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GCD's President/CEO to Speak at Wireless 
Ventures Conference in San Francisco

Geoffrey C. Dawe is a Featured Presenter as Part of the Show's Private Equity Platform

    North Andover, Mass., April 29, 2002 - Global Communication Devices (GCD), a fabless supplier of highly integrated semiconductor devices for wireless networking applications, today announced that its President and CEO, Geoffrey C. Dawe, is a featured speaker at this week's Wireless Ventures Conference in San Francisco. The show, sponsored by Technologic Partners, is to take place at the San Francisco Marriott in Burlingame, CA, April 30 through May 1, 2002.

    "I'm honored to be a part of the show and share GCD's perspective on the emerging wireless networking market," said Dawe. "This will give attendees up-to-date information on emerging technology developers, such as GCD, and on the technologies and products that are setting the world's pace for wireless communications."

    Dawe will be speaking at two sessions, at 11:55 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., on Tuesday, April 30th, in Salon A. His presentations will be a part of the Private Equity Platform, which will feature management presentations by the CEOs of private technology companies. In addition to these sessions, the show will also feature panel discussions on key issues facing the wireless services and technology companies and keynote speeches by leading industry executives. An investment panel at the conclusion of the conference will single out the ten companies deemed most likely to succeed.

    GCD recently announced the sample availability of its LS2401 true single-chip transceiver to key partners. The LS2401 is a general-purpose radio chip, designed to operate at 2.4 GHz in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), as well as in proprietary unlicensed radio systems. The versatile spread-spectrum device addresses the needs of leading WLAN networking and telecommunications companies, and offers a new opportunity to reduce size, power consumption, and costs while improving RF performance.

    About Global Communication Devices
    Global Communication Devices (GCD), headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts develops and supplies integrated semiconductor devices for wireless networking applications including Wireless Local Area Networks, and wireless broadband access for both fixed and portable users. GCD specializes in radio frequency, mixed signal and data conversion technologies and enables the affordable, versatile network access demanded by a multi-media, multi-protocol, multi-spectral world networking environment. The company was founded in 1996 to provide integrated semiconductor design services and in 1999 began the transition to "fabless" semiconductor manufacturing. GCD has successfully developed over forty-three products to date. For more information, please visit www.gcdchips.com  or call 978-685-6100.