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RESTON, VA - Comsearch announced today that Nokia of Finland has selected Comsearch's premier microwave path design software tool, IQ·Link^®, to assist in the design of the microwave interconnect for Italy's BLU GSM network in a deal valued at over $200K in software licenses and support.

On February 3, 2000, Nokia announced it had signed a turnkey contract with Italy's new GSM mobile operator, BLU, to supply and rollout network solutions for BLU's GSM 1800 network. The turnkey deal is comprised of a comprehensive range of services including Transmission Network Planning and Design. The IQ·Link product will be used by Nokia to support BLU in the implementation of their network.

IQ·Link, a comprehensive engineering software tool that performs complex spectrum allocation and frequency engineering for hundreds of microwave links easily, including multiple link scenarios. The tool enables a customer to display GIS data, perform path and reliability calculations, and conduct fast, comprehensive interference analyses in order to have a complete solution for the planning and designing of point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and wireless local loop networks.

"We are very pleased with Nokia's acquisition of another IQ·Link license," said David Donohoe, vice president of Information Services at Comsearch. "This indicates our product's strengths and flexibility for the initial design, rollout and maintenance of microwave networks to interconnect mobile networks."

"Nokia recognizes that IQ·Link is an accurate and reliable tool for microwave planning," said Steve Meador, IQ·Link product manager at Comsearch. "In addition, IQ·Link makes it possible to rapidly design the fixed wireless network necessary to connect the base station infrastructure."

Nokia is a leader in the mobile phone supplier industry and is a provider of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. The company is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia's 1999 net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 55,000 people.

Comsearch (www.comsearch.com) designs, deploys, and optimizes wireless networks worldwide. Comsearch provides service solutions, engineering and GIS data to operators of Microwave, Mobile Satellite, Cellular, PCS, and Fixed Wireless networks. In addition to experienced engineers, our software line addresses the engineering challenges of fixed network design and spectrum relocation. Comsearch, located in Reston, Virginia, is an Allen Telecom company (NYSE:ALN).

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