Cisco Joins WiMAX Forum® Board of Directors

PORTLAND, Ore.--(Business Wire)--
The WiMAX Forum® today announced the addition of Cisco as a new member of its
board of directors. Sai Subramanian, director of marketing for the broadband
wireless business unit of Cisco, will serve as Cisco`s representative on the
WiMAX Forum board. Last week, the WiMAX Forum also announced that it had added
Tata Communications` COO Prateek Pashine to its board.

"Our board of directors - just like the growing WiMAX ecosystem - comprises a
diverse group of the wireless and broadband industry`s top operators, device and
infrastructure manufacturers and chipset vendors," said Ron Resnick, president
and chairman of the WiMAX Forum. "The addition of global leaders such as Cisco
and Tata Communications is another strong indication of the growing industry
commitment to continue delivering on the promise of the mobile Internet and
wireless 4G broadband worldwide."

Prior to joining Cisco, Subramanian served as vice president of product
management and strategic marketing at Navini Networks, which was acquired by
Cisco in January 2008. Before that Subramanian held various management positions
at Nortel Networks that spanned R&D, strategic marketing, and customer planning.
Subramanian holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Brown University and an MBA
from the University of Chicago.

"Cisco is proud to be part of an industry organization that is shaping the
future of WiMAX. Sai will add tremendous value with his respected industry
tenure and contributions to the WiMAX initiative," said Brett Galloway, senior
vice president of the Wireless and Security Technology Group, Cisco. "The WiMAX
Forum remains the primary driving force behind the development and adoption of
WiMAX. Cisco values the opportunity to demonstrate our growing commitment to its
success."

Recently, Clearwire selected Cisco as its national Internet Protocol
Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) core infrastructure provider, and Cisco has
announced plans to build new mobile WiMAX devices for the CLEAR 4G Mobile WiMAX
service for the consumer, small office or home office (SOHO), and small and
medium-sized business (SMB) markets. As part of a multiyear network build-out
plan with Cisco, the CLEAR 4G Mobile WiMAX service will be available in major
metropolitan areas across the United States. Cisco`s WiMAX-enabled devices for
the home include Linksys by Cisco routers and Cisco is aiming to introduce its
first mobile WiMAX device later this year.

Cisco`s WiMAX radio solution is in commercial service in more than 20 live
networks around the world including Xanadoo in the United States, Ultravision in
Mexico, Scarlet in the Caribbean, Max Telecom in Bulgaria, Magticom in the
Republic of Georgia, AsiaBell in Kazakhstan and TT&T in Thailand.

Other members of the WiMAX Forum Board include: Airspan Networks,
Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Aperto Networks, British Telecom, Clearwire
Corporation, Comcast Cable, Fujitsu, Huawei Technologies, Information and
Communications Research Laboratories at Taiwan`s Industrial Technology Research
Institute (ITRI), Intel Corporation, KDDI, KT, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint
and ZTE.

The WiMAX Forum`s membership base represents a thriving WiMAX ecosystem that
supports the more than 475 WiMAX network deployments in 140 countries currently
tracked today. A complete list of members is available online at
http://www.wimaxforum.org/about/. The WiMAX Forum is the worldwide consortium
focused on global adoption of WiMAX and chartered to establish certification
processes that achieve interoperability, publish technical specifications based
on recognized standards, promote the technology and pursue a favorable
regulatory environment.

About the WiMAX Forum®

The WiMAX Forum® is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to
certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless
products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16e/ETSI HiperMAN standard. A WiMAX
Forum goal is to accelerate the introduction of these systems into the
marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified products are interoperable and support
broadband fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile services. Along these lines, the
WiMAX Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that
WiMAX Forum Certified systems meet customer and government requirements. Through
the WiMAX Forum Congress Events Series of global trade shows and events, the
WiMAX Forum is committed to furthering education, training and collaboration to
expand the reach of the WiMAX ecosystem. For more information, visit the trade
show link at www.wimaxforum.org.

"WiMAX Forum," the WiMAX Forum logo and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are
registered trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," "Mobile WiMAX," "Fixed
WiMAX," "WiMAX Certified," and "WiMAX Forum Certified" are trademarks of the
WiMAX Forum. Third-party trademarks contained in this document are the property
of their respective owners.

WiMAX Forum
Scenna Tabesh, 503-924-2926
Director, Marketing Communications
scenna@wimaxforum.org
or
GolinHarris
Becca Harpham, 972-341-2527
bharpham@golinharris.com

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