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Bluegiga Unveils Powerful New Version of its Bluetooth WRAP Access Server

New Bluetooth 1.2 Software Features Significantly Improve the Performance
and Scalability of the Unique Bluetooth Access Server

Espoo Finland � July 1, 2005 - Bluegiga Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of Bluetooth platforms to system integrators and original equipment manufacturers, today announced the next version of its revolutionary WRAP Access Server with advanced new features further raising the bar for performance, scalability and interoperability.

Conforming fully to Bluetooth Special Interest Group�s Bluetooth 1.2 specification and being fully backwards compatible with Bluetooth 1.1, the new version of WRAP Access Server provides its users with significantly shortened connection establishment times for faster Bluetooth networking and improved tolerance of radio frequency interference caused by other Bluetooth and WiFi devices for easier installations.

�We are proud to announce this new version of our industry leading access server that provides our customers with advanced new features and functionality�, comments Tom Nordman, VP of Sales and Marketing, Bluegiga, �Our Bluetooth offering has always been leading the way for Bluetooth access technology and the version we are releasing now further continues to prove our technological competence and strive to innovate.�

Available since the spring of 2004, the multi-radio multi-network WRAP Access Server enables up to 21 simultaneous Bluetooth devices to access Bluetooth, Ethernet, WiFi, GPRS and GSM data networks significantly reducing cost per connection when building wireless networks.  Hosted with accessible memory space and the needed processing power, the server also offers an unbeatable local content and application hosting solution for companies wanting to take advantage of local marketing and distribution over Bluetooth. Bluetooth 1.2 Based WRAP Access Servers are available immediately.

More information about Bluegiga Access Server:  www.bluegiga.com/wrapas and qualweb.bluetooth.org/

About Bluegiga Technologies, Inc.

Bluegiga Technologies, Inc. is a provider of cutting-edge Bluetooth-based wireless communication platforms.  Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Finland, the European hotbed of wireless technology, Bluegiga is strategically positioned to deliver its products globally through the extensive network of qualified distributors and value added resellers to original equipment manufacturers and system integrator.  Bluegiga is the innovator of Bluetooth multi-radio access server products having seamless co-existence with other wired and wireless technologies, BluRoam^TM, the unique roaming technology for Bluetooth devices and iWRAP^TM, the easy-to-use Bluetooth control interface.  Bluegiga, with its expertise in the Bluetooth technology, has been a contributing member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group since the company inception.  For more information, phttps://www.bluegiga.combluegiga.com.

Contact:

Tom Nordman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Tel. +358 (0)9 435 5060

E-mail: [email protected]