply conditions, channel and end customer
demand conditions, revenues, gross margins, operating expenses,
profits, and other expectations, intentions, and plans contained in
this press release that are not historical fact. Our expectations
regarding future revenues and earnings depend in part upon our
ability to successfully develop, manufacture, and supply products
that we do not produce today and that meet defined specifications.
When used in this press release, the words "plan", "expect",
"believe", and similar expressions generally identify
forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current
expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology
and changes in the wireless data communications market. In light of
the many risks and uncertainties surrounding the wireless data
communications market , you should understand that we cannot assure
you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press
release will be realized.

(1) Subject to network availability and carrier roaming
agreements.

(2) Subject to network support.

Rückfragehinweis:
For further information: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone:
+1-(604)-232-1445, Email: [email protected]

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