Airspan Networks AirSynergy Pico Base Station With Integrated Backhaul Selected as Finalist at 4G World for 'Best Overall Innovation in Mobile' Award

CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Oct 24, 2011) - 4G World - Airspan Networks Inc., a leading provider of broadband wireless access networks, announced today that its revolutionary LTE Pico cell, AirSynergy, has been selected as a finalist in the 4G World Awards category of "Best overall innovation in mobile." Final winners will be announced at the 4G World event being held October 24-27 in Chicago, Illinois.

AirSynergy is the world's first multi-standard pico eNodeB that tightly integrates high capacity wireless backhaul, designed to allow operators to economically deploy urban heterogeneous 4G networks, and create sustainable 4G broadband networks in rural areas. The product is a highly compact, software defined radio base station providing the flexibility to support multiple Radio Access Network (RAN) standards and wireless backhaul simultaneously.

AirSynergy solves the four critical problems associated with 4G small cell deployments:

• It is economic to deploy for small numbers of users
• Has an optimized form-factor that is "Rapidly Deployable" and "De minimis"
• Includes a cost effective, point-to-multipoint, non-line-of-sight backhaul solution that supports relay
• Delivers end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) over access and backhaul radio interfaces

AirSynergy will allow 4G LTE and 4G WiMAX carriers to significantly increase the data handling capacity of their network by deploying wireless pico nodes close to the user base on existing street poles such as lamp posts and utility poles. Spanning licensed frequency bands between 450 MHz and 6 GHz, AirSynergy supports several RAN standards including:

• WiMAX 802.16d and 802.16e
• LTE release 8.0 and 9.0, both TDD and FDD
• Optional support for GSM/Edge and UMTS HSPA+
• High capacity point-to-multipoint relay backhaul

"AirSynergy is a revolutionary new product that will enable carriers to deploy 4G into locations that have never been accessible or sustainable before," said Airspan CEO Eric Stonestrom. "For the multitude of network capacity and coverage challenges arising from widespread adoption of smart phones, AirSynergy is a compelling proposition."

The Best of 4G Awards recognize the top companies, products and innovations within the wireless and mobile supply ecosystem. Final selection of winners will be made by an independent committee, and a special Best in Show at 4G World Award will be voted on by conference attendees. Winners will be announced at the 4G World 2011 VIP Party later today.

Airspan's new suite of LTE RAN solutions including AirSynergy, as well as other groundbreaking equipment such as the Air4G family are on display at 4G World this week in booth #1815.

About Airspan Networks Inc.

Airspan (PINKSHEETS: AIRO) is a leading 4G wireless solution provider. With over 500 customers in over 100 countries and as a top vendor for carrier-class broadband wireless solutions, Airspan is recognized as a leader and pioneer in 4G and broadband wireless technologies. Providing an expansive product portfolio, Airspan offers customers the widest selection of 4G products in the industry with an unsurpassed level of technology to benefit their business case. Airspan has solutions spanning the 700 MHz to 6 GHz frequency bands. www.airspan.com

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