Sierra Wireless, Inc.: Voq Professional Phone Makes its Canadian Debut.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Sierra Wireless, Inc. (TSX:SW)(NASDAQ:SWIR):

Cellcom Wireless and Uptown Communication House work with Sierra Wireless to deliver the Voq Professional(TM) Phone to the Canadian market

Sierra Wireless today

announced that the Voq Professional Phone(TM), a tri-band Smartphone developed by Sierra Wireless, is now available in Canada for use on GSM/GPRS networks. Canadian customers can purchase the Voq Professional Phone and Rogers Wireless airtime bundles through Cellcom Wireless and Uptown Communication House, Inc.

The Voq Professional Phone offers the best features of a mobile phone, a messaging device and a PDA (personal digital assistant). Designed for mobile professionals, the Voq Professional Phone features a unique, flip-open QWERTY thumbpad for quick text entry and easy-to-use software solutions, including VoqMail(TM), a secure, "Always There"(TM) e-mail application that requires no additional enterprise server or desktop redirector software to purchase, install and maintain. The unique, easy, and powerful myVoq(TM) software enables predictive search, storage, and sending of information.

"There has been considerable interest in the Voq Professional Phone since it was first announced, and we are pleased to deliver a comprehensive tool that combines voice calling, messaging, e-mail, calendar, and contact information to Canadian mobile professionals looking for a practical way to stay in touch with colleagues, clients, and family," said Dan Schieler, Vice President of Sales, Americas for Sierra Wireless. "Sierra Wireless is pleased to work with Cellcom Wireless and Uptown Communications to bring the Voq Professional Phone to the Canadian market."

"The Voq Professional Phone offers business professionals the opportunity to stay securely connected to e-mail and information they need to be productive and competitive," said Terry Severyn, Vice President of Sales for Cellcom Wireless. "This is something our customers demand, and we are pleased to add the Voq phone to our product line."

"Busy professionals are looking for tools that help them work and travel more efficiently, and the Voq Professional Phone does that, by giving them access to e-mail, calendar, contacts and other critical information they need directly from their phone," said Karim Jetha, Sales Manager for Uptown Communication House. "We are happy to be one of the first retailers to offer the Voq Professional Phone to Canadian customers."