Purewave Targeting All-Outdoor Wimax Bts Portfolio With Designart

RA'ANANA, ISRAEL and MOUNTAIN VIEW,cost, performance and operational benefits for
CA--(Marketwire - February 1, 2010) - DesignArtany type of WiMAX operator," said Assaf
Networks, the leading silicon provider for theTouboul, CTO of DesignArt Networks. "The
evolving 4G infrastructure, announced today thatDAN2400 SoC platform enables single-chip designs
the DAN2400 SoC platform was selectedof compact, all-outdoor base stations, flexible and
by PureWave Networks for its powerfulscalable enough for applications that in the past
all-outdoorQuantum mobile WiMAX base stationcould have only been served with much more
family.expensive macro base station solutions. We are
PureWave Quantum base stations enable thedelighted to be the choice of PureWave Networks
rapid deployment of open standards-based Mobileas the SoC platform for the Quantum WiMAX
4G solutions for public and private wirelessbase station family."
broadband networks -- ideal for wireless networkAbout PureWave
operators of all sizes, as well as enterprise,PureWave Networks develops high performance,
surveillance, or mission-critical public utilitycompact outdoor 4G base stations. PureWave
applications. An industry first, Quantum baseNetworks is the only company that utilizes
stations are powerful, compact all-outdoor unitsadvanced beamforming technology to achieve the
with minimal per-site footprint and extremely lowcoverage and capacity of a macro base station in
power consumption. The single-box units supporta small form factor that can be deployed
simplified and automated installation proceduresanywhere. The Company's family of PureWave
and can be deployed anywhere from tower toQuantum base stations offers an open end-to-end
rooftop to utility poles.solution that allows customers to select
"The high scalability and performance of thecomponents from the broad WiMAX ecosystem
DAN2400 SoC from DesignArt Networks makesin building their networks. Our solutions are
it a perfect match for our multi-antenna PureMaxdesigned for any type of operator, from large
architecture -- thus enabling a new class ofmobile service providers to small wireless ISPs.
compact and highly scalable PureWave mobilePureWave Networks provides customers with the
WiMAX base stations that are changing thelowest total cost of ownership in the industry
market," said Dan Picker, PureWave Networksthrough superior performance, ease of installation,
CTO. "This enables our customers to deploydramatically lower equipment and operational cost,
end-to-end 4G network solutions with the lowestand minimal power consumption. PureWave
total cost of ownership (TCO) withoutNetworks is headquartered in Mountain View,
compromising on coverage, capacity orCalifornia.
performance."About DesignArt Networks
The DAN2400 is the most scalable and powerfulDesignArt Networks Ltd is the only supplier of
open SoC platform available for WiMAXhighly integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions
applications.for the evolving mobile broadband radio access
On one hand, the single-chip integration ofnetwork. Based on a unique targeted multi-core
multi-core MAC and PHY sub-systems with thearchitecture, DAN open SoC platforms integrate,
digital front-end for 6 transmit and receive pathsin a single-chip silicon product, all processing
allows the design of very powerful, yet compactsub-systems required for the design of any type
and energy efficient base stations. On the otherof mobile radio access network infrastructure
hand, the combination of DesignArt's custom-builtproduct, ranging from radio heads, base station
DSP technology with this 6x6 RF-array providesline cards, backhaul systems, to fully integrated
vendors with the means to implementmulti-sector 4G base stations with zero-cost
state-of-the-art multi-antenna signal processingself-backhaul. DesignArt provides a single system
capabilities, reducing interference, extending celldevelopment framework, including full-featured
range, and ultimately providing better serviceand trial-ready software applications, suitable for
quality and performance at a lower cost. As athe development of any type and form factor of
result, PureWave was able to develop a family ofbase station, related radio head products, as well
compact, power efficient, cost effective, yetas high-capacity, carrier-grade PtP and PtMP
high-performance base stations for any type ofbackhaul systems. Vendors benefit from the
WiMAX application.low-cost, yet powerful and flexible product
"Using DesignArt's DAN2400 SoC platform,portfolio, while drastically reducing R&D and
PureWave has taken the mobile base stationlife-cycle expenses, and optimizing time-to-market.
architecture to the next level in terms of systemOperators benefit from best-of-breed, yet
integration, ease of installation and powercompact RAN equipment with an absolute
consumption, thereby demonstrating quite tangibleminimum of power consumption.