Airspan's WiMAX products are FCC certified

Airspan has received the FCC certification for its WiMAX products to operate over the 50 MHz of the FCC 3.65 GHz lightly licensed frequency band. And also Airspan allows U.S. 3.65 GHz operators the use of the upper "unrestricted" 25 MHz, with additional capacity, range, flexibility and deployment options.

Airspan's Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology in the HiperMAX product supports both fixed and mobile operation and deployed in United States and International marketplace operating on the 700 MHz, 1.5, 2.3, 2.5, 3.5, 3.65 and 5.4/8 GHz frequency bands.

"Airspan's ability to define and implement the contention protocol for this FCC certification is a huge deal for operators like us," commented John Badal, CEO of Sacred Wind Communications. "We are beginning a large deployment of Airspan's 3.65 GHz solution across New Mexico in support of residential and business users and the additional capacity and frequencies available to us now will speed deployment, reduce total cost of ownership and provide a superior broadband experience for our customers."

"Airspan was the first vendor to supply equipment in the 3.65 GHz band in the United States and this certification is another first, as it unlocks the full potential of this band for our customers," commented Declan Byrne, Chief Marketing Officer for Airspan. "We have a dominant market share among 3.65 GHz customers in the United States and we are confident that this additional capability will help us grow our leadership position in this market. This announcement is of special importance to our customers who have filed Broadband Stimulus applications dependent on the 3.65 GHz band. They now have the additional assurance that their investment with Airspan is a solid one."

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