AirWalk announces CDMA 450MHz portfolio

March 14, 2005

AirWalk Communications, an IP Radio Access Network (IP-RAN) developer for CDMA wireless voice and data networks, has announced its CDMA 450MHz AW-Series IP-RAN line of products.

CDMA450 advantages are derived from the spectral efficiency and the expanded coverage afforded by a lower frequency band. By providing a larger cell size compared to cells in other bands CDMA450 offers a lower cost per subscriber solution to both emerging market operators and existing operators. This efficiency directly translates to fewer cell sites and significantly lowers initial investment to service vast coverage areas.

"With our new CDMA450 product AirWalk has entered a new CDMA frontier that is sweeping through Eastern Europe and Asia," said Serge Pequeux, CEO of AirWalk Communications. "We are addressing an emerging market that is gathering momentum by offering a CDMA450 product which is inexpensive and compact."

AirWalk's AW-Series products deliver reduced CAPEX and OPEX compared to legacy implementations, enabling service providers to maximize their network investments. The CDMA 450 products are based on the existing AW-Series modular and stackable IP based integrated BTS/BSC architecture. These products are CDMA2000 1xRTTstandard compliant and are offered in pico/micro/macro configurations. Later this year AirWalk will add CDMA 1xEV-DO Revision A to the CDMA450 product portfolio.