COLDECON S.A. of Colombia Signs Multi-Year Deployment Agreement With A

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    BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2005--Airspan Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:AIRN), a leading worldwide provider of broadband wireless access networks, including WiMAX standard systems, announced today that it has signed an agreement with COLDECON S.A. of Colombia for deliveries over the next few years of Airspan's WipLL point-to-multipoint products. Deliveries commenced in the fourth quarter of 2004.
    COLDECON started its operations in the city of Cali, Colombia in 1998 and is currently a leading nationwide provider of paging, cellular and wireless services in Colombia. COLDECON later expanded to Internet services and dedicated data lines to corporate customers in the country and is currently one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the Andean region. COLDECON leads the Colombian market for paging, Internet access, Call Centers services for domestic and international calls, radio telephony and distribution of cellular phones. COLDECON has currently 7,000 paging customers and more than 70,000 corporate and residential Internet customers.
    The WipLL equipment to be delivered to COLDECON will be installed initially in 28 cities in Colombia and will provide services to customers in these cities in the early months of 2005. The network will operate in the 5.8GHz band and will be used by COLDECON to provide last-mile IP data connectivity and other applications to thousands of its customers. COLDECON will have substantial coverage in its markets with more than 40 base stations installed and a roll out initially of more than 1,000 customers.
    Juan Carlos Betacourt, Director of COLDECON Wireless Business Unit, commented: "We are excited to deploy Airspan's WipLL equipment as our next-generation network. With WipLL we can provide high-end IP services to our customer base and aggressively expand into new IP-based services in 2005. We have analyzed various technologies in the market before settling on Airspan's WipLL product. The WipLL-specific differentiators from other products high capacity per base station at reasonable costs and regional presence - were key drivers in our decision."
    "We are enthusiastic about COLDECON's growth plans," said Amit Ancikovsky, Airspan's Vice President and General Manager Latin America. "We believe that COLDECON's existing customer base, expertise in the market and well-defined strategic plans for the future are sound foundations to their expansion plans. With our significant presence in Colombia, we are committed to support COLDECON in its new strategic plans."
    Airspan's WipLL platform is a low-cost high-performance Fixed Wireless Access system designed to deliver high-speed data, Voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia services to residential, small business and enterprise customers. WipLL is capable of delivering burst data speeds of up to 4 Mbps (3.2Mbps net) to each customer. WipLL introduces real-time adaptive modulation (2-, 4-, 8-level FSK) and auto retransmission request (ARQ); features that offer high quality services whilst maximizing spectrum utilization. WipLL is available in both licensed bands (700 MHz, 2.5GHz, 2.7-2.9GHz and 3.4-3.8GHz) and unlicensed bands (900MHz, 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz).

    About Coldecon S.A

    More information on COLDECON can be found at http://www.coldecon.net.co/

    About Airspan Networks Inc.

    Airspan Networks provides wireless voice and data systems and solutions, including Voice Over IP (VoIP), to both licensed and unlicensed operators around the world in frequency bands between 700 MHz and 6 GHz, including both PCS and 3.5GHz international bands. Airspan has a strong product evolution roadmap that includes offerings compliant with the new 802.16-2004 standard, and with built-in 802.16e capability. Airspan is on the Board and a founder member of the WiMAX Forum. The Company has deployments with more than 200 operators in more than 70 countries. Airspan's systems are based on radio technology that delivers excellent area coverage, high security and resistance to fading. Airspan's systems can be deployed rapidly and cost effectively, providing an attractive alternative to traditional wired communications networks. Airspan also offers radio planning, network installation, integration, training and support services to facilitate the deployment and operation of its systems. Airspan is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with its main operations center in Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
    More information on Airspan can be found at http://www.airspan.com

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