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Profile:Wi-LAN is a leading innovator in the field of high-speed wireless communications products, offering our clients a unique, cost-effective wireless solution to their global data communications challenges. We are dedicated to advancing and adding to our patented wireless technologies, including Wide-band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (W-OFDM) and Multi-Code Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (MC-DSSS). These patented technologies are at the foundation of proposed international standards including WiMAX, and the technology that they protect is at the heart of our wireless products. Wi-LAN holds 59* United States, Canadian, and International patents and patent applications. We were founded in 1992 and are headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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Wi-LAN Signs Agreement with Cisco; Lawsuit Resolved

CALGARY, Canada – December 2, 2005 – Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in which the companies have agreed to terminate all legal actions pending between them. Under the agreement, Cisco purchased from Wi-LAN several issued and pending patents relating to WiMAX and antenna technology, and has granted Wi-LAN a license to use these patents in its products. Wi-LAN will retain ownership of its remaining patent portfolio, including its W-OFDM patents and the majority of its other patents that relate to implementation of WiMAX and other broadband wireless systems. As part of the agreement, Cisco also received a license to Wi-LAN`s patent portfolio. Other terms and conditions of the agreement are confidential.

Detailed information on Wi-LAN can be found at www.wi-lan.com.

Forward Looking Information

Certain statements in this release, other than statements of historical fact, may include forward-looking information that involves various risks and uncertainties. These may include, without limitation, statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties related to all aspects of the wireless communications industry. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not restricted to, continued increased demand for the Company`s products, the Company`s ability to maintain its technological leadership in the field of high-speed wireless communications, the Company`s ability to attract and retain key employees, the enforceability of the Company`s patents, and the availability of key components.

These uncertainties may cause actual results to differ from information contained herein. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. These and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management`s estimates or opinions change.

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