Denso Corporation to License Isotel's CDMA software

Business Wire, April 5, 1999

CALGARY, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1999--Isotel Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSP Communications, Inc. (NYSE:DSP) and Denso Corporation announced today that Denso has licensed Isotel's software for use in CDMA handset products. Under this agreement, Isotel has supplied Denso with software for CDMA products, which Denso will market in Japan.

"Denso's engineers have evaluated and tested Isotel's software," according to Mr. Akihiko Ibuki, Manager of Communications Engineering with Denso Corporation. "We are pleased with the quality of the software and the ease with which it can be integrated into Denso's current products."

"Isotel is pleased to be partnering with Denso in bringing advanced technologies to the market," said Duane Sharman, President of Isotel Corp. "Product development cycles are continually shortening, and by working together, both companies will benefit from faster, more effective development of key technologies."

Isotel Corp., based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSP Communications, Inc. As a leading provider of call-processing software for the Digital Cellular and Personal Communications industry, Isotel develops and markets portable, platform-independent software engines to manufacturers of cellular phone and base station equipment, with support for advanced cellular and data communication technologies including AMPS, IS-136/IS-130/IS-135 TDMA, IS-95/IS-707 CDMA, TCP/IP, and PPP. Isotel also provides custom software engineering services for embedded product development, and offers training and consulting services to assist its customers in the development of advanced wireless communications products. For more information about Isotel products and services, please visit Isotel's web site at http://www.isotel.com.

DSP Communications, Inc. is a leading developer of chipsets and products for cellular, personal communication services (PCS), and wireless local loop (WLL) markets. Headquartered in Cupertino, CA, the Company develops, markets, licenses, and supports application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and software based on digital signal processing (DSP) technology for a variety of wireless applications. The Company's products comply with leading standards for Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). The Company's leading customers include Fujitsu, Kenwood, Kyocera, Kokusai, NEC, Pioneer, Sanyo, Sharp, and SK Teletech. For more information, please visit DSPC's Web site at http://www.dspc.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current management expectations. Certain key factors could cause future results to differ materially from those anticipated by management. Such factors include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the development and manufacturing of DSPC's CDMA chipsets, the success of the CDMA standard in Japan and market acceptance of CDMA chipsets in Japan, the success of Denso in developing CDMA handsets and in competing in the CDMA handset market, general economic conditions and in particular the potential effects of the current economic difficulties in Asia on the Japanese wireless handset market, and other risks detailed from time to time in DSPC's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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