Cheetah Wireless Beams Mobile Wi-Fi to Las Vegas Strip Using NextWave State-of-the-Art...

Cheetah Wireless Beams Mobile Wi-Fi to Las Vegas Strip Using NextWave State-of-the-Art Wi-Fi Infrastructure Solutions

More Capacity, Less Interference Key to Superior User Experience
and Profitable Wi-Fi Business Model
LAS VEGAS--(Business Wire)--
NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile
multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today announced that
Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc., a wireless mesh network solutions
provider, has upgraded its Las Vegas broadband Wi-Fi infrastructure
with NextWave's state-of-the art MBW 2000 series micro cell and MBW
1000 series pico cell base stations, offering improved mobile wireless
connectivity along the Las Vegas Strip - both inside and outside the
world's largest casinos, hotels and convention centers. Together,
NextWave and Cheetah Wireless will offer Las Vegas' mobile population
improved portable indoor/outdoor Wi-Fi accessibility via an
innovative, unique brand-supported business model.

NextWave's pico cell base stations - powered by its innovative
xRF(TM) adaptive beamforming smart antenna technology - provide
Cheetah the capacity to offer multiple high-quality user access
channels to its network, including Cheetah Wireless' own tiered
service levels, as well as third-party branded service offerings. The
branded service option offers a retail service provider, such as a
hotel or a campus landlord, the opportunity to use their brand as the
entry point to Cheetah Wireless' network and supply content for a
privately-branded landing page, with the company sponsoring Wi-Fi
access service. This model provides the retail service providers with
the opportunity to serve the massive population of Las Vegas tourists
and business travelers looking for Wi-Fi connectivity, and attracts
more users to Cheetah's network.

NextWave's xRF(TM) technology dramatically increases signal
penetration through the Las Vegas Strip's dense steel and glass high
rise structures, providing broadband capacity to connect more users
per node than any other Wi-Fi based carrier class solution, and
enabling the success of Cheetah Wireless' network.

"NextWave's access points have made it possible to reach further
into buildings and cover more area, so we have doubled and, in some
cases, tripled users on certain units," said Mitchell Gonzalez,
president and founder of Cheetah Wireless. "Our network offers
mobility to users, so they can have high-quality Wi-Fi inside and
outside hotel rooms, casinos and convention center floors with one
access plan. Our new branded service model offers companies a way to
use their own content and offer lower prices for consumers - a winning
combination."

Cheetah Wireless has currently completed the first phase of the
installation using NextWave MBW 2000 series micro cell base stations,
featuring dual-radio 802.11 b/g access, and MBW 1000 pico cell base
stations, with single-radio 802.11 b/g access on light poles and
rooftops around the Las Vegas Strip for a two and a half square mile
indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi umbrella stretching from Russell Rd (south)
to Flamingo Rd in Clark County, Nevada. Soon, users will have access
to portable Wi-Fi along the entire Las Vegas Strip - an advantage over
other businesses that offer Wi-Fi service at stationary locations
only. Cheetah Wireless has already purchased additional base stations
for the second phase of its network build-out to expand coverage
adding an additional two square miles by mid year 2008.

"The superior performance capabilities of our Wi-Fi equipment with
increased range of coverage and mesh networking, minimizes the total
cost of ownership and operations, further enabling service providers
like Cheetah Wireless to offer innovative services and build a
profitable business," said Dr. William Jones, CEO of NextWave
Wireless' Network Products division. "We are excited to be working
with Cheetah Wireless on this innovative approach to Wi-Fi access, and
we are looking forward to expanding the network together."

About NextWave Wireless

NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE) is engineering the future of
mobility by providing next-generation mobile multimedia and wireless
broadband technologies to the world's leading mobile operators,
handset manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers and wireless
service providers. From mobile television and mobile broadband systems
to semiconductors and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that
can be found in more than 200 million handsets around the globe,
NextWave is evolving the way consumers experience mobile multimedia
content. NextWave Wireless is headquartered in San Diego, California,
U.S.A., and has offices in over a dozen countries. For more
information, visit NextWave Wireless at www.nextwave.com.

About Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc.

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cheetah Wireless Technologies,
Inc. (CWTI) specializes in wireless mesh network solutions that
leverage the inherent benefits of the microcell design. The Company
offers solutions from a number of manufacturers and has integrated
them into a single wireless canopy. This strategy allows seamless
transition for the user, regardless of the infrastructure implemented
by CWTI. By utilizing a centralized Network Operation Center, CWTI
provides its customers with toll-free 24-hour technical support,
integrated billing and unified rate plans -- regardless of the mix of
technologies deployed. CWTI's network design ensures fast, secure and
extremely reliable mobile data service that eliminates the headache of
expensive and unsightly tower sites. By pursuing a private/public
partnering model, CWTI delivers the full benefits of these networks at
little to no capital cost to municipalities across the country. For
more information, contact CWTI at 1-702-243-3824, or via email at
sales@cwti.net. Website access is available at www.cwti.net.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for
purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that
involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that
forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual events or
results could differ materially from the events or results predicted
or from any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of,
NextWave, and should not be considered as an indication of future
events or results. Important factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially are discussed in greater detail in the
filings of NextWave with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All
such documents are available through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
NextWave makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect changes in events or circumstances
after the date any such statement is made, except as may be required
pursuant to applicable law.

NextWave Network Products
Suzanne McCormac, 415-577-9135
smccormac@nextwave.com
or
Ruder Finn Chicago
Margaret Hoerster, 312-329-3909
hoersterm@ruderfinn.com

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