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Huawei and Cleartalk Launch CDMA2000 1X Wireless Network
First U.S. Airbridge(TM) CDMA2000 Activation for Huawei

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PLANO, Texas, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei Technologies and FutureWei,
the North American subsidiary of Huawei, today announced that NTCH Inc., which
operates under its Clear Talk, brand name, has commercially launched Huawei's
next-generation CDMA 1X system for its approximately 358,000 POPs in El
Centro, California and Yuma, Arizona. This launch represents Huawei's first
commercial deployment in the United States, following successful CDMA
deployments in more than 37 countries around the world.
The system consists of a complete Airbridge(TM) CDMA2000 wireless network,
including a Mobile Switching Center, Base Station Controller, Base Transceiver
Station, Home Location Register, Packet Data Serving Node and fixed terminals.
Short Messaging Service (SMS), Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and 1X data
services will also be supported.
"We were very impressed with the quality and cost-effectiveness of the
Huawei system, as well as with the speed with which they are able to deploy
it," said Glenn Ishihara, president of NTCH. "Huawei is very strong in CDMA,
and we are delighted to be the first carrier to work with its subsidiary in
the U.S. market."
"North America is a very important market for Huawei and we appreciate
NTCH's confidence in Huawei's technology and service capabilities. I am
delighted to have a strategic relationship with NTCH," said Mr. Max Wangcheng,
president of Huawei's North American region.
"We congratulate Huawei on this successful deployment of advanced CDMA
technology for NTCH in the North American telecommunications market," said
Irwin M. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of QUALCOMM. "QUALCOMM is committed to
working with Huawei and other top global telecommunications equipment
suppliers to rapidly expand third-generation CDMA mobile networks worldwide
and to introduce exciting new applications for their customers."

About NTCH Inc,. dba Cleartalk
NTCH is a privately held mobile wireless carrier established in 1999. NTCH
is a vertically integrated company with 120 employees managing business
activities which include everything from spectrum investments, the
development-construction and marketing of over 160 owned multi-tenant towers,
cell site installation and collocation construction services for tenants, to
operating networks, retail stores, and providing customer care to its
customers on a local basis under the ClearTalk, Wireless Made Simple brand.
For more information, please visit NTCH's Website at
http://www.cleartalk.net .

About Huawei Technologies
Incorporated in 1988 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, Huawei
Technologies specializes in the research and development, production and
marketing of telecommunications equipment, providing customized network
solutions in fixed, mobile, optical and data communications networks. Huawei
is a key player in the China telecommunications market and is quickly becoming
an active participant globally.
Huawei focuses on such areas as data communication, NGN, xDSL, WCDMA and
CDMA2000. The company's products have been deployed in over 50 countries
including the United States, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Brazil,
Egypt, Thailand and Singapore. Huawei has 25,000 employees worldwide and
achieved sales of US$3.83 billion in 2003. For more information, please visit
Huawei's website at http://www.huawei.com .

About FutureWei Technologies
Huawei operates in North America through its FutureWei (http://www.futurewei.com)
subsidiary, which is based in Plano Texas. With a strong focus on network
infrastructure, FutureWei Technologies, Inc., designs, markets and supports a
wide range of advanced telecommunication products to provide customers with
both carrier and enterprise network solutions.



SOURCE Huawei Technologies
Web Site: http://www.huawei.com