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RICHARDSON, Texas, Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Navini Brings a Proven s/w Upgradeable Base Station
to the Mobile WiMAX Plugfest

Navini Networks attended the WiMAX Forum Plugfest with its mobile WiMAX
802.16e equipment. Navini is the global leader(1) in providing plug-n-play
broadband wireless access solutions with the most experience in commercial
deployments.

Navini’s Ripwave(TM) MX base station, in commercial shipment since April
2006, participated in interoperability testing in three different frequency
bands. (2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.6GHz, and 3.4-3.6GHz) using 802.16e software with
Smart Beamforming.

"We have been at every Mobile WiMAX Plugfest and look forward to Wave 1 and
Wave 2 certification," said Sai Subramanian, VP, Product Management and
Strategic Marketing, Navini Networks. "Bringing equipment in the three
different bands confirms our Smart WiMAX(TM) solution will be ready to deliver
personal broadband services upon certification."

Navini’s Ripwave(TM) MX pre-mobile WiMAX platform offers a unique and
proven portable wireless broadband network solution that provides
non-line-of-sight (indoor) coverage and easy plug-and-play activation, with a
proven seamless upgrade path to 802.16e (as announced in June 2005).

"We tested using the exact commercial hardware platform that we currently
ship, and we have demonstrated a simple s/w upgrade to mobile WiMAX," added
Subramanian. "The same hardware will support both MiMO and beamforming with a
simple software upgrade, thus delivering a platform today that can go all the
way to Wave 2 Certification."

"We are ready to go as soon as the labs open for business," said Roger Dorf,
Navini’s president and CEO. "We will be one of the first with commercially
available mobile WiMAX, supporting our vision for personal broadband,
delivering high speed Internet everywhere, all the time."

About Navini Networks:
Navini Networks is the leader in providing portable, plug-n-play broadband
wireless access solutions, with the largest commercial deployments in the
world, over 50 commercial networks in 6 continents and strategic partnerships
with industry leaders. Navini is the only company that has the patented smart
beamforming technology, enabling personal broadband for the mass market today,
with a seamless upgrade to the Mobile WiMAX standard to deliver Smart
WiMAX(TM). (Smart WiMAX(TM) is the combination of mobile WiMAX and smart
beamforming/MiMO). Navini’s Ripwave(R) MX portable, zero-install(TM),
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) solution consists of customer modems, base stations,
and element management systems (EMS) that run in the full range of spectrums
with software upgrades to the IEEE 802.16e standard.

Navini Networks is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum and the IEEE
802.16e committee and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.

http://www.navini.com

(1) "State of the Market Wireless Broadband Analysis Report 2006 - 2010
& SkyLight Research Wireless Broadband Five Year Forecast 2006 -
2010" by SkyLight Research (published June 2006)

SOURCE: Navini Networks

CONTACT: Maryvonne Tubb of Navini Networks,
+1-972-852-4247, or
mtubb@navini.com

Web site: http://www.navini.com