Cellport Inks Partnership Agreement Accord with Kyocera for Universal Hands-Free Systems Operation

Maker of Automotive Hands-Free Systems Granted Development License for Current and Next-Generation Handsets

BOULDER, Colo., November 5, 2001 -- Cellport Systems, Inc., a leading provider of automotive wireless communications technologies and products, today announced it has been granted a development license from Kyocera Wireless Corporation to develop, and manufacture and sell Cellport Pocket Adapters based onfor Kyocera CDMA wireless phones Go back to allow to use soects to develop oocker adapters for their ownsirigianmltechnology and patents. To be fully integrated into their phonesWhen available later this year, the Cellport Pocket Adapters covered by this agreement will enable users of Kyocera handsets to take advantage of Cellport's family of universal hands-free systems in their vehicles for safer wireless mobile phone operation.

The Kyocera license announced today enables Cellport to initially develop Pocket Adapters for many of three Kyocera’s popular handsets including: the QCP- 2035, Kyocera's most popular model, the QCP 6035, with built-in Palm PDA functionality, and a the new QCP- 2255, which is Kyocera’s new 2.5G 1XRTT 2.5G handset scheduled to be introduced in the fourth quarter of announced later this year. (is this certain?) The partnershipagreement between the two companies enables Cellport to gain access to Kyocera phone features such as The agreement provides Cellport with everything it needs to be able to physically accommodate these handsets and gain access to all their functionality, including address books, phone dialing, answering, digital audio audio communications, data streams, battery charging, routines and phone book synchronization and more. When used with the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command universal hands-free system, the Pocket Adapters will let drivers easily achieve hands-free, voice-activated operation of these Kyocera mobile phones.

``"Our relationship with Cellport gives Kyocera a leadership position in the growing telematics marketplace by providing Pocket Adapters for our various Kyocera handsets and giving our customers the hands-free safety and convenience they want”," statedsaid Stanley Scheufler, corporate vice president for marketing at Kyocera Wireless.

"Kyocera is the leading provider of CDMA handsets in the US, and we look forward to working with them now and in the future to develop products for current and next-generation systems," said Pat Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Cellport Systems. "Cellport is committed to creating Pocket Adapters and other products for all the most popular handsets to give our automotive and aftermarket customers greater flexibility and to expand our opportunities both here in North America and abroad."

According to Cellport, more than half of all new mobile phone subscriber account activations involve handsets based on CDMA technology, and the percentage is growing. The licensing agreement with Kyocera is the latest in an importantCellport's growing portfolio of such agreements for enabling the company to more effectively addressing this the rapidly growing market for hands-free systems and telematics market, which also. Other recent agreements includes the worldwide technology licenses recently granted to Cellport by Qualcomm Incorporated and Motorola. and Motoirola.

Cellport already manufactures Pocket Adapters for mobile phones from MotorolaNokia and Motorola Nokia, and is actively partnering seeking to developdeveloping additional Pocket Adapters for handset models from other manufacturers.

CDMA is a leading popular wireless cellular phone standard in the Americas and the Asia Pacific region with more than 90 million global subscribers. According to the CDMA Development Group, the number of CDMA subscribers worldwide is forecast to reach 165 million by the year 2003, with 53 million of these new subscribers expected to be in North America.

The Cellport 3000 with Voice Command is the industry’s first universal, voice-activated, hands-free system. The voice-activated activation feature lets drivers make and receive calls using simple spoken commands, allowing them to focus their attention on the road and not the phone. Unlike other hands-free systems, the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command is universal and, allowsing users to lets users plug several many different cell wireless phone models into the ir vehicle's system and take advantage of voice-activated, hands-free communication operation.

About Cellport Systems

Cellport Systems is a world leader in providing in-vehicle wireless communications and telematics systems. The company’s products include the Cellport 3000, the industry’s first universal hands-free platform and the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command. The company’s substantial patent portfolio positions it to continue its leadership position in the telematics industry as the telematics industry is further developed and defined. The Cellport Systems Global Partners program is rapidly expanding Cellport technology around the globe through unique strategic partnerships and licensing relationships with partners in Europe, North America and Asia. Investors in Cellport Systems include AT&T Wireless Services, Cisco Systems and Omron Corporation. The company is privately held, with corporate headquarters in Boulder, Colo. and regional offices in Detroit, Michigan and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, please visit the Cellport Systems web site at www.cellport.com.

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