Sierra Wireless Announces Wireless Security Solutions with Check Point Software and T-Mobile

Sierra Wireless AirCard® products are OPSEC certified providing secure, high-speed wireless access to mobile users

Vancouver, British Columbia - December 11, 2002 -- Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced today that it has joined forces with Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, to deliver secure wireless data solutions to the enterprise market. Further, the two companies have aligned with T-Mobile USA, Inc. to offer a mobile solution using Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall-1® and the Sierra Wireless AirCard® 750 which runs on T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS network. The solution ensures customers have easy and secure wireless access to information from their laptop or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) when they travel or work away from the office. Check Point Software, Sierra Wireless, and T-Mobile solutions are available through Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the largest global provider of technology products and supply chain management services.

Designed for enterprise customers, mobile users can now use Check Point's Next Generation™ suite of industry-leading virtual private networking (VPN), firewall and security management solutions combined with Sierra Wireless's award winning AirCard® products that operate over wireless wide area networks. Together, Sierra Wireless and Check Point will provide customers with an easy to deploy VPN/Security Mobile data solution that is certified for seamless interoperability with Check Point's Open Platform for Security (OPSEC™).*

"Secure access to data is a critical requirement for enterprises with mobile employees," said Upesh Patel, Group Manager, OPSEC Alliance for Check Point Software Technologies. "Check Point Next Generation customers are now assured that VPN-1® SecureClient™ seamlessly interoperates with the Sierra Wireless AirCard products to provide a secure mobile office solution for use over wireless wide area cellular networks."

Complete and Secure Mobile Solution
Sierra Wireless and Check Point will offer a set of complete communication solutions with T-Mobile USA. The offering combines leading edge wireless data products with the convenience and reliability of a ubiquitous high-speed data network including: Check Point VPN-1 SecureClient, and VPN-1/FireWall-1 software; the Sierra Wireless AirCard 750 PC Card, offering both voice and data functionality when used with a laptop or PDA; and wireless connectivity through T-Mobile's GSM/GPRS global wireless voice and high-speed data network. This offering will enable Check Point USA based resellers to immediately offer a complete wireless solution to new and existing customers.

"T-Mobile's networks and desktop solutions are ideally suited to meet the changing mobility requirements of growing businesses that operate on a national and international level," said Frank Ramirez, director of business products for T-Mobile. "Using T-Mobile's international standards based network, Check Point VPN/firewall technology and the Sierra Wireless AirCard 750 together enables any business to affordably and reliably extend their remote data access solutions with enterprise grade security to employees most anywhere business requires."

The entire solution is available through Ingram Micro for the ease of one-stop shopping. Ingram Micro is unique in being able to provide a single source for wireless solutions as well as technical support capabilities, consulting services and wireless education support for solution providers entering the wireless market. For more information, call (800) 456-6783 or e-mail Checkpoint-Licensing@ingrammicro.com.

OPSEC Certified*
Sierra Wireless PC Cards have received OPSEC™ certification from Check Point Software. OPSEC certification ensures that the AirCard has been rigorously tested and certified to seamlessly integrate with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation solution. This certification enables Check Point's installed customer base to immediately access corporate information wirelessly and securely using Sierra Wireless AirCard products through existing VPN-1/FireWall-1 software.

Sierra Wireless OPSEC certified products include the AirCard 710 and AirCard 750 (operating on global GSM/GPRS networks), as well as the AirCard 550 and AirCard 555 (operating on high-speed CDMA2000 1X networks). These products offer both voice and data functionality when inserted into a laptop or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

"Sierra Wireless is proud to be the only Wireless Wide Area Network PC card manufacturer in the world to achieve OPSEC certification from Check Point for their industry leading VPN/security offering," said Jeff Miller, Vice President, Business Development, Sierra Wireless. "Joining forces with a leading global provider of VPN solutions ensures we can continue to work with our partners to deliver secure, end-to-end wireless data solutions for the mobile enterprise. This alliance makes it easy for any organization to deploy a secure wireless solution using our cutting edge AirCard product line."

For more information on Check Point Software solutions with the Sierra Wireless AirCard please visit www.opsec.com/solutions/partners/sierra.html or call 1-800-429-4391.

Check Point and T-Mobile are new members of the WirelessReady™ Alliance (WRA), a program founded by Sierra Wireless that unites wireless industry-leading members in the development of complete and compelling wireless data solutions. For more information about the WRA, please visit www.wirelessready.org.

About Check Point's OPSEC Alliance
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 325 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit www.opsec.com.

About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc. is the leading wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services in the world. With sales of more than $25 billion for the fiscal year 2001, the company provides the best way to get technology from the people who make it to the people who use it. Visit www.ingrammicro.com/corp.

About T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT). Through its subsidiaries and other investments, Deutsche Telekom today serves more than 72 million wireless subscribers worldwide, ranking it one of the top three wireless carriers globally. T-Mobile is committed to providing the best value in wireless service through its GET MOREsm promise to provide customers with more minutes, more features and more service than any other wireless provider. T-Mobile operates the largest GSM/GPRS voice and high speed data network in the country, covering more than 210 million people and the world's largest carrier-owned 'Wi-Fi' (802.11b) wireless broadband, (WLAN) network, serving more than 2000 public locations under the service name T-Mobile HotSpotsm . For more information, visit www.t-mobile.com.

About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless data communications products. Sierra Wireless develops and markets wireless PC Cards for portable computers, OEM modules for embedded applications, and rugged vehicle-mounted wireless systems. Sierra Wireless is the founding member of the WirelessReadyä Alliance, an alliance of industry-leading hardware, software, and service companies committed to the delivery of complete and compelling wireless data solutions. For more information on Sierra Wireless, visit www.sierrawireless.com.

"AirCard" is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks or service marks in this news release are the trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

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