CHELMSFORD, Mass., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV) the company transforming the mobile experience, today announced the company's planned participation in the upcoming "1(st) Femto Forum UMTS Femtocell Plugfest" scheduled to take place in March 2010. Airvana will be showcasing interoperability of the company's HubBub(TM) UMTS femtocell with other vendors' products within the femtocell ecosystem.

Coordinated by ETSI Plugtests(TM) and sponsored by the Femto Forum, the Femtocell Plugfest will use interoperability tests between femtocell network gateways, security gateways, femtocell access points and chipsets from industry vendors to showcase the commercial readiness of products adhering to the 3GPP's Iuh interface. Moreover, the program will also highlight how the IPsec/IKEv2 security protocols that enable femtocells to communicate over the public Internet to system operators' core networks in a highly secure manner are being implemented in vendor technology. Iuh interface standardization was completed in April 2009 and provides the crucial interface between femtocell access points and femtocell network gateways in the core network.

When deployed in homes and offices, Airvana's HubBub UMTS will allow subscribers to use their existing UMTS handsets - in-building - with significantly improved coverage and increased broadband wireless performance. Airvana's HubBub UMTS uses Internet Protocol (IP) to deliver high-quality voice and multimedia services via broadband Internet connections such as DSL, cable, or fiber optic networks. This IP-based architecture allows the HubBub UMTS to be deployed and managed in virtually any environment where there is broadband Internet service.

"Interoperability and security are critical components of widespread, successful femtocell deployments," explained Sanjeev Verma, vice president, Femtocell Business and Corporate Development, Airvana. "Participating in this program demonstrates our ongoing support of the standards driving the industry forward, and also our successful implementation."

About Airvana

Airvana helps operators transform the mobile experience for users worldwide. The company's high-performance technology and products, from comprehensive 3G femtocell solutions based on its HubBub(TM) CDMA and UMTS femtocells, to core mobile broadband network infrastructure, enable operators to deliver compelling broadband services to mobile subscribers, wherever they are. Airvana's products are deployed in 70 commercial networks on six continents. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Mass., USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, please visit www.airvana.com.

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