Cheetah Wireless Beams Mobile Wi-Fi to Las Vegas Strip Using Nextwave State-of-the-Art Wi-FI Infrastructure Solutions

More Capacity, Less Interference Key to Superior User Experience and Profitable Wi-Fi Business Model

Las Vegas, March 31, 2008 – NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE), a global provider of mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies, today announced that Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc., a wireless mesh network solutions provider, has upgraded its Las Vegas broadband Wi-Fi infrastructure with NextWave’s state-of-the art MBW 2000 series micro cell and MBW 1000 series pico cell base stations, offering improved mobile wireless connectivity along the Las Vegas Strip – both inside and outside the world’s largest casinos, hotels and convention centers. Together, NextWave and Cheetah Wireless will offer Las Vegas’ mobile population improved portable indoor/outdoor Wi-Fi accessibility via an innovative, unique brand-supported business model.

NextWave’s pico cell base stations – powered by its innovative xRF™ adaptive beamforming smart antenna technology – provide Cheetah the capacity to offer multiple high-quality user access channels to its network, including Cheetah Wireless’ own tiered service levels, as well as third-party branded service offerings. The branded service option offers a retail service provider, such as a hotel or a campus landlord, the opportunity to use their brand as the entry point to Cheetah Wireless’ network and supply content for a privately-branded landing page, with the company sponsoring Wi-Fi access service. This model provides the retail service providers with the opportunity to serve the massive population of Las Vegas tourists and business travelers looking for Wi-Fi connectivity, and attracts more users to Cheetah’s network.

NextWave’s xRF™ technology dramatically increases signal penetration through the Las Vegas Strip’s dense steel and glass high rise structures, providing broadband capacity to connect more users per node  than any other Wi-Fi based carrier class solution, and enabling the success of Cheetah Wireless’ network.

“NextWave’s access points have made it possible to reach further into buildings and cover more area, so we have doubled and, in some cases, tripled users on certain units,” said Mitchell Gonzalez, president and founder of Cheetah Wireless. “Our network offers mobility to users, so they can have high-quality Wi-Fi inside and outside hotel rooms, casinos and convention center floors with one access plan. Our new branded service model offers companies a way to use their own content and offer lower prices for consumers – a winning combination.”

Cheetah Wireless has currently completed the first phase of the installation using NextWave MBW 2000 series micro cell base stations, featuring dual-radio 802.11 b/g access, and MBW 1000 pico cell base stations, with single-radio 802.11 b/g access on light poles and rooftops around the Las Vegas Strip for a two and a half square mile indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi umbrella stretching from Russell Rd (south) to Flamingo Rd in Clark County, Nevada. Soon, users will have access to portable Wi-Fi along the entire Las Vegas Strip – an advantage over other businesses that offer Wi-Fi service at stationary locations only. Cheetah Wireless has already purchased additional base stations for the second phase of its network build-out to expand coverage adding an additional two square miles by mid year 2008.

“The superior performance capabilities of our Wi-Fi equipment with increased range of coverage and mesh networking, minimizes the total cost of ownership and operations, further enabling service providers like Cheetah Wireless to offer innovative services and build a profitable business,” said Dr. William Jones, CEO of NextWave Wireless’ Network Products division. “We are excited to be working with Cheetah Wireless on this innovative approach to Wi-Fi access, and we are looking forward to expanding the network together.”

About NextWave Wireless

NextWave Wireless Inc. (Nasdaq: WAVE) is engineering the future of mobility by providing next-generation mobile multimedia and wireless broadband technologies to the world's leading mobile operators, handset manufacturers, consumer electronics manufacturers and wireless service providers. From mobile television and mobile broadband systems to semiconductors and device-embedded mobile multimedia software that can be found in more than 200 million handsets around the globe, NextWave is evolving the way consumers experience mobile multimedia content. NextWave Wireless is headquartered in San Diego, California, U.S.A., and has offices in over a dozen countries. For more information, visit NextWave Wireless at www.nextwave.com.

About Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc.

Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cheetah Wireless Technologies, Inc. (CWTI) specializes in wireless mesh network solutions that leverage the inherent benefits of the microcell design. The Company offers solutions from a number of manufacturers and has integrated them into a single wireless canopy. This strategy allows seamless transition for the user, regardless of the infrastructure implemented by CWTI. By utilizing a centralized Network Operation Center, CWTI provides its customers with toll-free 24-hour technical support, integrated billing and unified rate plans -- regardless of the mix of technologies deployed. CWTI's network design ensures fast, secure and extremely reliable mobile data service that eliminates the headache of expensive and unsightly tower sites. By pursuing a private/public partnering model, CWTI delivers the full benefits of these networks at little to no capital cost to municipalities across the country. For more information, contact CWTI at 1-702-243-3824, or via email at sales@cwti.net. Website access is available at www.cwti.net.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

_{This press release contains "forward-looking statements" for purposes of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurances that forward-looking statements will be achieved, and actual events or results could differ materially from the events or results predicted or from any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, NextWave, and should not be considered as an indication of future events or results. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially are discussed in greater detail in the filings of NextWave with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such documents are available through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. NextWave makes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect changes in events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made, except as may be required pursuant to applicable law.}