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Axxcelera Broadband Wireless Announces WiMAX Certification of Industry’s First Full Duplex FDD CPE

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 25, 2006. Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, a Moseley Wireless Solutions Group Company and recognized global leader providing broadband wireless communications products and technologies, announced that it has received the WiMAX Forum Certified™ seal for Axxcelera's 3.5 GHz ExcelMax Full Duplex FDD CPE Subscriber Station. “The full duplex FDD CPE as opposed to a half duplex CPE, supports aggregate capacity in excess of 40 Mbit/s in a 7 MHz channel and allows operators to offer excellent quality voice and video services to business and residential users,” said Jamal Hamdani, president & CEO of Axxcelera Broadband Wireless. ”We are pleased to be the first company to achieve WiMAX certification on a completely full duplex FDD system and we believe that this, together with the rest of our product portfolio, offers a comprehensive set of solutions to our customers.” “Axxcelera’s WiMAX system will help network operators build out their fixed WiMAX networks,” said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. “Because each unit of the full duplex FDD system has achieved the WiMAX Forum Certified seal, operators can be assured that this is a robust fixed WiMAX solution that will operate seamlessly with other WiMAX Forum Certified products.” The 3.5 GHz ExcelMax platform operates in the 3.3-3.8 GHz licensed spectrum. It comprises three different base station architectures: a Carrier-Class base station chassis, a Stackable Ultralite base station and a completely integrated outdoor Access Point. Three different CPE types complement the range of base station products: an outdoor full duplex FDD CPE for VoIP and Triple Play business customers, an outdoor half duplex FDD/TDD CPE for high speed internet and VoIP customers and a low cost self-install indoor CPE for residential customers. Broadband users on the ExcelMax system can be centrally provisioned and managed using a scalable carrier grade ExcelMax provisioning and management platform. The ExcelMax platform supports FDD and TDD operation, allowing the use of ExcelMax solutions in different regions of the world where either FDD or TDD spectrum has been allocated. Existing Axxcelera Excel Air customers will be able to upgrade their base stations for WiMAX operation. Future 802.16e operation will be supported in the Carrier-Class base stations and Access Point configurations. About Axxcelera Axxcelera Broadband Wireless is a data networking company that develops technology for the deployment of broadband wireless communications. Axxcelera's fixed wireless broadband platforms bridge the last mile, replacing the local loop for residential, corporate branch office and small business subscribers. Headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., Axxcelera is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Moseley Wireless Solutions Group Company. The Moseley group, which includes Microwave Data Systems, Moseley Broadcast, Axxcelera and CarrierComm, offers wireless solutions from 9.6 kbps to 311 Mbps covering the 250 MHz to 38 GHz spectrum for both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications for the broadcast, industrial, broadband, and carrier marketplaces. There are more than 700,000 Moseley-supplied radio links in operation in over 120 countries. Contact: Jerry Kollmann jkollmann@axxcelera.com 480-820-9270