Airvana, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV), the company transforming the mobile experience, will showcase its mobile broadband expertise across a variety of technologies at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas April 1-3, 2008, through various live demonstrations of its CDMA and UMTS HubBub™ femtocells, Universal Access Gateway (UAG) with Femto Network Gateway capabilities and its EV-DO Rev. B technology. Airvana executives will share their views on the trends and technologies shaping the future of mobile in speaking sessions at CTIA Wireless and the CTIA-partnered Informa pre-conference Converged Services Summit.
The live demonstrations in Airvana’s booth (3321) cover all aspects of mobile broadband networks from base station and core network infrastructure to in-home femtocell technology. Addressing the growth of mobile broadband and emerging industry trends for fixed mobile convergence, attendees visiting Airvana’s booth can see the following examples of how the company is transforming the mobile experience:
• CDMA femtocells – a HubBub™ CDMA femtocell delivering both 1x-RTT and EV-DO services to handsets on the show floor.
• UMTS femtocells – Airvana’s HubBub™ UMTS, delivering femtocell connectivity for UMTS networks.
• EV-DO Rev. B – EV-DO Rev. B technology enabling the delivery of full HD video streaming over a 9.3 mbps link.
• Femto/Wi-Fi Network Gateway – UAG managing live hand-offs between Wi-Fi and 3G networks.
Reflecting the company’s technical and thought leadership in the industry, Airvana’s co-founders, Vedat Eyuboglu, chief technology officer, and Sanjev Verma, vice president of business development, will offer their views on key trends, technologies and requirements for fixed mobile convergence in their respective conference sessions:
Topic: How Femtocells Change the Economics of Mobile Service Delivery
Presenter: Sanjeev Verma, Vice President of Business Development, Airvana
Date: Monday, March 31, 2008
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center - Room N256
Verma’s presentation will provide attendees with an overview of the current business drivers for femtocell adoption and discuss how femtocell technology is a crucial element of strategies to achieve “intelligent coverage” for expanding mobile networks.
Topic: Addressing Network Security in the Era of Open Access & Fully Functional Mobile Multimedia Devices
Presenter: Vedat Eyuboglu, Chief Technology Officer, Airvana
Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center - Room: North 113
Eyuboglu’s participation in this panel discussion will cover the methods and strategies mobile operators must consider for security of femtocell and dual-mode Wi-Fi/3G access to their core networks. Attendees of Eyuboglu’s session will learn about the new security challenges presented by emerging trends and evolving technologies such as FMC, Wi-Fi access and IMS, and how mobile operators can optimally and comprehensively address these issues.
“As the number of mobile broadband users, devices and applications increases dramatically on an almost daily basis, operators are quickly focusing on ensuring they have the network coverage, capacity and security to support them,” said Dave Nowicki, vice president, Marketing, Airvana. “Our presence at CTIA underscores our mobile broadband leadership and company focus on delivering IP-based solutions for the key parts of mobile networks, ultimately enabling consumers to receive a quality experience regardless of the network they are on.”
For more information about CTIA Wireless or the Converged Services Summit, or to register for the event, please visit http://www.ctiawireless.com/.
About Airvana
Airvana specializes in helping operators transform the mobile experience for users worldwide. The company’s high-performance technology and products, from comprehensive femtocell solutions to core mobile network infrastructure, enable operators to deliver broadband services to mobile devices, independent of physical location. Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., USA, with additional offices in the United Kingdom, China, India, Japan and Korea. For more information, please visit the company’s Web site at http://www.airvana.com/.
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