Wavion and Balton Selected by MTN Rwanda to Provide Metro Wi-Fi Coverage of Kigali, Rwanda

YOQNE’AM, Israel--(Business Wire)--
Wavion Ltd. a company transforming the Metro and Rural Wi-Fi market with a new
category of Wi-Fi Base Stations, Balton Uganda Ltd, a system integrator in
Uganda and Rwanda and MTN Rwanda, a leading cellular operator in Rwanda, today
announced the initialization of a large scale Wi-Fi network deployment based on
Wavion WBS-2400 Base Stations in the city of Kigali, Rwanda. The WBS-2400 Base
Stations will provide high-speed wireless (Wi-Fi) connectivity to medium and
small businesses and residences in Kigali.

"As a leading communications provider, we are committed to provide our customers
with a reliable and affordable broadband connectivity," said Mr. Rami Farah, CTO
of MTN Rwanda. "We have chosen Wavion`s Wi-Fi solution because of their powerful
beamforming technology and their solution architecture which enables a
cost-effective carrier-grade network with the highest standards of quality of
service."

Wavion`s WBS-2400 spatially adaptive beamforming base stations provide extended
range, improved indoor penetration, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) operation and
better interference resilience. In this first phase of the project, about 100
WBS-2400 base stations are being installed on MTN Rwanda cellular sites and
roof-tops, and will jointly cover the city of Kigali. Wavion provided to MTN
Rwanda a full end-to-end solution which apart from the WBS-2400 Base Stations
included CPEs, backhaul, network management and integration with MTN
provisioning system.

"We are proud to be selected by MTN Rwanda for their first large scale metro
Wi-Fi deployment," said Eran Kaplan, EVP of Sales and Marketing. "Our superior
performance in terms of range and indoors penetration is a key enabler to cost
effective city-wide deployments. Our cooperation with Balton Uganda will ensure
the customer with a complete and successful turnkey project and ongoing
support."

About Wavion

Wavion is transforming the metro Wi-Fi and rural markets with a new category of
spatially adaptive beamforming base stations. The company`s digital beamforming
and SDMA technologies are the first and only to resolve the significant
performance, penetration and profitability challenges facing large scale metro
and rural deployments. Wavion is privately held and backed by world-class
investors including Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELRN), and BRM
Capital. Wavion has offices in Miami, US, San Paulo, Brazil, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Moscow, Russia and New Delhi, India. To learn more, please visit
Wavion at www.wavionnetworks.com

About Balton

BALTON has extensive experience in managing large scale projects requiring
multi-disciplinary skills. Through its network of subsidiaries in Africa, Balton
is ideally suited to offer customers the complete package for turnkey projects
in construction, telecommunications, agriculture, horticulture and engineering.
The offered package includes all the required work from the design, planning and
procurement to implementation and commissioning. To learn more, please visit
www.balton-u.com

About MTN Rwanda

MTN is a global communications company and world-class cellular network which is
specifically focused on the Africa and the Middle East.

MTN Rwanda was founded in 1998 and since then continues to expand its network,
offer new and innovative packages and services, and keep up with the latest
trends in communications while maintaining affordability. To learn more, please
visit MTN Rwanda at www.mtn.co.rw

Wavion Ltd.
Hila Nagel, Tel: +972-4-909-7349
Fax: +972-4-909-7322
hila@wavionnetworks.com

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