Navini Answers Connectivity Demand in Africa

Navini Answers Connectivity Demand in Africa

January 22, 2007

Africa is a Rich Opportunity for WiMAX and Personal
Broadband


    RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 22 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Navini Networks and its customers are addressing the need
for connectivity across Africa.  Navini's equipment
delivers portable high-speed Internet access with
plug-and-play activation and retail friendly distribution
that brings personal broadband to consumers and small
businesses.  

    There is strong momentum in Africa.  Ongoing
deployments include Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, South
Africa and Mauritius. 
 
    "There is a very clear need for broadband Internet
connectivity (Personal Broadband) that can be delivered
quickly and easily via wireless.  It's a natural fit, given
the lack of wired infrastructure," said Roger Dorf,
Navini's President and CEO.  "We have 11 different
operators deploying today and expect to add more African
countries to the list in 2007."

    Africa has the opportunity to `leapfrog' DSL / Cable /
GSM and go straight to mobile WiMAX /4G networks.  Navini's
high-speed wireless broadband systems offer easy deployment
and activation, allowing Africa to stimulate Internet
growth quickly with inexpensive mass-market devices.

    Some recent customer quotes...

      "With high consumer demand, poor DSL access and
long customer
      connection times, Ghana is absolutely ready for mass
market, rapid
      install, broadband wireless services," said
Leslie Tamakloe, CEO,
      Internet Ghana.  

      "Our goal is to provide broadband wireless
Internet and intranet
      services to the principal cities of Nigeria -- Lagos,
Abuja and Port
      Harcourt," said Munish Sharma, Managing Director
of DOPC. 

      "Nigeria is woefully behind many other countries
in terms of broadband
      penetration," said Ibrahim-Ali Amin, Chairman of
the Board, Horizon
      Wireless.  "We will change that by `unwiring'
and bringing wireless
      broadband to the population, with very attractive
rates." 

    "For operators around the world, there are three
key advantages to mobile WiMAX systems -- the open model,
ease of deployment and pricing," added Dorf.  

    Navini's leadership in Africa follows the leadership
already established in other countries and continents
around the world.  Navini already has the largest personal
broadband deployments in the world.

    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 70
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 with 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.  Headquartered in
Richardson, Texas. 

    http://www.navini.com 


    For more information, please contact: 

     Maryvonne Tubb
     Navini Networks, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]


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