BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Airspan Networks Inc. (NasdaqGM:AIRN - News), a leading worldwide provider of WiMAX and Wi-Fi based broadband wireless access networks, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to supply ACT Jordan PSC (ACT Jordan), a subsidiary of ACT Limited, with its HiperMAX base stations and its EasyST indoor and ProST outdoor subscriber terminals.

ACT Limited is a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Q.S.C. and A.A. Turki Corporation for Trading and Contracting (ATCO) of Saudi Arabia.

At the beginning of 2007, ACT Jordan secured a 3.6 GHz frequency license for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) in Jordan. The company is now in the process of deploying a nationwide WiMAX service.

ACT Jordan will use Airspan's WiMAX technology to launch its voice, data, and high speed internet service. Airspan's WiMAX solution will enable ACT Jordan to offer a bundle of voice and data services, with the possibility of upgrading to mobile WiMAX from the same platform.

Anders Rendahl, Airspan's Senior Vice President of Sales and General Manager of EMEA, commented, "ACT Jordan's selection of Airspan's WiMAX technology is a further validation that Airspan is gaining market share in the Middle Eastern WiMAX market, which is one of the most innovative and rapidly growing in the industry."

Airspan Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRN)