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13 Feb 2008 07:01

Arc International PLC13 February 2008 Media Contact:Jonah McLeodARC International+1 408 437 3477Jonah.Mcleod@arc.com NextWave Wireless's ARC-Based(TM) Mobile Digital TV Solutions Provide Consumers Ubiquitous Video Access New "TDtv" Solution to Enable "Video on the Go" at Autobahn Speeds MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, February 13, 2008 - ARC International(LSE: ARK) today announced that NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE), a globalprovider of mobile multimedia and broadband technologies, has taken a licensefor a configurable ARC solution to be incorporated into NextWave's innovativeMobile TV receiver solution, which will be used as part of an integrated TDtvSystem in Package. Announced today as part of NextWave's TDtv DeviceIntegration Pack at Mobile World Congress (3GSM) in Barcelona, Spain, the TDtvSIP provides an easy solution to TDtv enable handsets and other devices. TDtvprovides operators with a means of using existing 3G spectrum to deliver MobileTV to consumers anywhere and anytime on any TDtv-enabled device while travelingat high speeds. This is part of a series of ARC customer announcements madetoday focused on the high-growth Mobile TV market. See related announcementsdated February 13, 2008 from ARC International. TDtv is a powerful 3GPP MBMS solution that provides mobile operators anopportunity to profitably deliver up to 28 high-resolution TV channels, digitalaudio channels, and other IP data-cast services to an unlimited number ofconcurrent customers. By operating on existing 3G spectrum and with the uniqueability to support multi-carrier spectrum pooling and network sharing, TDtvrepresents a breakthrough in reducing the cost of implementing mobile televisionand provides UMTS operators around the world with a powerful multimedia andadvertising platform. "We have been using the configurable ARC 725D to create three generations of 3Gwireless broadband products, and we have been very pleased with how easy it isto configure to exactly meet our performance and power consumption needs,"explained Roger Nichol, chief development officer at NextWave Network Products,a division of NextWave Wireless. "The new configurable ARC solution provides uswith an extremely compact, low power solution for this battery poweredapplication." "NextWave is an excellent example of a customer that uses our configurabletechnology to innovate and create unique solutions for the mobile broadcast andmultimedia market," said Bill Jackson, vice president of marketing at ARC. "Consumers are increasingly being provided multimedia access through WiFi andWiMAX hot spots and transportable content in flash memory. Mobile TV representsan emerging large volume market as consumers continue to drive systemmanufacturers for continuous multimedia content access anytime and anywhere.The three announcements today from customers targeting the Mobile TV marketreflect ARC's strategy of enabling customers to deliver an enhanced userexperience to consumers in high volume applications." About TDtv TDtv is a 3GPP MBMS solution that provides mobile operators an opportunity toprofitably deliver multiple, high-resolution TV channels, digital audio, orother IP data-cast services to an unlimited number of concurrent customers. In2007, Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, 3UK, and IPWireless announced successfulresults from a joint technical trial of TDtv in Bristol. The trial demonstratedTDtv's ability to reliably deliver a large number of high-quality channels in 5MHz of TDD spectrum with coverage comparable to WCDMA, but with far fewer cellsites. The trial also demonstrated the viability of dual-mode TDtv/WCDMAhandsets as well as the ability of the technology to support full mobility atvehicular speeds. IPWireless was acquired by NextWave Wireless in May, 2007 andnow operates as part of NextWave Wireless. TDtv operates in the universal unpaired (TDD) 3G spectrum bands that areavailable across Europe and Asia at 1900 MHz and 2010 MHz. It enables UMTSoperators to utilize their existing TDD spectrum to offer subscribers attractivemobile TV and multimedia packages without impacting their 3G voice and dataservices which use universal paired (FDD) 3G spectrum. In addition, thetechnology supports network sharing to further reduce deployment and operationalcosts. # # # About ARC International plc ARC International is the world leader in configurable multimedia subsystems andCPU/DSP processors. Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurablesolutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs)that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually. ARC's patented subsystemsand cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to manufacturethan competing products. ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research anddevelopment offices in California and St. Albans, UK. For more information visitwww.ARC.com. ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange as ARCInternational plc (LSE: ARK). ARC and the ARC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARCInternational. All other brands or product names contained herein are theproperty of their respective owners. This press release may contain certain"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including thedevelopment, implementation, and release of features described herein. 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