CHICAGO, Feb 27, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

PCTEL, Inc. (Nasdaq:PCTI), a leading provider of Internet access products and wireless mobility software, announced today the launch of its Dual-Mode Segue(TM) Roaming Client software at the EyeforWireless Conference and Exhibition at the Sheraton Gateway hotel in San Francisco, February 27-28, 2003. The Segue(TM) Roaming Client represents PCTEL's commitment to resolve the problems that service providers and subscribers encounter when roaming wide-area cellular data service (CDMA2000 1X and GPRS) to wireless local area networks (WLAN, or "Wi-Fi").

"Wi-Fi is proving an enormous boon to mobile data services and our Segue(TM) Roaming Client will help them leverage their existing subscriber base, billing systems and experience in addressing roaming problems to offer a compelling wireless data service to people on the move," said Marty Singer, PCTEL Chairman and CEO. "In effect, cellular carriers do not have to wait for 3G - or build expensive 3G networks - to realize significantly increased revenues from mobile data services."

PCTEL will also provide a Wi-Fi network and demonstration copies of its Segue(TM) Roaming Client for EyeforWireless conference participants.

The Dual-Mode product builds upon PCTEL's existing Segue(TM) Roaming Client software. The previous release of the Roaming Client automatically configures laptops so that they can operate in different 802.11 environments, enabling mobile data subscribers to roam from one WLAN to another WLAN.

The Segue(TM) Roaming Client offers the following benefits: -- Provides customers with a simple mechanism to locate available Wi-Fi "hotspots," using PCTEL's "Location Finder" feature. -- Maintains customer "stickiness." A carrier's customer will remain on the same network or the network of a roaming partner. Without this feature, a customer's laptop could default to another network. This simplifies billing for carriers and customers. -- Enhances security by providing automatic detection, selection, and connection to networks in a pre-determined manner.

By addressing the access, billing, convenience and quality of service issues listed above, the PCTEL Segue(TM) Roaming Client eliminates the barriers service providers face when deploying Wi-Fi networks to augment their wide-area cellular data services.

About PCTEL

PCTEL, founded in March 1994, is a leading provider of innovative and cost-effective Internet access solutions. PCTEL's products include analog soft modems, DSP-based modems and WLAN software products (Segue(TM) product line) that simplify installation, roaming, Internet access and billing. The company maintains a portfolio of more than 80 analog and broadband communications and wireless patents, issued or pending, including key and essential patents for modem technology. The company's products are sold to PC manufacturers, PC board and card manufacturers, wireless carriers, wireless ISPs, software distributors, and system integrators. PCTEL headquarters are located at 8725 West Higgins Road, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60631. Telephone: 773-243-3000. For more information, please visit our web site at: http://www.pctel.com.

PCTEL SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, these statements include, statements regarding PCTEL's Segue(TM) Network Gateway, Segue(TM) Controller and Segue(TM) Roaming Client software product and the potential benefits of its public wireless local area network (WLAN) to facilitate connections between Wi-Fi networks, CDMA2000 1X and GPRS networks; our customers ability to inexpensively establish a footprint in "hot spots" through the use of our products; and the anticipated functionality of the products. These statements are based on PCTEL's current expectations and anticipated marketing efforts and actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the success of marketing, selling and supporting these products and services; whether such products and services achieve market acceptance; compatibility with the technology of other wireless products and services; and PCTEL's ability to accurately forecast customer requirements. These risks and uncertainties and others that relate to PCTEL's business, financial condition and future operating results, including, but not limited to, those detailed from time to time in PCTEL's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, can affect actual results. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and PCTEL disclaims any obligation to update or revise the information contained in any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

PCTEL, Inc.
John Schoen, COO/CFO, 773/243-3000
john_schoen@pctel.com
or
Public Relations
Jack Seller, 773/243-3016
jack_seller@pctel.com

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