NEWS
January 3, 2006
Staccato Communications Closes $18 Million In Third Round Venture Capital Financing
 
Funds To Accelerate Commercialization of Industry’s First Single-Chip, All CMOS Wireless USB Solutions

Las Vegas, NV – at 2006 International CES – January 3, 2006 – Staccato Communications, an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) wireless technology pioneer and Certified Wireless USB leader today announced $18 million in Series C funding. The investment, which came from existing, long-term investors, was co-led by Intel Capital’s Digital Home Fund and Vision Capital, with full participation from existing investors Allegis Capital, Bay Partners, Charles River Ventures and Interwest Partners.

“The coming era of UWB and Wireless USB promises greater ease of use and simplicity for connecting PC platforms, traditional
PC peripherals, mobile communications platforms and consumer electronic devices, such as digital camera and personal media players,” said Scott Darling, vice president of Intel Capital. “We look forward to our continued involvement with Staccato to bring Wireless USB to market in 2006.”

Dominique Pitteloud of Vision Capital, also a co-lead in the investment, said “Every now and then forces align and a company earns an early advantage in an emerging space of great promise. Staccato owns these advantages in UWB and we are pleased to have co-led this investment round with Intel Capital.”

“With today’s announcement of our Ripcord family of Certified Wireless USB solutions, Staccato is well positioned to take a significant share of the emerging UWB market. This investment allows us to further strengthen Staccato’s existing business as we begin commercialization, while expanding our presence to support the deployment of commercial Certified Wireless USB products worldwide,” said Rick Kornfeld, president and CEO of Staccato Communications. He further added, “Intel’s support for our efforts has been invaluable, and with recent positive developments on UWB regulatory and standards matters in Europe, Vision’s extensive network there has given Staccato unique access to customer and partner prospect throughout the region.”

Demonstrations of Staccato’s Ripcord Wireless USB products will begin today at CES Unveiled (Venetian Bellini Ballroom, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Table 25), and at the WiMedia TechZone (LV Convention Center Hall 1, Booth 7923) and Pure Wireless (Flamingo Hotel, Twilight Room) from January 5-8, 2006.

Products and Availability
The Ripcord family of products includes Host Wire Adapter (HWA), Device Wire Adapter (DWA), Native SDIO and PHY (physical layer)-only solutions. In addition, Staccato offers a Ripcord Development Kit (DVK), three ready-for-production system designs (external plug in dongles, internal minicard adapters and embedded device modules) and support tools. Samples are available now with product shipments scheduled for mid-2006. Staccato reference designs will be available at the end of the first quarter of 2006. For more product information, please call +1(858) 812-1000 or send email to sales@staccatocommunications.com.

About Staccato Communications, Inc.
Based in San Diego, Calif., Staccato Communications is an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology pioneer with applications
expertise in Certified Wireless USB, Bluetooth and Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity. The fabless semiconductor company
serves the personal computing, consumer electronics and mobile phone industries with small form factor, single-chip,
all-CMOS wireless solutions. Staccato’s WiMedia-based offerings include PHY, MAC, drivers, application software, development
kits and reference designs. For more information, please visit www.staccatocommunications.com

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