Airvana Appoints Financial Expert Marcel Gani to Board of Directors

Airvana Appoints Financial Expert Marcel Gani to Board of Directors

Gani Brings Extensive Financial Experience With Juniper Networks and Intel

NEW ORLEANS, March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Airvana, (www.airvananet.com), a leading provider of All-IP, third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO infrastructure, today announced that it has elected Marcel Gani to its Board of Directors. Marcel will chair the audit committee of Airvana's board of directors.

Marcel is currently Juniper Network's Chief of Staff and brings more than 20 years of financial experience in the technology industry, including eight years as chief financial officer of Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR). Prior to joining Juniper Networks, Marcel served as Vice President and CFO of NVIDIA Corporation, Grand Junction Networks, Primary Access Corporation, and NeXT Computer, Inc. Marcel also worked in the finance group at Intel Corporation for twelve years.

"Marcel brings deep financial experience at some of the world's most innovative and fast growing technology companies," said Randy Battat, president and CEO of Airvana. "His experience of taking small entrepreneurial companies and turning them into strong successful businesses will serve Airvana well as we enter an exciting period of the industry and the company's life."

Gani added, "This is an exciting time for Airvana as it drives the rapid growth of the global broadband wireless revolution. I am looking forward to working with Airvana."

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.

Source: Airvana, Inc.

CONTACT: Valerie Christopherson of Bock Communications, Inc., +1-714-540-1030, ext.17, vchristopherson@bockpr.com, for Airvana, Inc.

Web site: http://www.airvananet.com/ http://www.ctiawireless.com/index.cfm

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