HubBub UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell from Airvana Addresses Needs of Enterprise and Public Space Deployment

HubBub UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell from Airvana Addresses Needs of Enterprise
and Public Space Deployment
Latest Member of the HubBub Femtocell Family Delivers New Opportunities for
Operators

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq:
AIRV), the company transforming the mobile experience, today introduced the
HubBub(TM) UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell. Designed to meet the stringent
demands of mobile operators who need to deliver improved 3G coverage and
advanced services to office buildings and public spaces, the HubBub UMTS
High-Capacity Femtocell is fully standards-compliant and features
industry-leading concurrent call capacity, range and HSPA performance.

The ability of femtocells to help operators cost-effectively improve
in-building coverage, call quality and data performance for residential
subscribers by using the public internet for backhaul is increasingly being
recognized. However, the range, call capacity, manageability and physical
deployment options required to make femtocells a viable technology for use in
enterprises and public spaces have until now not been available. Airvana has
designed the HubBub UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell to address these specific
challenges, opening the door for operators to efficiently deliver improved
coverage and performance in both office environments and public spaces,
creating opportunities to not only secure new customers and increase average
revenue per user (ARPU), but also reduce churn.

"The major drawback to femtocells in commercial or enterprise environments has
always been low concurrent call capacity, which significantly limited
usefulness in a business setting," explained Peter Jarich, research director,
Wireless Infrastructure and Converged Core, Current Analysis. "Capacity
increases, along with improved range and performance will open the door for
much greater acceptance of femtocells as a viable business technology."

The HubBub High-Capacity femtocell provides a range of features that make it
ideal for use in enterprises and public spaces. Each device supports 16
simultaneous users, 21.6 Mbps download speeds and 5.7 Mbps upload speed with a
coverage range of up to 600 meters--a breakthrough at nearly three times that
of residential femtocell technologies. Each device can additionally support up
to 40 simultaneous users of low-bandwidth data applications such as push
e-mail. This combination is well suited to offices and public spaces in which
many smartphone users will be checking email or updating social networking
sites, while others will be conducting voice calls or more intensive data
sessions. Like HubBub residential femtocells, the HubBub High-Capacity
femtocell can use a standard high-speed Internet connection for backhaul and
is compatible with 3GPP Iuh femtocells standards. It is truly plug-and-play,
designed for installation by non-specialized IT staff, significantly lowering
the cost of deployment for both operator and end-customer.

The HubBub High-Capacity femtocell is based on a fully programmable platform.
It is software-upgradable to support higher capacities and new features as
they become available. This is a direct result of Airvana's strategy of
developing its own baseband and femtocell application software on
high-performance commercial microprocessors. The HubBub High-Capacity
femtocell is not constrained to the processing power and features of
consumer-grade femtocell chipsets and their associated software.

"Operators are expanding their view of femtocells as a tool to capture
high-value corporate business and cost-effectively deliver 3G mobile data
services in heavy-use public spaces" said Airvana Spokesperson. The HubBub
UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell is the natural evolution of our technology and an
excellent option for operators who wish to intelligently add coverage and
capacity and open new business opportunities."

About Airvana
Airvana helps operators transform the mobile experience for users worldwide.
The company's high-performance technology and products, from comprehensive 3G
femtocell solutions based on its HubBub(TM) CDMA and UMTS femtocells, to core
mobile broadband network infrastructure, enable operators to deliver
compelling broadband services to mobile subscribers, wherever they are.
Airvana's products are deployed in 70 commercial networks on six continents.
The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., USA, with offices
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.airvana.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
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of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements
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"will," "continue" and similar expressions. Actual results may differ
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of various important factors, including without limitation the timing and rate
of femtocell market acceptance and growth, operator femtocell deployment
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Media Contacts
Robert Morton
Davies Murphy Group
+1 (781) 418-2400
airvana@daviesmurphy.com

Matt Humphries
Babel PR
+44 (0)20 7434 5550
airvana@babelpr.com

SOURCE Airvana, Inc.

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