Sisvel Advancing Toward Formation of 802.11n Patent Pool

Plans for Launch in Q3 2011 and Renews Call for Patents Essential to the 802.11 Standard

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, February 9, 2011 - Sisvel announced today that it has made substantial early progress toward
the formation of a new WiFi 802.11n patent pool. Working with a group of
prominent companies that hold essential 802.11 patents, Sisvel recently held
the first pool facilitation meeting in mid-January in Las Vegas. "Sisvel's
802.11 group took major steps forward at this first meeting," noted General
Richard Neal, President of Sisvel US, Inc., adding that "the group developed
a shared vision for the structure of the pool and established an ambitious
timeline to finalize and launch the pool by the third quarter of this year."

Nine patent owners are currently participating in Sisvel's 802.11n pool
facilitation process, and Sisvel is in advanced discussions with several
other patent owners interested in joining. The facilitation process, which
Sisvel launched after being selected by a number of leading 802.11 patent
owners, remains open to other companies holding patents believed to be
essential for 802.11 standard specifications, as defined by standard
documents IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 and IEEE Std. 802.11n-2009. Candidate patents
must be reviewed for essentiality by an independent evaluator.

As ratified by the IEEE, document IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 represents the
base version of the standard that merged and includes the following eight
prior amendments: 802.11a, b, d, e, g, h, i, j. Document IEEE Std.
802.11n-2009 is a further amendment to the 2007 standard document to add
enhancements for higher throughput.

The next meeting will take place in March 2011. To complete patent
evaluations in time for that meeting, arrangements for patent evaluations
should be made as soon as possible. Detailed information on patent
submission, as well as other procedures for participating in the facilitation
process, can be obtained from Sisvel by sending an email to the following
address: wifi@sisvel.com.

About IEEE 802.11

IEEE 802.11 is a family of specifications for wireless local area network
(WLAN) communications in the bands from 2.4, up to 5 GHz. The 802.11 standard
is a set of evolving specifications. In 1997 the IEEE published the document
IEEE Std. 802.11-1997, as the first wireless LAN standard. In the following
years many enhancement versions of 802.11 were approved to cope with the WLAN
fast growing market. In 2007, the IEEE 802.11 Task Group created the IEEE
802.11-2007, a single specification that merged 8 amendments (802.11a, b, d,
e, g, h, i, j) with the legacy standard. IEEE 802.11n is a recent amendment
which builds on the previous specifications by adding multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) antennas, together with many other enhancement
features. The IEEE has officially approved the amendment in October 2009 as
IEEE Std. 802.11n-2009.

About Sisvel

Started in 1982 when Sisvel S.p.A. was founded in Italy, the Sisvel Group
has become a world leader in managing intellectual property and maximizing
the value of patent rights. The Sisvel Group is global in scope and reach,
with companies in Italy (Sisvel in None Torinese and Edico in Rome),
Luxembourg (Sisvel International), the United States (Sisvel US and Audio
MPEG in Metropolitan Washington, DC), China (Sisvel Hong Kong), Japan (Sisvel
Japan in Tokyo), and Germany (Sisvel Germany in Stuttgart), and with almost
one hundred professionals worldwide with technical, legal, and licensing
expertise.

Sisvel has a long history of managing successful patent portfolios
including those related to the audio compression standards known as MP3 and
MPEG Audio. In addition, Sisvel administers patent pools for the CDMA2000
family of cellular telecommunications standards, the UHF-RFID air interface
standard, and the DVB-T and DVB-T2 broadcast standard, and is currently
facilitating the creation of a LTE and DVB-C2 patent pool. Through its
subsidiary Sisvel Technology, Sisvel is also engaged in the development of
new technologies, including projects for 3D television and broadcasting.

                    List of Relevant 802.11 Specifications

    IEEE Std. 802.11-2007   Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
                            Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications

    IEEE Std. 802.11n-2009  Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and
                            Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment
                            5: Enhancements for Higher Throughput

Technical, Matteo Sabattini, Sisvel US, Inc., +1-703-820-7955, or Fax, +1-703-838-0153, wifi at sisvel.com; or Media, Federica Brotto, Sisvel S.p.A., +39-011-990-4114, press at sisvel.com