CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 29, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Airvana, Inc. (www.airvananet.com), a provider of All-IP, third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Mark Rau as vice president of engineering. Rau, a 17-year veteran of Nortel Networks that oversaw the initial CDMA rollouts for Sprint and Airtouch, will leverage his extensive background in managing carrier-grade telecommunications products to support Airvana's global growth. Additionally, he brings to Airvana over 20 years of engineering, operations and executive leadership in both startup and large corporate companies.
"Mark is a high-tech veteran with a very successful record of developing and deploying leading edge carrier-grade system solutions for the telecom and wireless markets," said Randy Battat, president and CEO of Airvana. "His addition to the Airvana team will ensure the availability of top-quality engineers to support its customers, partners and the global proliferation of 1xEV-DO technology. With Mark's support, Airvana will further extend its success as a leader in providing 100 percent IP technology."
Rau joins Airvana from Carrius Technologies, where he was most recently vice president of engineering responsible for the development of Intelligent IP gateway and IP-based programmable network service platform products. Prior positions include senior vice president of engineering and operations at SOMA Networks. Rau spent 17 years with Nortel Networks in various engineering management positions including vice president/general manager of the Broadband Wireless division at Nortel Networks.
Rau holds a bachelor of science in Mathematics from South Dakota State University and a master of science in Management and Administrative Science with an Operations Research concentration from the University of Texas at Dallas.
About Airvana, Inc.
Airvana, Inc. is a global leader in developing All-IP 3G Radio Access Network infrastructure equipment for wireless carriers and global infrastructure suppliers such as Nortel Networks and Ericsson. The company's All-IP 1xEV-DO products are designed to dramatically improve the economics of deploying high-speed mobile Internet services. Airvana is based in Chelmsford, Mass and maintains an office in Bangalore, India. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at www.airvananet.com.