CHELMSFORD, Mass., Nov. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Airvana announced today that it has been named to FierceVoIP's annual Fierce 15 list. This distinction honors Airvana as one of the top 15 companies on the cutting-edge of the Mobile Wireless VoIP industry. Winners, selected from amongst hundreds of organizations, demonstrated themselves to be "fierce" through their innovations in the marketplace.
FierceVoIP is a bi-weekly email newsletter distributed by FierceMarkets that covers news and insights on the emerging VoIP industry, providing more than 32,000 subscribers a quick, authoritative briefing on the week's top VoIP stories marketplace developments.
"FierceVoIP congratulates Airvana on being named as one of the Fierce15," said Dan Rosenbaum, editor of FierceVoIP. "Airvana is a leader in developing 1xEV-DO Rev A systems that can deliver commercial grade, fully mobile, VoIP services to cell phones, smart phones and laptops."
Airvana pioneered the development of VoIP capabilities on its widely deployed 1xEV-DO mobile broadband system. Its "All-IP" 1xEV-DO Rev A mobile broadband products can deliver wireless VoIP services with greater capacity and at a lower cost than today's circuit based cellular systems.
"FierceVoIP is a clear frontrunner in delivering news and information on the VoIP industry," said Sanjeev Verma, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Airvana. "We are honored to be a part of the Fierce15. This award is recognition of the rapid traction for wireless VoIP for both fixed and mobile applications throughout the world."
The FierceVoIP Fierce15 awards represent the best companies in the VoIP space that are making significant strides in the delivery and continued improvement of VoIP on a global scale. The complete list of winning companies is available today in a special issue of FierceVoIP and on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fiercevoip.com.
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About Airvana
Airvana is an innovative leader providing mobile broadband infrastructure based on third-generation (3G) wireless packet data technology. Airvana is the first company to combine advanced CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadband technology with an innovative IP-Radio Access Network architecture -- providing carrier-class performance and reliability. Networks based on Airvana's technology service millions of consumer and business subscribers; and a wide range of mobile broadband information, communication and entertainment applications.
Worldwide, Airvana's mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of carrier-class performance. In North America, Airvana's largest deployments are Verizon Wireless (USA), Sprint PCS (USA), Bell Mobility (Canada) and Telus (Canada). The company's products are also deployed in networks including Telstra (Australia), Vesper (Brazil), Eurotel (Czech Republic), and Pelephone (Israel).
In addition, Airvana builds solutions for other wireless markets including in-flight, air-to-ground communications; and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) for the integration of cellular and IP-based access technologies.
Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, USA. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.airvana.com