Airspan Announces Enhancements to the AS.NET Product Family for the North American Market
28 June 2006
Airspan Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN), aleading worldwide provider of WiMAX-based broadband wireless accessnetworks, carrier class Voice over Internet Protocols (VoIP) and Wi-FiHotzone systems, today announced the availability of AS.NET SR2.0enhancements targeted for the North American market. The new higher powerradios and Quality of Service (QoS) features are significant improvementsfor operators looking to expand their coverage area and service offerings.
"We have consulted closely with our North American customers and madeimportant improvements to our AS.NET product line," said Dick Lee, VicePresident of Sales for Airspan North America. "The ability to increaserange and offer QoS services for unlicensed-band product is important, asit allows operators to offer the most reliable data and voicecommunications, over a wider coverage area, improving therevenue-generating potential of their networks. These features closelymatch those of our licensed products, which support similar services."
The new high power radio is available for all AS.NET access and linkproducts in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. The power level isconfigurable, meaning it can be increased or decreased according tospecific customer or regulatory requirements. The maximum transmit power,measured at the RF antenna port, is 26dBm. This enables longer linkdistances with Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) levels up to 46dBmin point-to-point applications, and up to 36dBm EIRP in other deploymentmodels, which is the maximum allowed under FCC regulations. The new radioalso provides improvements in receiver sensitivity, further increasing therange.
The new QoS features, based on the Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a subset of theIEEE 802.11e standard, can be used to improve voice over Wi-Fi services.These features allow each base station to handle up to four differenttraffic queues, which can be configured at different priority levels. As aresult, an operator is able to define different service classes for voice,video or data, or alternatively for different user types such as highpriority and best effort priority, and set tariffs accordingly for eachone. The features are available in all AS.NET access products operating atboth 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies.
The AS.NET SR2.0 enhancements will be available in the third quarter, 2006.The full solution will be demonstrated at the upcoming WCA 2006 show inWashington, DC on June 27 - 30.
For further information, email sales@airspan.com, or contact you localAirspan office or visit www.airspan.com.
About Airspan Networks, Inc.
Airspan Networks provides fixed and wireless voice and data systems andsolutions, including Voice Over IP (VoIP). Its wireless products serveoperators around the world in both licensed and unlicensed frequency bandsbetween 700 MHz and 6 GHz, including both PCS and 3.5GHz internationalbands. Airspan has a strong wireless product roadmap that includesofferings compliant with the 802.11 a/b/g and the WiMAX 802.16-2004standard, including software upgradeability to Mobile WiMAX (the802.16e-2005 standard). Airspan is on the Board and is a founder member ofthe WiMAX Forum and a member of the Wi-Fi Alliance. The Company hasdeployments with more than 350 operators in more than 100 countries.Airspan's wireless systems are based on radio technology that deliversexcellent area coverage, high security and resistance to fading. Thesesystems can be deployed rapidly and cost effectively, providing anattractive alternative to traditional wired communications networks.Airspan's new AS.Tone VoIP system is a carrier class, turnkey solution thatprovides carriers with Class 4, Class 5 and IP-Centrex solutions and has aSoftswitch and Gateways supporting SIP/H323 and SIP. AS.Tone's designprovides customers; carriers, next-generation telcos, cellular providersand ITSP with a wide range of solutions with the best price/performancesystem for IP telephony. Airspan also offers radio planning, networkinstallation, integration, training and support services to facilitate thedeployment and operation of its systems. Airspan is headquartered in BocaRaton, Florida with its main operations center in Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaningof Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements ofhistorical facts, including statements regarding our strategy, futureoperations, financial position, future revenues, projected costs,prospects, plans and objectives of management, may be deemed to beforward-looking statements. The words "anticipates," "believes,""estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "projects," "will,""would" and similar expressions or negative variations thereof are intendedto identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-lookingstatements contain these identifying words. We may not actually achievethe plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-lookingstatements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-lookingstatements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actualresults or events to differ materially from the plans, intentions andexpectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. Investorsand others are therefore cautioned that a variety of factors, includingcertain risks, may affect our business and cause actual results to differmaterially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Theserisk factors include, without limitation, (i) a slowdown of expenditures bycommunication service providers; (ii) increased competition fromalternative communication systems; (iii) the failure of our existing orprospective customers to purchase products as projected; (iv) our inabilityto successfully implement cost reduction or containment programs; (v) aloss of any of our key customers; (vi) our ability to retain Axtel andYozan as our largest customers; and (vii) specific to this press release,Airspan's ability to successfully manufacture and deliver the new AS.NETproducts. The Company is subject to the risks and uncertainties describedin its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including itsAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December, 2005. Youshould read those factors as being applicable to all relatedforward-looking statements wherever they appear in this press release. Wedo not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
For Investment and Media Inquiries, contact:Peter AronstamSenior Vice President & Chief Financial OfficerAirspan Networks, Inc.Tel: +1 561 893-8682Email: Email Contact
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