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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 
sales@sierrawireless.com.
VANCOUVER, Canada, June 1 /PRNewswire/ --
Note to editors:
To view and download images of Sierra Wireless products, please
visit  http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/photos.aspx.
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.

Contact:

For further information: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone:
+1-(604)-232-1445, Email: smyers@sierrawireless.com

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