Aviat Networks Showcases New Brand at CTIA Wireless 2010

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVNW), a leading wireless expert in advanced IP network migration, makes its CTIA debut under its new brand identity March 23 - 25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company's new brand represents a transformation over the past three years from a specialized microwave backhaul equipment supplier to a world-class provider of advanced IP wireless network solutions.

The Company will also present a significant new capability for its market-leading Eclipse(TM) Packet Node wireless backhaul solution which was previously announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in February. The addition will provide important new functionality that will be required by operators to support legacy TDM traffic over an all-IP network for next-generation wireless IP backhaul network migration.

"Our recent unveiling of the Aviat Networks brand marked a significant milestone in the evolution of our Company and represents our commitment to quality and innovative products, highly individualized services, operational excellence and industry leadership," said Harald Braun, president and CEO of Aviat Networks. "Going forward, Aviat Networks and its best-in-class IP wireless backhaul solutions is uniquely positioned to help prepare mobile operators for the migration to LTE technologies."

Aviat Networks senior executives will also be speaking at CTIA, and will provide perspectives on the backhaul challenges faced by mobile operators and the potential solutions offered by deploying microwave systems as an alternative to fiber and copper wireline options.

• CTO Paul Kennard will be a panelist at Telecommunications Media Group's Mobile Backhaul for Maximum Network Potential on Tuesday, March 23 from 1:05 – 2:15pm in room N259.
• CMO Shaun McFall will be a panelist at FierceWireless' The Path to 4G on Tuesday, March 23 from 2:15 – 3:00pm in room N260.

The proliferation of new Smartphones and other rich-media enabled wireless devices have resulted in a mobile data demand explosion. This phenomenon is becoming problematic for mobile operators in the US, who are scrambling to upgrade existing backhaul networks, bottlenecked by legacy TDM technologies and bandwidth limited copper lines. Aviat Networks leverages its leadership position in the market with a comprehensive wireless backhaul solution to support all key migration features, providing scalability sufficient to address the need for increased bandwidth, and support the requirements of LTE networks.

From fixed networks to broadband mobility, from TDM to all Ethernet/IP, from public to private, from planning to managed services, from the core to the edge - Aviat Networks is helping operators create, expand and manage the best networks for their markets and their bottom lines.

Aviat Networks will be exhibiting in the Central Hall, booth 2865.

For more information on Aviat Networks and CTIA Wireless 2010 please visit:

Aviat Networks: www.aviatnetworks.com

Online Newsroom - http://aviat.eventnewscenter.com

Twitter - www.twitter.com/aviatnetworks

Telecommunications Magazine's "Mobile Backhaul for Maximum Network Potential" seminar - http://www.ctiawireless.com/events/event_details.cfm?calID=973

Fierce Markets' "Path to 4G" seminar - http://www.fiercewireless.com/events/dont-miss-path-4g-ctia-wireless-march-23-las-vegas

CTIA Wireless 2010: http://www.ctiawireless.com/

About Aviat Networks, Inc.

Aviat Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVNW), previously known as Harris Stratex Networks, is a leading wireless expert in advanced IP network migration, building the foundation for the 4G/LTE broadband future. We offer best-of-breed transformational wireless solutions, including LTE-ready microwave backhaul, WiMAX access and a complete portfolio of essential service options that enable wireless public and private telecommunications operators to deliver advanced data, voice and video and mobility services around the world. Aviat is agile and adaptive to anticipate what's coming to help our customers make the right choices, and our products and services are designed for flexible evolution, no matter what the future brings. With global reach and local presence on the ground we work by the side of our customers, allowing them to quickly and cost effectively seize new market and service opportunities, while managing migration toward an all- IP future. 

SOURCE Aviat Networks, Inc.