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(COMTEX) B: AirNet Announces Additional GSM Infrastructure Orders Wit
B: AirNet Announces Additional GSM Infrastructure Orders With MBO Wireless
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan 18, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- AirNet(R)
Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:ANCC) announced today that it has
received additional orders totaling approximately $1 million from MBO
Wireless, Inc., a wireless service provider based in Warner, Oklahoma.
AirNet will supply Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
infrastructure equipment for use in the Muskogee, Oklahoma, Basic
Trading Area (BTA). These new orders were placed under terms of a
contract signed with MBO in 1998. AirNet is currently deploying
equipment for use in the Stillwater, Oklahoma BTA under the first phase
of this contract.
The equipment to be supplied by AirNet includes AdaptaCell(TM)
broadband, software-defined Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) and
AirSite(R) Backhaul Free Base Stations(TM).
"With AirNet's backhaul-free infrastructure, we are able to rapidly
build out our network at a minimal cost," said V. David Miller II,
president of MBO Wireless. "The AirSite lets us quickly and easily
deploy base stations without the added recurring cost of a T1 line.
Additionally, we were impressed with AirNet's broadband technology and
software-defined upgrade path from GSM to GPRS to EDGE and then to 3G."
"Like many other wireless operators MBO sees the 'today and tomorrow'
advantages of the AirNet Base Station Subsystem," said Dr. Lee
Hamilton, president and CEO of AirNet. "Operators can enjoy the
backhaul-free advantage of the AirSite today while being able to
support high-speed data protocols like GPRS and EDGE through simple
software upgrades tomorrow."
"It is particularly gratifying when an existing customer places
additional orders with us," said Glenn Ehley, AirNet's vice president
of sales and marketing. "At AirNet, our first commitment is to provide
total customer satisfaction, and I am pleased that MBO continues to
show confidence in our ability to deliver cost-effective GSM
infrastructure today that's ready to support tomorrow's high-speed data
and Internet services."
AirNet Communications Corporation provides wireless base stations and
other telecommunications equipment designed to allow service operators
to cost-effectively offer simultaneous wireless high-speed Internet and
voice services to mobile subscribers. The Company's AdaptaCell(TM)
incorporates a patented radio architecture that is designed to enable
operators to offer these services by upgrading base station software
rather than deploying new base station hardware. The Company's
AirSite(R) Backhaul Free Base Station(TM) carries wireless voice and
data signals back to the wireline network without a physical
communications link - usually a digital T-1 phone line. As a result, an
operator's fixed network operating costs may decrease substantially.
Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995
In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company notes that this press
release contains forward-looking statements that relate to future
events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may",
"will", "should", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes",
"estimates", "predicts", "intends", "potential", "continue", or the
negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These
statements are only predictions. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements. Our actual results could differ materially
from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result
of various factors, including but not limited to: the risk that we will
be unable to develop new products and product features in response to
changing technology and standards or to modify our base stations to
support developing wireless standards; the risk that we will be unable
to fully realize the potential value of our customer contracts due to
the failure of any one of the numerous conditions which are generally
included therein; and the other risk factors discussed in Company
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot
assume that it will be able to anticipate or respond timely to any of
the factors listed above, which could adversely affect operating
results.
AirNet(R) and AirSite(R) are registered with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. AdaptaCell(TM), Backhaul Free Base Station(TM), and
We're Ready for Anything(TM) are trademarks of AirNet Communications
Corporation. Other names are registered trademarks or trademarks of
their respective companies or organizations.
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or
Company Contact:
AirNet, Melbourne
William Lovin, 321/953-6628
wlovin@aircom.com
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