TW-AIRNET SELECTS VIVATO TO LIGHT UP ONE OF ASIA'S LARGEST WI-FI DEPLOYMENTS
Vivato Wi-Fi Base Stations Accelerate Construction of Wireless Infrastructure in Taiwan

SPOKANE, WA, August 22, 2005 -Extended-range Wi-Fi technology from Vivato is bringing wireless broadband to residents, businesses, and visitors in Taiwan. TW-Airnet, of Taichung, Taiwan, is initially installing 42 Vivato Base Stations throughout the major cities in Taiwan, including Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Taichung, to provide enormous Wi-Fi Hot Zones.

"Providing this wireless broadband technology to our citizens will dramatically change the way they work, play and communicate" said Liang CHEN, Executive VP at TW-Airnet. "Broadband technology will enable economic growth and in many areas, provide residents with Internet access for the first time. This is a major event in Taiwan since there is limited broadband Internet access available today."

Liang CHEN said the Taiwan build out will start with the top 5 cities in Taiwan, where TW-Airnet has access to over 2,200 pre-selected sites and roof tops for installation of the Vivato base stations. Each of the 5 cities will have an initial hot zone of approximately 8 sq. miles each, and will serve both mobile and stationary customers. TW-Airnet will also provide customer premise equipment for resident and business customers.

Jim YU, General Manager at Chu-I Enterprise, a technology integration partner on this project, said the extended-range capability of the Vivato Wi-Fi base stations was a large factor in choosing Vivato. Vivato's system uses phased array antennas and a patented PacketSteering™ technology to boost coverage up to 12 times that of competing Wi-Fi systems. For the initial phase of the deployment in Taiwan, the coverage area is over 40 sq. miles, which would have required hundreds of mesh access points.

"The Vivato solution is the only feasible way for us to implement Wi-Fi. Using an ordinary mesh access point system, we would have spent twice as much money on equipment, and much more on operating the network," Jim YU, General Manager at Chu-I Enterprise said of Vivato's ability to extend the Wi-Fi over large distances. "We have seen nothing else like this in the industry."

Massimo Armiraglio, Director of International Business Development for Vivato, said his company was excited to help the build out of the wireless infrastructure of Taiwan. "We are witnessing our technology making a big difference in the lives of many people in Taiwan," Armiraglio said. "It is very satisfying to see people changing the way they communicate through the use of our technology."

About TW-Airnet
TW-Airnet is a full-scale telecom network operator from Taichung, which is the educational and cultural center of Taiwan. It started as pre-paid calling card company and quickly gained an outstanding technical and customer service reputation in the telecom industry. Today, TW-Airnet provides customers with wireless Internet access, ADSL, and the MOD system, a home entertainment class set top box with home banking services capabilities. TW-Airnet is becoming legendary in Taiwan because of the build-out of the wireless Internet network and the development of the Taiwanese infrastructure. For more information, please visit http://www.tw-airnet.net.

About Chu-I Enterprise
Chu-I Enterprise Co., Ltd is a technology integration company, based in Taipei, Taiwan, that specializes in Wireless LAN/WAN solutions. Chu-I has been serving customers since 1992 and has provided communication solutions to large clients such as TW-Airnet, Chung-Hwa Telecom and Far East Tone. For more information please call +886-2-2218 3626.

About Vivato
Vivato, Inc. is a wireless systems infrastructure company with technology that is based upon an innovative signal processing and antenna design. Vivato's unique system architecture enables cost-effective, large-scale indoor and outdoor wireless deployments in cities and towns, as well as airports, seaports, warehouses, universities, enterprises and hotels. Vivato is headquartered in Spokane, Washington. For more information, please visit www.vivato.com or call 509-343-6001.

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