KYOCERA’s iBurst 3.9G Mobile Broadband Wireless Access System Granted Authorization by FCC

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) announced today that its iBurst 3.9G Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA) system has received a Grant of Equipment Authorization* for its iBurst user terminals by the American Telecommunications Certification Body (ATCB), which operates under the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), effective as of January 6, 2009.

“We are very excited to receive authorization from the ATCB, which will allow Kyocera to provide superior service to a wide range of people in need of mobile broadband solutions”

Kyocera’s iBurst is classified as 3.9G equipment due to its high spectrum efficiency with single spectrum reuse factor, and provides three times more spectrum efficiency than the existing HSDPA system. The TDD-TDMA system which uses SDMA technology is capable of 32Mbps total throughput per base station (24Mbps downlink with 8Mbps uplink), within only 5MHz bandwidth, making it small enough to operate in the GSM frequency band.

The iBurst system has been field-proven and is currently in use in more than 17 countries worldwide, including the U.S., and the system is available in 1.7, 1.9 and 2.0 GHz. In the U.S., iBurst is already being commercialized in Sioux Falls, South Dakota since May 2007 through Redwood Wireless.

“We are very excited to receive authorization from the ATCB, which will allow Kyocera to provide superior service to a wide range of people in need of mobile broadband solutions,” stated Mr. Masashi Yano, General Manager of Kyocera’s Corporate Communication System Equipment Division.

iBurst operators worldwide have formed the iBurst Association (iBA), a not-for-profit enterprise advocating the promotion and development of iBurst technology as a preferred MBWA solution.

*Grant of Equipment Authorization No.JOYIUU10AC

**Actual user data rates are subject to signal availability, base-station performance, and network capacity in addition to modem speed.

For more details please visit:
iBurst:	http://global.kyocera.com/iburst
iBurst Association:	http://www.iburst.org

About KYOCERA

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO) (TOKYO:6971) (http://global.kyocera.com/), the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine ceramics (also known as “advanced ceramics”). By combining these engineered materials with metals and plastics, and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment, electronic components, solar power generating systems, laser printers, copiers, semiconductor packages, cutting tools and industrial ceramics. During the year ended March 31, 2008, the company’s net sales totaled 1.29 trillion yen (approximately US$12.9 billion).