IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 7, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Military Communications Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:MLTA) today announced that its Australian affiliate, Military SDR Technologies has confirmed that the first two of three Patent applications in relation to the functionality of the SpectruCell SDR multiple protocol wireless base station operating systems are now on file for the granting and issuance of the Patents in all major commercial jurisdictions worldwide. These regions include the United States of America, Europe, China, South Korea, S.E. Asia, India and Australia. The patents were originally applied for in October 2000.
The pending issuance of these Patents in all primary jurisdictions combined with extensive software copyright protection for SpectruCell SDR is of significant importance in securing the Company's exclusive right to the revolutionary SpectruCell and PC4 technologies. It is also an important step forward in securing the exclusivity of the Company's extensive worldwide commercialization program currently being implemented in both the commercial Telco and Military markets.
The primary commercial IPR -- trademarked as SpectruCell SDR -- relates to a revolutionary new Software Defined Radio (SDR) operating system and framework that the company engineers have designed, developed, demonstrated and tested over the past 4-5 years. The revolutionary new wireless operating system has been recognized by the industry to have extensive new applications in both the defense and commercial wireless sectors that offer significant improvements and advantages over current technology. The defense version of the technology is known as "PC4" (for Programmable, Command & Control, Computers, and Communications).
MLTA is based in Irvine; California and is currently expanding its operational facilities in Southern California to establish defense grade engineering facilities as well as Executive Sales and Marketing operations. MLTA also owns a significant holding in Military SDR Technologies Pty.. Ltd. ("MSDR"), and its wholly owned subsidiary and operational arm SDR Technologies Pty. Ltd. (SDRT") both based in Melbourne Australia. SDRT's current engineering team has developed the proprietary SDR technology over the past 5 years in Australia. MLTA will exclusively market and distribute both the PC4 military SDR technology as well as the commercial grade SpectruCell SDR technology designed for conventional wireless protocols (CDMA, W-CDMA, GSM, and other 3G protocols) network infrastructure applications throughout North and South America.
The commercial grade SpectruCell SDR technology targeted specifically at Wireless Telecom Operators is capable of simultaneously processing current 2G protocols (GSM and CDMA) as well as the new 3G and 4G protocols (CDMA2000, WCDMA, UMTS, TDS-CDMA, etc). This multiple protocol processing is achieved from the same base station as well as providing a platform for multiple carriers, using the same existing cellular network infrastructure, to operate mobile virtual networks or shared facilities over the same network. The benefits for the commercial market include significant deployment and lifecycle cost savings and speed to market for the new wireless applications.
For military applications, the technology enables rapidly deployable, highly mobilized communications between forces using dissimilar platforms. The PC4 technology is ideally suited to a range of homeland security projects; inter service communications (Army/Navy/Air Force/Civilian), digital wireless upgrades and high-end signal processing applications (electronic warfare, etc.). The PC4 operating system is a framework to aid application developers in getting complex communications systems operational in the theatre quickly. The PC4 framework is compatible with the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) and with the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) released by the JTRS Joint Program Office.
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