Calypso Wireless Inc., a broadband wireless device and technology manufacturer, announced that it has signed a field trial installation agreement with Sleipner SA, an Italian-based telecommunications company. Calypso Wireless will conduct the field trial with Sleipner on Telecom Italia Mobile GSM/GPRS mobile networks, which is the leading mobile operator in Italy.

According to the agreement, Sleipner will conduct a field trial of Calypso Wireless' ASNAP(tm) patented technology (U.S. Patent #6,680,923) that enables mobile users to seamlessly switch back and forth between GSM/GPRS/CDMA cellular networks and Wi-Fi wireless local area networks (WLAN) using the 802.11 standard. Mobile customers using Calypso's ASNAP cellular phones will be able to access any Wi-Fi zones installed and access the Internet at broadband speeds of up to 11,000 kbps (11 Mbps), enabling movie-quality real-time video conferencing on the Calypso' C1250i mobile phone.

Calypso piqued the interest of many mobile carriers by demonstrating its ASNAP technology, which provides a system that enables mobile carriers and Internet service providers to identify and authenticate the mobile user, thereby creating a platform for revenue sharing between the synergistic companies and increased revenues for them by delivering new added services.

"We expect contracts for the delivery of our products (such as Calypso real time 2-way video conferencing cellular phones, WLAN Access Points and related hardware) and licensing of our ASNAP technology, upon the successful completion of the field trial," said Alfredo Sarrazin, vice president of sales for Calypso Wireless Inc.

"Calypso' scheduled to conduct demonstrations of the company's C1250i Wi-Fi cellular phone in Italy by the third week of June. The delivery of phones is anticipated to begin during the fourth quarter of 2005," said Sarrazin.

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