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Safe Harbor Statement
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What we and the Act mean by forward looking statements are all
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matters. All forward looking statements are subject to risks and
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time to time in press releases and securities filings of the Company. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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Agenda
 Expanding AIM Market Opportunities
 ISCO’s Industry Leading Array of AIM Solutions
 Introducing DIF - Fully Digital/Fully Software
 What’s Next
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Expanding AIM Market Opportunities  
 The Expanding Opportunity - Spectrum Re-mining
 Operator Self Induced Inter-system Interference
 Ripping 2G out of prime spectrum for 3G/4G broadband
 Worldwide scope: 700, 850, 900, 1700 MHz
 What is the Industry Driver for Re-Mining?
 Broadband demand is starting to explode driven by
     Compelling apps (VoIP, User Content, Mobile Search, Location) &
 New Breed of Mobile Internet Devices (iPhone, Pearl)
 2G Spectrum is Ideal because
 It requires significantly fewer cells - capex to deploy the broadband service
 Provides superior in-building penetration where apps are getting consumed
 Offers an overall superior user experience and therefore willingness to pay (ARPU)
 What are the Technical Challenges of Re-Mining?
 Extremely complex planning and implementation 
 Extremely spectrally inefficient
 Significantly degrades both legacy/broadband networks during transition
 How Can ISCO Help - AIM
 Practically eliminates complexity
 Enables rapid transition and operator realization of revenue
 No comparable solution
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44.5
43.1
52.5
57.4
64.5
69.0
71.7
71.4
70.4
CAGR%
 (2005E-10F)
21.2
(6.2)
4.4
Total
WCDMA
GSM
CDMA
TDMA and PDC
 (Yellow)
4.2
Billions
 of
 Dollars
Global Spending on Cellular Infrastructure by Technology
 (2002 - 2010F)
Source : CSFB, CIBC, L.E.K. Analysis
MARKET OVERVIEW
The TAM is shifting in our favor
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î This Interference is degrading network performance
AWS Challenges and Opportunities
 Billions of dollars spent on “new” spectrum
 Known microwave sources - cleared over time
…unfortunately….
 Undocumented interference sources prevalent
 Not on the spectrum clearing program
 Significant impact to on-the-air timing 
 Usability
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“The main challenge in deploying UMTS in band VII (UMTS900) is the
 interference with GSM900 due to co-existence in the same band. Interference
 can be overcome by allowing sufficient guard band between carriers,
 optimizing frequency planning and deploying
special filters.”
UMTS900 Overview & Deployment Guidelines
November 2006
80-W1044-1 Rev A
900 MHz Re-mining Challenges and
 Opportunities
 Existing GSM can introduce interference into UMTS network
 Guard Band requirements / adjacent channel issues
 Transition zones / co-channel issues
 Complex frequency planning strategies to work around co-existence
 of UMTS & GSM challenges
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Huawei completes video service trials on UMTS 900 MHz network December 5, 2006
 Huawei technologies announced that it has completed video phone and HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
 services trials on a network in Europe using UMTS 900 MHz and that it plans to continue to
 conduct multiple UMTS 900 MHz field trials in Australia and Europe.
 Vodafone Portugal made the first 3G/UMTS voice, videocall and data
 calls in the 900 MHz frequency band in Portugal.
This is one of the first
 times in the world that such a demonstration has been carried out in a real
 working environment. December 19, 2006
The 900 MHz World-wide Opportunity
3G UMTS/HSDPA Field Trial Using 900 MHz Spectrum 27th July , 2006 
 O2, Manx Telecom, Lucent Technologies, and QUALCOMM announced they are conducting a
 third-generation (3G) UMTS and HSDPA field trial using 900 MHz spectrum on the Isle of Man.
 "UMTS 900 may help solve the 3G coverage issues in Europe, since providing full
 coverage at 2100 MHz is very expensive," said Dave Williams, group CTO for O2.

 "Working with Lucent, we hope to demonstrate how UMTS 900 can complement deployments at
 2100 MHz, improve coverage, lower capital expenses and improve the customer's experience."
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What are Operators Telling ISCO?
 Who: Head of Radio Planning & Radio Innovation Engineering
 What
 Re-mining is reality
 Telefonica markets (Spain, Ireland etc) will be first movers
 Who: Head of New Technology Planning
 What
 Intent on deploying UMTS 900, and considers this "very
 important“
 Rural coverage considered as a key driver 
 Some markets could be moving to UMTS 900 very soon
 Who: VP of Technology-Services & Senior Staff Engineer
 What:
 Qualcomm leading technical efforts  focused on UMTS re-mining
 Several current customer engagements are active
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GSM900
GSM900
UMTS900
2.7 MHz
(From QCOM 80-W1044-1 Rev A)
GSM900 blanket coverage
GSM
transition zone
GSM900/
UMTS900
Isolation
 distance
The Problem we FIX
Achieving adequate performance requires a
 2.7 MHz carrier offset between UMTS and
 GSM carriers
 Guard bands waste spectrum
 Adequate co-channel isolation requires
 transition zones between UMTS900 and
 blanket GSM coverage areas
 Results in capacity loss in
 transition zones.
 Requires air-interface and band
 dependent handover to cross
 transition zones
 No solution for other sources of
 co-channel interference in the
 bands.
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GSM MS
UMTS Node B
UMTS Spectrum
Potential  GSM
Adjacent or 
Co-Channels
 dANF Scans Full
 Adjacent &
 Co-Chanel Band
 and applies
 appropriate filter
 in-band and at
 edge/out-of-band
The Problem we Fix 
   ISCO’s dANF can be deployed to minimize transition
 zones and adjacent channel interference
in UMTS deployments
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UMTS CORE
Transition Zone
Clear 5 MHz of GSM channels
 At a cost of ~504 GSM erlangs/site/day(1)
 30,240 MOU / day / site @ $.05/MOU
 ~ $1500.00 / site / day
Market Size
Small
(Rockford, IL)
Medium
(St. Louis, MO)
Large
(Chicago, IL)
UMTS 900 Coverage
 Area (sq miles)
45
80
188
Approximate
 Transition Sites
21
28
50
Lost GSM
capacity per
Transition Site
42
42
42
Lost GSM Revenue
 per DAY
$31,500
$42,000
$75,000
St. Louis Example
Note 1: Assumes 12 peak traffic hours/day
Carriers are losing real $$
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Strong narrow-band,
intermittent
interference
(max - 75 dbm)
Strong narrow and
wide-band
interference
throughout band
1
t = 0 minutes
t = 7:33 minutes
AWS Spectrum Issues
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Agenda
 Expanding AIM Market Opportunities
 ISCO’s Industry Leading Array of AIM Solutions
 Introducing DIF - Fully Digital/Fully Software
 What’s Next
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ISCO dANF
 Border Cells
 Interference from
 competitive systems
 Difficult to control
 Spectrum Re-mining
 GSM re-mining for
 UMTS
 Provides for “clean”
 spectrum
§ Data/Voice Performance
 Enhancement
§ UMTS and EVDO
§ Minimize Guard Bands
§ Minimize Transition Zones
 Dense Urban
 Dynamic
 interference
 environment
 Difficult to locate
 and control
Product Solutions
 AWS Spectrum Clearing
 Incumbent Delays
 Un-documented
 Interferers
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 Flex 7
 7 Carrier Support
 1 unit / sector
 Analog Scan/Filter
 CDMA 800 only
 digital ANF
 12 Carrier Support
 1 unit / SITE
 Digital Scanning
 Analog Filter
 CDMA / UMTS  800,
 1900, 2100 & AWS
 Digital Interference Filter
 1 unit / SITE
 Full DSP/FPGA
 Platform
 Interference
 Identification &
 Mitigation
 All Technologies
From ANF to dANF to DIF
 ANF
 1 Carrier Support
 1 unit/sector
 Analog Scan/Filter
 CDMA 800 only
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Size
Cost
Speed
Technologies
 Protected
DIF:  Size, Cost, Speed, Technology
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Interference Analysis Tool
Focus on Software Value-added Products
 Multiple Reports
 Event
 Frequency
 Duration
 etc
 Product
 Configuration
 Parameters
 Functions
 Windows Tool
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Base Station
Mobile Device
Forward
Link
Arraycomm
TenXC
  Tensorcomm
  Magnolia
  Broadcom
Reverse
Link
ArrayComm
Qualcomm PIC
 Tensorcomm
 ISCO
Magnolia
■  ISCO
Uniquely Competitively Positioned
 ISCO is THE only company working on inter-system interference
 ISCO is THE only company focused on the Operator ($$) Channel  
 All other competitors in AIM-like technologies are start-ups
  No existing commercial products, no customer relationships 
  Exclusively focused on OEM Channel, Long Time-to-Revenue, Risky
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Agenda
 Expanding AIM Market Opportunities
 ISCO’s Industry Leading Array of AIM Solutions
 Introducing DIF - Fully Digital/Fully Software
 What’s Next
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DIF (Digital Interference Filter) - Key Enhancements
 In addition to frequency, filter bandwidth, depth, and 
 type is variable as well.
 Improved acquisition time (was ms/now μs) improves
 ability to mitigate highly dynamic interfering signals.
 More filter resources available per sector permits the
 tracking of five times the number of simultaneous
 interference sources.
 Feedback/pattern recognition capabilities allow for
 predictability and optimal filter parameterization.
A quantum leap in interference mitigation
 capabilities
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DIF/FPGA Development Environment
 Industry leading 
 FPGA platform
 Fully software
 programmable
 architecture
 Coupled with leading
 edge A/D, D/A and
 DSP components.
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DIF - Key Benefits
 Software Upgradeable
 Enables an Interference Definition File (IDF).
 Characterize unknown interferers at future date
 Enable most current/effective elimination techniques
 Future Proof 
 Supports all future technologies 
 3G,WiMax, LTE, SDR, CogRadio, etc.
 On Common/Industry Standard hardware platform
 Enables significant economies of scale
 Components, manufacturing, engineering
 Significantly Improved Value Proposition 
 Enables significantly lower price to drive adoption
 Yet continues to support attractive margins
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Agenda
 Expanding AIM Market Opportunities
 ISCO’s Industry Leading Array of AIM Solutions
 Introducing DIF - Fully Digital/Fully Software
 What’s Next
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Phase 1
Phase 2 
Phase 3
 SW- based stack for
 imbedded
 applications
 Fundamentally
 cost-reduced
dANF
 Channel - OEM
 Handsets
 Infrastructure
 Family of DIF enabled
 Products for wireless
 Industry
 TSF - DAS
 Channel
 WiMaxx
 DVB-H 
 Others
 Software Licensing
  Upgrade Annuities
HW DIF
SW DIF
Adaptive Interference
Management
Our Vision -
 Adaptive Interference Management
1st Product - dANF
FPGA/DSP Based
Standalone Product
Category
Primary Channel
 Carrier/Operator
Creates Foundation for
future technology
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RISK
2005
2006
2007
People
     
Technology
     
Implementation
     
Financial
     
Market
     
AIM Business Model
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Why ISCO?
 Legacy of Technical Innovation 
 Nimble, Flexible, Customer Focused
 Ongoing R&D Vision
 Culture of Execution, Excellence & Quality
 Visit www.iscointl.com  
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Optimal Wireless. Simplified.
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