Airvana Demonstrates 'Connected Digital Home' at CTIA Wireless 2009

Innovative Applications Use Femtocell Capabilities to Bridge Home and Mobile
Communications

CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AIRV), the company transforming the mobile experience, today announced that it
will showcase the company's pioneering efforts in the development and
deployment of femtozone applications at CTIA Wireless 2009, taking place in
Las Vegas from April 1-3. Attendees to Airvana's booth (8035) will see
first-hand how the company's HubBub(TM) femtocell can become the center of the
connected digital home by bridging consumers' mobile and home environments
through converged services and location-based intelligence.

The live CTIA demo shows the use one of the distinguishing characteristics of
the femtocell, namely the ability to provide accurate presence information of
handsets in the home, to create unique femtozone services. In the live demo,
as a family member carrying a mobile phone enters or departs the "HubBub
Zone," the femtocell automatically generates an SMS text message - "I got
home" or "I am leaving home" - to another family member away from home and
connected to the commercial macro network. These messages can be transmitted
equally well to other media such as e-mail or Facebook pages.

This demonstration follows Airvana's demonstration at Mobile World Congress
2009 in February of another unique service-enabling functionality of the
femtocell, namely that of local breakout, which is the ability to create
direct connectivity between a mobile handset and a device connected to the
home network through the femtocell. In the MWC demonstration, which will also
be shown at CTIA, a picture from the mobile handset is automatically displayed
on a digital picture frame as the handset enters the HubBub Zone. The
femtocell creates direct connectivity between the handset and the digital
frame, and the direct integration between the HubBub femtocell and the home
network opens up new ways for consumers to manage and interact with their
personal communications, content and entertainment. It also reduces costs by
eliminating the need to move data across the operator's macro network.

Airvana's CTIA demonstrations are small yet powerful examples of the range of
unique capabilities enabled by the femtocell to create a new class of
compelling family communications and home digital media femtozone
applications. Further, Airvana is developing an open application programming
interface (API) for its femtocell technology to allow software developers to
build their own femtozone applications for the HubBub femtocell.

"Improved coverage and performance are really the tip of the iceberg when
considering the advantages femtocells bring to both subscribers and
operators," explained Dave Nowicki, vice president of marketing and product
management. "There is tremendous benefit in services that bridge the
subscriber's mobile and home environments which is why we're taking an active,
leadership role in the advancement of femtozone applications through our
femtocells, software and supporting third party developers."

The company's support of femtozone applications adds to its complete line of
femtocell solutions, including HubBub CDMA and UMTS femtocells, femtocell
network gateways, Femtocell Service Manager, and a variety of integrated home
gateway femtocell solutions.

About Airvana

Airvana helps operators transform the mobile experience for users worldwide.
The company's high-performance technology and products, from comprehensive
femtocell solutions to core mobile network infrastructure, enable operators to
deliver compelling and consistent broadband services to mobile subscribers,
wherever they are. Airvana's products are deployed in 70 commercial networks
on all six continents. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass.,
USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, please visit
www.airvana.com.

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Davies Murphy Group
(781) 418-2400
airvana@daviesmurphy.com

SOURCE Airvana, Inc.

Robert Morton of Davies Murphy Group, +1-781-418-2400,
airvana@daviesmurphy.com, for Airvana, Inc.