Press Release

February 27, 2002

RTX now in 100% control of every technical building block needed to design and develop any Bluetooth product - including Microsoft PC integration

RTX Telecom and Impulsesoft Private Limited today announced a new partnership that provides RTX Telecom with full access to the award-winning Impulsesoft Bluetooth protocol for both PC and MicrosoftTM operating systems.

“I am very happy with this agreement, since Bluetooth integration with Microsoft was our last missing link in order to design and develop Bluetooth Internet Access products and any other PC peripheral product. Since we now have 100% control of every software and hardware component, we are able to design products with a low Bill of Material, which is very important for our Consumer Premises Equipment customers,” says Mr Jørgen Elbæk, managing director, RTX Telecom.

RTX Telecom can today demonstrate an inexpensive ISDN modem with a USB interface to the PC and Microsoft Operating System ready to be sold as an OEM for CPE customers and contract manufacturers. In the near future, RTX Telecom will also be able to demonstrate a Bluetooth LAN Access product.

The end2end Bluetooth modem is Bluetooth 1.1 compliant and is pre-tested for interoperability, performance and stability. This provides customers with the benefit of a robust and reliable Bluetooth solution, which thus reduces their development efforts.

“The combination of our USB dongle and the complementary and proven software stack from Impulsesoft enables us to supply our customers with a superior, easy-to-use product,” says Mr Elbæk. “This partnership with Impulsesoft will further strengthen the software and applications support that we can offer potential customers.”

Impulsesoft BluePC
The Impulsesoft BluePC™ is a high-performance, versatile Bluetooth stack driver solution optimised for the Windows operating system on PCs. It operates as a Microsoft Windows Driver Model (WDM) driver that allows for network access and serial port emulation for the applications over the Bluetooth wireless medium. BluePC is the world’s first WDM USB driver to be logo certified. BluePC provides Bluetooth 1.1 support on the Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP platforms. Software drivers interact with the lower Bluetooth stack over a number of interfaces, including USB, UART and PC Card interfaces.

About Impulsesoft
Impulsesoft Private Limited is a short-range wireless solutions company, incorporated in Bangalore, India. Impulsesoft is a supplier of Bluetooth software and hardware components for the computing and embedded systems markets. Impulsesoft products and system integration services enable OEMs to bring application-specific Bluetooth solutions to market. Impulsesoft has connections with distributors and VARs worldwide, and is an early adopter and associate member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

Additional information about Impulsesoft products is available from business development manager Aji Anirudhan on +91 80 658 4160, or at aji@impulsesoft.com.

About RTX Telecom
RTX Telecom is one of the world’s leading independent suppliers of Total Product Development Solutions, focusing exclusively on advanced wireless communication standards such as DECT, Bluetooth, IEEE802.11a and CDMA. RTX Telecom is a highly focused company, solely dedicated to the development and design of advanced wireless communication products for the telecommunications, manufacturing and medical industries.

RTX Telecom provides individually tailored turnkey solutions where a customer’s specification is turned into a fully tested product, ready for market in the shortest possible time.

RTX Telecom is listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange and is an associated member of Bluetooth SIG. Additional information about RTX Telecom is available at www.rtx.dk

The RTX Telecom head office is located at:
Stroemmen 6
DK-9400 Nørresundby
Denmark
Tel: +45 9623 2300
Fax: +45 9632 2310
Web site: www.rtx.dk
Email: sales@rtx.dk
Contact: Jens Jungersen, sales & marketing director

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