VIVATO APPOINTS WIRELESS INDUSTRY VETERAN CARSON CHEN TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - March 15, 2004 - Vivato™, a wireless systems infrastructure company, today announced that Carson Chen has been appointed to its board of directors. Chen was the vice president and general manager of Cisco's Cable & Wireless Platform Division.

"We are very pleased to welcome industry visionary and veteran Carson Chen to our board of directors," said Donald E. Stalter, president and CEO of Vivato. "His depth of experience in the wireless industry and accomplishments in guiding executive teams, creating new markets and growing products and businesses will be a tremendous asset to Vivato as we continue to target precise market segments with our extended coverage wireless systems."

"This is a great opportunity to contribute to Vivato's vision of leveraging smart antenna technology to extend wireless networks over very large areas," commented Mr. Chen. "There are many applications, in cities and towns, around airports and warehouses, and in hotels and on college campuses that render conventional wireless equipment inefficient and prohibitively expensive. Vivato's disruptive technology is reducing installation and ownership costs and helping to accelerate the adoption of wireless networks in these large-area markets. I'm excited to work with Vivato as it grows its business and introduces new products."

An electrical engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the development and marketing of broadband and high-speed telecommunication technologies, Carson has spent 12 years as an executive at Cisco Systems, helping to create Cisco's dominant industry position worldwide.

About Vivato
Vivato is a wireless systems infrastructure company, whose technology is based upon innovative signal processing and antenna design. Vivato's unique system architecture enables cost-effective, large-scale indoor and outdoor wireless deployments at hotels, airports, seaports, warehouses, universities, and in cities and towns. Vivato is headquartered in San Francisco, with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash. For more information, please visit www.vivato.net or call 415.495.1111.

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