Televersa Using DragonWave for Licensed Backhaul of Carrier-Grade WiMAX Services in Germany

Source: Press Release October 5, 2006 - Ottawa, Canada

AirPair solution deployed through Wireless Distribution gives Televersa Online a self-healing mesh backbone to provide Broadband Wireless carrier-grade coverage for multimedia IP voice and data services.

DragonWave Inc, a leading global supplier of next-generation wireless networks, today announced that Wireless Distribution has initiated deployment of an AirPair mesh backbone for Televersa Online’s WiMAX network which will provide broad coverage throughout South-East Germany. Televersa Online, a subsidiary of Televersa, will be providing access in rural areas, with coverage of 20,000 square kilometers to a population over 2.5 million.

Televersa Online will use DragonWave’s AirPair as the backbone for their WiMAX access network, providing broadband wireless access. AirPair provides interference-free, broadband connectivity in the licensed bands. AirPair provides carrier-grade service levels through 50 ms mesh switching and best in-class latency. In addition, AirPair provides Televersa Online with an ability to remotely scale capacity via software from 10 Mbps to 500 Mbps.

“Our selection of DragonWave enables Televersa Online to greatly extend the coverage of our broadband services from a current coverage of 60% to 95%, while still providing carrier-grade service levels” said Jürgen Pfitzner, President & CEO of Televersa Online We are pleased to be getting one-stop-shopping from Wireless Distribution and South-East Germany will benefit greatly from this Broadband supply “

Christoph Beier, President & CEO of Wireless Distribution said “We selected DragonWave because of it’s carrier grade, native Ethernet capabilities and the flexibility to deploy in all outdoor configurations. This is superior to anything else available on the market today”

"The AirPair solution has tremendous synergies with WiMAX access, through its native Ethernet architecture" said Peter Allen, President & CEO of DragonWave. “Televersa Online and Wireless Distribution are pioneers in Central Europe and we are proud to be supporting their leading edge network."

DragonWave's AirPair product operates within both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies of 11-to-38-GHz range, ensuring interference-free performance for customers' traffic. The DragonWave solution provides scalable, ultra-low latency, wire-speed native Ethernet connectivity up to 500 Mbps full duplex. The system is extremely easy to deploy and manage, with a full suite of network management options. AirPair has indoor and outdoor deployment options, and is a highly reliable platform enabling 99.999% service availability.

Televersa Online & Wireless Distribution
About Televersa Online Televersa Online is a Teleco operator for residential and business customers in South-East Germany offering broadband multimedia WiMAX technology for voice over IP and IP services. The product offer Flying-DSL is addressing the needs of 2,5 Million people living in the eastern and south parts of Germany where the traditional DSL coverage was poor. Find more about Televersa Online under www.televersa-online.de About Wireless Distribution Wireless Distribution is a one-stop-shopping Broadband Enabler and System Integrator for wireless business development. Wireless Distribution plans, explores, integrates and operates state-of-the-art broadband network solutions like WiMAX. Offering these services in turnkey solutions, Wireless Distribution enables local carrier to get fast access to the booming market of broadband multimedia and VoIP services for residential and business markets. It’s headquarter is located in Munich, Germany and renders services all over Europe. Find more about Wireless Distribution under www.wirelessdistribution.de.

For more information, visit their website at http://www.wirelessdistribution.de.

DragonWave Incorporated
DragonWave designs, markets and supports broadband, wireless networking products for service providers and enterprises requiring reliable, predictable, interference-free, high-bandwidth transmission of real-time, IP applications. DragonWave products meet the demands of a wide range of applications as well as delivering a value proposition that enables operators and service providers an "invest as you grow" capability that leverages profitable growth. DragonWave is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada's high-technology capital.

The company's Web site is http://www.dragonwaveinc.com.