Digitel Signs on With Navini for Wireless Systems Integration

Digitel Signs on With Navini for Wireless Systems Integration

August 15, 2007

Nationwide VAR and Distribution Partnership adds to growing
Ecosystem


    RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Navini Networks, the leader in offering commercial Mobile
WiMAX solutions, today announced a nationwide VAR and
distributor partnership with Digitel Corporation, a leading
wireless systems integration company.

    Digitel will be providing the 802.16e Mobile WiMAX(TM)
solution with Beamforming and MIMO from Navini Networks(1),
the most experienced provider of portable wireless broadband
network equipment in the world. Navini Networks consistently
delivers an exceptional link budget which results in fewer
cell sites, better building penetration, and higher
throughput. For service providers and operators alike, this
superior performance results in a shortened Return on
Investment (ROI) and a clear technology path for the
future.

    "Digitel Corporation provides wireless broadband
networking, VoIP, and back-office OSS solutions to rural
and metropolitan markets throughout the United
States," said Bryan Tate, Digitel's founder and CEO. 
"We are thrilled to be working with Navini Networks.
The prospects of delivering Navini's 'next generation'
wireless capabilities will facilitate the growth our
customers demand."

    The focus will be on the rural/independent Telcos for
last mile access, municipalities and educational
Institutions that have access to 2.5 GHz spectrum, and
other emerging spectrum opportunities.

    "Digitel Corporation is a great partner for us and
operators looking to deploy Mobile WiMAX networks,"
commented Roger Dorf, Navini's CEO. "They also offer a
full range of next generation wireless products and
consulting services including turnkey Radio Frequency (RF)
network design and installation, tower site selection, IP
Network engineering, including end-to-end network design,
planning and deployment."

    (1) This software will be taken to WiMAX Forum
certification when the 
        certification labs open

    About Digitel Corporation

    Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Digitel provides
large multi-site customers a single source for their
national telecommunications systems requirements.  Digitel
has been serving business and municipal customers
throughout the country for almost 25 years and is one of
the largest independent distributors for Nortel Networks,
achieving the status of Premier Business Partner. 

    The company acquired an ISP operation from Nortel
Networks which provided entry into the wholesale internet
service business with independent telephone companies in
the Mid-Atlantic, upper Mid-West and Northwest regions of
the country and now operates a Nationwide Wholesale ISP
subsidiary. NeoNova Network Services, Inc.
(http://www.neonova.net), the leading provider of IP based
Internet access solutions and services to the rural Telco
and IOC market, has expanded their product offering to
include a Security Suite to handle viruses, hackers,
Spyware and identify thieves, as well as a new network
storage offering for backup of critical files.

    In 2005, Digitel became a Cisco Premier Certified
Partner in the USA and in 2007 was recognized as the
leading distributor for Cisco in the Southeastern region of
the U.S. In the more recent years, the company has built an
IT / Professional Services department to support its
customers with internet, LAN, WAN, and VPN offerings solid
and wide-ranging portfolio of communication products,
managed services offerings, and engineering solutions. 

    http://www.digitel.net

    About Navini Networks

    With the largest commercial deployments in the world,
over 70 commercial networks in 6 continents and strategic
partnerships with industry leaders, Navini Networks is the
leader in providing portable, plug-n-play broadband
wireless access solutions worldwide.  

    Navini is the only company that offers commercial
Mobile WiMAX products and has commercialized patented smart
beamforming technology, enabling personal broadband for the
mass market. Only Navini has the WiMAX solution that
enhances Mobile WiMAX with Smart Beamforming and beamformed
MIMO, providing operators with the power to deliver on the
promise of personal broadband, both indoors and outdoors.

    Navini's Ripwave(R) MX solution offers a portable,
zero-install, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) product line
consists of customer modems, base stations, and element
management systems (EMS) that run in the full range of
spectrums.  

    Navini Networks is a principal member of the WiMAX
Forum and the IEEE 802.16e committee and is headquartered
in Richardson, Texas.

    http://www.navini.com 




    For more information, please contact:
   
    Navini Networks
     Maryvonne Tubb
     Director of Marketing
     Tel:   [phone]
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