BARCELONA, Spain, February 14 /PRNewswire/ -- NetIndex Inc.
(headquarters at Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO Masayasu Uno, hereafter
"NetIndex") and Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. (headquarters at Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo, President and COO Tomohisa Tsukamoto, hereafter "Kaga Electronics")
and Runcom Technologies Ltd. (headquarters at Israel, CEO & Founder Dr.
Zion Hadad, hereafter "Runcom") have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP
portable telephone using the WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications
module. Thus, at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (previously
3GSM show) one of the largest and most advanced Mobile Communication shows
in the world, these companies will be displaying their VoIP portable
telephone using WiMAX which achieves All-IP voice communication.

    Development of the product to be displayed, a VoIP portable telephone,
was successful thanks to the cooperation of Runcom, a leading WiMAX chipset
manufacturer, in installing the Runcom WiMAX (IEEE802.16.e) data
communications module in this product. This portable telephone realizes
All-IP voice communication, and also enables execution of high-speed mobile
data communications solutions such as a Web browser connected to the
Internet. This product will be displayed at Runcom's booth at this show
(Hall 4, Booth #4-1HS01), and will be introduced to visitors.

    This product contains WiFi, and also is completely suited to business
enterprises where the use of wireless solutions other than WiMAX such as
3G, PHS, and internal PHS is possible.

    NetIndex and Kaga Electronics have cooperated in development of this
portable telephone, and Kaga Electronics is conducting its sales as the
general sales agent of this product. Further, there are prospects that
these two companies will jointly develop a mobile broadband portable
telephone for business enterprises, using next-generation communications
technology.

    NetIndex is aggressively pursuing development of products using
next-generation high-speed wireless communications technology.



    About NetIndex Inc.
    Company name: NetIndex Inc.
    Date of establishment: April 21, 1984
    Address: 104-0031 Tokyo, Chuo-ku, Kyobashi, 2-14-1
    Representative: Masayasu Uno, President and CEO
    Capital: \599,000,000 (as of September 30, 2007)
    URL: http://www.netindex.co.jp


    Business operations:
    Development and sales of communications devices, and related services
    - PHS (data communications cards/modules, related devices)
    - 3.5G (data communications cards)    - Special low-electricity modems/modules/RFID reader-writer modules,
and products utilizing these devices


    - System development and maintenance service

    About Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Company name: Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Date of establishment: September 12, 1968
    Address: 113-8503 Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, 2-2-9, Century Tower
    Representative: Tomohisa Tsukamoto, President and COO
    Capital: \12,133,000,000 (as of September 30, 2007)
    URL: http://www.taxan.co.jp

    Business operations:

    Founded 1968 in Akihabara, Tokyo, as an unaffiliated electronics parts
dealer. Expanded from sales of electronics parts and semiconductors
supporting technological development, EDMS (development and manufacture of
electronic devices upon order), and sales of data processing devices and
their peripheral devices. Taking advantage of its network linking the 50
domestic and overseas companies of the Kaga Group, it meets all the needs
of customers regarding electronics.

    About Runcom Technologies Ltd

    Runcom is a technology company pioneering OFDMA based silicon solutions
for user-terminals and base-stations that comply with the IEEE802.16e-2005
standard for WiBro and Mobile WiMAX applications; Runcom products include
the PHY and MAC communication layers. Runcom RNA200 ASIC was the first
Mobile WiMAX compliant ASIC in the market.

    For more information, visit Runcom on the Internet:
http://www.runcom.com or contact Israel Koffman at israelk@runcom.co.il

    Outline of display and demonstration

    The display will be presented in the Runcom booth in the 2008
International Mobile World Congress, Hall 4, Booth #4-1HS01. Demonstrations
using the actual product will be given there as well.

    Note

    WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) was granted a license for the 2.5GHz band in Japan
on December,2007. It is a next-generation communications solution whose
expansion in the U.S., Korea, and other countries around the world is
expected. Demand for it is increasing as a technology which will be made to
grow still further with the upcoming rapid propagation of broadband and
mobile data communications.

    Where representatives of the press can make inquiries

    NetIndex Inc. Public Relations Office (Ueda) Tel: +81(0)3-5250-7200

    Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. Public Relations Office(Takizawa)
Tel:+81(0)3-4455-3131

    For inquiries regarding purchase of VoIP portable telephone products
Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. (http://www.taxan.co.jp)

    Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, 2-2-9, Century Tower 13fl.

    Business Promotion Operations Division, 2nd Sales Promotion Division
Section 1

    Persons in charge: Rio Adachi (e-mail adachi@taxan.co.jp), Kazuhiko
Matsuoka


    For inquiries regarding WiMAX products
    NetIndex Inc.( http://www.netindex.co.jp )
    Business Development Division (Isao Yoshikawa)
    iyoshikawa@netindex.co.jp

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