> Company History

Dec 2005 Received Awards in "Small, Medium, and Large Enterprise Cooperation" by the Prime Minister
Oct 2005 Awarded 2005 Advanced Industrial Design Mark for NEO 200 Handset by KOREA Institute of Design Promotion.
June 2005 Awarded TL 9000 Certification
June 2005 Open office in Moscow, Russia
April 2005 Open office in Shenzen, China
Feb 2005 Selected the superior tax payment company by the National Tax Service
Dec 2004 Honored by Ministry of Information and Communication as a model company about using legitimate software
Oct 2004 Awarded ISO 14000 Certification
Feb 2004 Received the first prize of technical chief executive by Korea Industrial Technology Association


Dec 2003

Honored by Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy for achievement for attracting foreign capital into Korea in 2003

Nov 2003

Sponsors PT Wireless Expo in Beijing

Oct 2003

Sponsors CIC (8th Annual Cellular & Intelligent Communications Conference) hosted by the Ministry of Information & Communication.

Sep 2003

Awarded ISO 9001 Certification.

Jul 2003

Awarded 2003 Advanced Industrial Design Mark for GM800 Intenna Handset by Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Resources.

Jun 2003

Received Investment Capital from Softbank.

Dec 2002 Developed the CDMA wireless module, CDMA 2000 1x 1800MHz (BCM-1850E).
Dec 2002

Developed Korea’s First Intenna GSM Handset Design, GM800.

Nov 2002

Export Prize from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Resources.

Jun 2002

Developed BMA-93, CDMA 2000 1x 1.8GHz, Phone Module for PDA.

Jun 2002

Developed CDMA 2000 1x 1.8GHz, Wireless Module.

Dec 2001

Named an “Excellent Company” by Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund.

Nov 2001

Received Funds from Texas Instrument through issue of new shares.

Aug 2001

Selected as Beneficiary of the Venture Company’s Oversea Market Exploring Support Project by Small Business Corporation.

July 2001

Release of BCM-850, CDMA Data Modem.

Jun 2001

Registered as Member of Wireless Intellectual Property Association.

Jun 2001 Selected as a foreign-invested tax-reduction company (by the Ministry of Finance and Economy)
May 2001 Release of the CDMA Data Modem, BCM-800.
Apr 2001

Signed Investment Contract with Texas Instruments .

Jan 2001

Release of BMA-81, Repeater Monitoring Modem.

Dec 2000

Release of BCT-1000, Location-Tracing Terminal.

Dec 2000

Signed Investment Contract with Citicorp Capital .

Nov 2000

Announced Release of BCM-1800, CDMA Data Modem.

Sep 2000

Received the Information & Communication Minister’s Award for New Technology by the Korean Radio Promotion Association.

May 2000

Selected as a Special Military Service Company for Professional Research by Military Manpower Administration.

Apr 2000

Release of BCT-1000, Location-Tracing Terminal.

Dec 1999

Recognized as a Superior Venture Company by the Small and Medium Business Administration.

Dec 1999

Selected as Development Partner of the CDMA Data Modem for the Industrial Technology Development Project by the Ministry of Information & Communication.

Nov 1999

Established the Communication Research Institute in partnership with the Korean Industrial Technology Association.

Sep 1999

Bellwave Co., Ltd., founded.  Capital: $3.9 Million US  CEO: Ki-gon Yang