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"We appreciate the continuing commitment of FCC Chairman Michael Powell and Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans to this rulemaking, their willingness to devote the resources necessary to complete the proceeding within that time frame, as well as their recognition of the benefits ultra-wideband will provide for consumers and the US economy," said XtremeSpectrum President and CEO Dr. Martin Rofheart. "Since the initial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was issued in May 2000, we have worked closely with the FCC and Department of Commerce. We are pleased that the Commission views ultra-wideband rules as a priority, and we look forward to moving ultra-wideband technology into the commercial sector."
Over the past three years, XtremeSpectrum has worked closely with the NTIA/Department of Commerce and the FCC to both protect existing spectrum users and to allow for the deployment of this new wireless technology. On November 29, 2001, XtremeSpectrum filed a compromise proposal with the FCC that fully resolves all interference concerns raised by the involved parties while simultaneously allowing the ultra-wideband industry as a whole to commercially deploy products. XtremeSpectrum has been joined by leading consumer electronics, semiconductor and communication equipment companies, such as Intel, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and Siemens, in filing letters of advocacy for ultra-wideband with the FCC. Indeed, interested parties have filed almost 800 documents with the FCC during its three-year review.
About
XtremeSpectrum's Ultra-wideband Technology
Ultra-wideband is a wireless technology that transmits
an extremely low power signal over a wide swath of radio spectrum. Unlike
conventional radio systems that operate within a relatively narrow bandwidth,
i.e. Bluetooth, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, ultra-wideband operates across a
wide range of frequency spectrum by transmitting a series of very narrow and low
power pulses. The combination of broader spectrum, lower power and pulsed data
means that ultra-wideband causes less interference than conventional narrowband
radio solutions, and delivers wire-like performance in an indoor wireless
environment. This makes ultra-wideband technology ideal for consumer electronics
applications such as camcorders, laptops, DVDs, digital cameras, etc.
About
XtremeSpectrum
Founded in 1998, XtremeSpectrum Inc. is a wireless
communications company developing system semiconductor solutions for the
multimedia connectivity industry. Leveraging its unique understanding of
ultra-wideband, XtremeSpectrum's patent-pending, ultra-wideband digital radio
will allow multimedia-enabled devices, such as phones, set-top boxes, laptops,
DVDs, video recorders and PDAs, to send and receive multiple streams of digital
video, audio and data wirelessly, all at extremely low price points and power
consumption levels--levels that cannot be reached by existing solutions.
XtremeSpectrum will focus on customers in the OEM consumer electronic, OEM PC,
PC-peripheral manufacturing, and wireless networking ODM/OEM spaces. For more
information about the company, please call 703/269-3000 or visit http://www.xtremespectrum.com.
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Diane
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