Tags: 2.5 GHz, High-Speed Internet, Xanadoo

Xanadoo Surpasses 12,000 Subscribers in the U.S. with Navini

- Rapid growth fueled by wireless convenience, innovative service plans and strong local presence

Xanadoo Wireless High-Speed Internet is pleased to announce that it recently surpassed 12,000 subscribers, a key milestone within its four initial market launches. This rapid growth places Xanadoo as one of the largest 2.5 GHz wireless operators in the country and continues to demonstrate the strong demand among consumers and small businesses for wireless high-speed internet and related broadband services. Xanadoo offers service in three Texas cities, Lubbock, Wichita Falls and Abilene, and recently expanded into Lawton, Oklahoma using Navini’s pre-Mobile WiMAX solution.

“We are thrilled with our progress in these initial markets,” said Rory Lindgren, COO of Xanadoo. “Our solid growth, along with continual positive feedback from our local retail partners and customers, reinforces that our wireless network, value proposition and service delivery are being very well received, particularly given the fact that these markets offer a full complement of broadband services including DSL, cable and alternative wireless providers. This certainly lays a solid foundation for our planned expansion in other markets later this year and beyond.”

Lindgren continued, “We selected Navini Networks as our network infrastructure provider given their leading global position in Mobile WiMAX network solutions. With advanced and proven technologies such as Smart Beamforming, Navini has enabled us to quickly build and deploy a wireless broadband network to compete head-to-head with cable and DSL and provide features that wireline services can’t.”

Xanadoo is also one of the first operators to have started to migrate to Mobile WiMAX technology. Navini’s commercial Mobile WiMAX solution is an easy upgrade for existing customers allowing them to seamlessly convert.

“Navini is proud to be the infrastructure provider for Xanadoo”, said Roger Dorf, CEO of Navini. “They have a keen sense of the business and proven sales and distribution capabilities that enables them to quickly ramp up network deployments and customer acquisition efforts. Their service plan offerings have been very innovative and allow subscribers to truly begin to experience personal broadband.”

Xanadoo currently offers five desktop modem service plans and a PCMCIA laptop card plan, everyday low pricing starting at just US$14.95, wireless mobility and convenience, instant plug-n-play set-up, no phone or cable service requirements and no annual service plan options.

About Xanadoo:

Xanadoo Company, LLC provides wireless broadband services to residential and enterprise customers in Texas and Oklahoma under the brand name Xanadoo Wireless High-Speed Internet. Xanadoo is commercializing WiMAX wireless broadband technology over 2.5 GHz licensed frequencies. WiMAX, also known as 802.16e, is a “fourth generation” (4G) wireless technology standard that offers users speeds comparable to wireline technologies, like cable and DSL, with the mobility of traditional cellular voice services. Xanadoo has rights to 2.5 GHz licenses covering approximately 8 million people in Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and West Virginia. Xanadoo is also a licensee of 700 MHz spectrum covering almost 156 million people in major markets, such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Miami, Tampa, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland and Seattle. Xanadoo expects that 4G wireless technologies will also be deployed in the 700 MHz frequency band.

www.Xanadoo.com

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(TM) 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 consisting 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

Web sites: http://www.navini.com http://www.Xanadoo.com

Phil Keith, Vice President, Marketing and Customer Management, Xanadoo Company, LLC, +1-610-934-7068, pkeith {at} xanadoo(.)com, or Maryvonne Tubb, Director, Marketing, Navini Networks, Inc., +1-972-852-4247, mtubb {at} navini(.)com