Exalt Goes to Arizona

CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Exalt Communications today announced that GovNET Inc., a specialized telecommunications carrier with significant expertise building broadband networks in the western U.S., is deploying Exalt ExploreAir LR microwave backhaul systems in Arizona as a part of the country's most advanced statewide multi-agency network, serving public safety, education, and healthcare. With the ability to send traffic at 100 Mbps to multi-Gbps rates, the all-outdoor Exalt ExploreAir LR microwave systems will provide wireless backhaul for some of the access to GovNET's large, first ever 1024QAM backbone network and push the industry forward by setting a new technical benchmark in microwave infrastructure.

The GovNET network is the highest-performance microwave and fiber network of its kind, connecting emergency organizations and first-responders in the western U.S. on the same network, at speeds of over 100 Mbps. In all, many hundreds of Exalt ExploreAir LR nodes will be deployed in the GovNET access network, covering more than 88,000 square miles at an unprecedented 99.9999 percent ("six nines") availability. Microwave links built on Exalt technology allow GovNET to deliver higher throughput and make the most of available spectrum using these small form factor systems at 512QAM.

"The GovNET network is truly unique. There is no other network like it in the world, and Exalt is helping to make it a reality," said Patrick Barringer, President and CEO of GovNET, Inc. "Their innovative technology enabled Exalt to deliver microwave systems that meet our extremely strict technical requirements on our aggressive timetable - something few other vendors could do. The Exalt team is outstanding, the company's technology does exactly what they said it would do, and they delivered on-time."

Exalt Communications Inc.