Continuous Computing and picoChip Announce Ground-Breaking Agreement to Create LTE Hardware-Software Reference Design

Companies expand current collaboration to jointly produce the first
comprehensive hardware-software reference implementation for LTE femtocells and
picocells
BERLIN & SAN DIEGO & BATH, England--(Business Wire)--
Continuous Computing®, the only company deploying uniquely architected systems
comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium® software, and picoChip, the leading
supplier of femtocell silicon, today announced that they will collaborate to
produce a comprehensive Long Term Evolution (LTE) femtocell and picocell
reference implementation. The results of the joint work will enable Network
Equipment Providers (NEPs) to quickly get to market with a variety of small form
factor LTE products, including femtocell and picocell base stations. Smaller
eNodeB products, such as those based on the MicroTCA form factor, are expected
to be important for LTE deployments worldwide. In a separate announcement made
today, Continuous Computing also disclosed that its Trillium LTE software now
supports the latest March 2009 3GPP E-UTRA LTE specifications.

Executives from picoChip and Continuous Computing believe that their memorandum
of understanding, details of which were disclosed at the LTE World Summit in
Berlin, is the industry`s first alliance for LTE femtocells / picocells which
extends from a hardware reference design and physical layer implementation (PHY)
all the way up through Layer 2 and Layer 3 LTE protocols.

Dozens of operators across the globe have announced support for LTE and are
expected to commence subscriber field trials later this year. Continuous
Computing and picoChip are uniquely positioned to bring together the key
hardware and software technologies required to enable successful LTE
implementation. While each of the constituent LTE products in the joint project
is currently available from Continuous Computing and picoChip today,
pre-integrating them into an optimized reference implementation will save NEPs
substantial time and money.

Specifically, Continuous Computing will integrate its Trillium LTE-Uu, S1AP, and
X2AP protocol stacks with picoChip`s PC8608 and PC8609 PHY software reference
designs running on the picoChip PC7608 hardware platform. The resulting
reference implementation will offer 10MHz channel bandwidth with global
application - supporting both time-division duplex (TDD) and frequency-division
duplex (FDD) modes of operation - and aggregate throughout performance of up to
86Mbps, a more than 4X improvement over today`s top data rates of 21Mbps with
enhanced High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+).

"Small form factor LTE products, such as femtocells and picocells, are expected
to be critical to LTE deployments worldwide," said Mike Dagenais, president and
CEO of Continuous Computing. "Having standards-compliant, integrated products
can significantly compress NEPs` development timelines, enabling them to
accelerate their participation in the burgeoning LTE market and early operator
trials."

"picoChip is at the forefront of LTE infrastructure technology development,
building on our core competencies in OFDMA and HSPA femtocells," said Nigel
Toon, president and CEO at picoChip. "The expansion of our collaboration with
Continuous Computing on the LTE femtocell and picocell reference design is
reaffirmation of our commitment to LTE. In light of our close and successful
HSPA femtocell association, Continuous Computing was the obvious choice of
partner in bringing our LTE offerings to market quickly and cost-effectively."

Continuous Computing and picoChip first partnered in February 2008 to introduce
the industry`s first integrated femtocell reference solution with complete
protocol stacks. To learn more about this past work originally demonstrated at
Mobile World Congress 2008 that contributed to Continuous Computing`s 10
femtocell design wins, please visit
www.ccpu.com/news/2008/20080211-picochip.html.

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing® is the only company deploying uniquely architected systems
comprised of telecom platforms and Trillium® software. Leveraging more than 20
years of innovation, the company enables network equipment providers to rapidly
deploy carrier-class LTE, DPI, and femtocell applications with reduced risk,
cost, and complexity. Only Continuous Computing combines open-standards systems,
Trillium protocol software, and expert professional services to create
fully-integrated solutions that empower more than 150 customers worldwide to
accelerate new product delivery and maximize return on investment. www.ccpu.com.

Continuous Computing is an active member of 3GPP, Blade.org, CP-TA, ETSI, Femto
Forum, Intel ECA, and the SCOPE Alliance.

About picoChip

picoChip is enabling the next generation of wireless infrastructure. Its
picoXcell family of optimized silicon devices is the leader in the fast growing
market for femtocell access points. Its picoArray family of flexible wireless
processors is the leading solution for OFDMA-based network equipment, and is
backed by comprehensive software support for global standards such as EDGE,
HSPA, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, WiMAX, LTE, cdma2000 and GSM. Located in Bath, UK and
Beijing, China, picoChip is re-shaping mobile networks. www.picochip.com.

Continuous Computing, the Continuous Computing logo, and Trillium are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation. Other names and
brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Continuous Computing
Americas:
JHG
Natasha Grach / Kim Ziesemer
+1.858.952.7840
ContinuousComputing_Team@jhg.com
or
Europe:
AxiCom
Nicola Smart
+44(0)20.8392.4050
ContinuousComputing@axicom.com
or
picoChip
Publitek Limited
Oliver Davies
+44(0)1225.470.000
oliver.davies@publitek.com

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