TAIPEI, Taiwan, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --     The announcement that is expected by the International Telecommunication 
Union that WiMAX has been approved as a 3G IMT-2000 standard is a major 
achievement for the Israeli company Runcom Technologies Ltd. Runcom pioneered 
the OFDMA technology since 1997, and was first to introduce the technology as 
a contribution to the IEEE.802.16 standard in 2001. The IEEE802.16 Standard 
chaired by Dr. Roger Marks voted for Runcom's contribution as the basis for 
the OFDMA version of the standard, which finally evolved into the IEEE802.16-
2005 standard, ratified in 2005. The technology is now renown worldwide as 
Mobile WiMAX.

According to the WiMAX Forum, in a new White Paper "WiMAX and
IMT-2000", "including IP-OFDMA (mobile WiMAX) within the IMT-2000 family of
radio transmission technologies will put mobile WiMAX on a comparable
worldwide footing with EV-DO, HSPA, and other recent and planned enhancements
to 3G technology. This will offer operators an additional migration path to
consider as they strive to add network capabilities to support a larger suite
of value-added broadband services."

The agreement that apparently was reached in an ITU meeting
significantly escalates the opportunities for global deployment, especially
within the 2.5-2.69 GHz band and will bring the potential reach to a total
population that is significantly higher than the 2.7 billion people WiMAX
potential reach of today

"We are proud and honoured by the fact that the OFDMA technology that we 
proposed to the IEEE.802.16e standard is gaining worldwide recognition as the 
wireless technology of the future, with a magnificent potential" said Dr. 
Zion Hadad founder, CEO and chairman of Runcom Technologies.

"Runcom's initial OFDMA contribution to the IEEE802.16 standard and 
especially Dr Zion Hadad's involvement were crucial in the evolution of the 
standard that was finally ratified by adding contributions from many other 
companies" said Dr Roger Marks, chairman of the IEEE802.16 standardization 
body

About Runcom Technologies Ltd

Runcom is a technology company pioneering OFDMA based silicon
solutions for user terminals and base stations that comply with the
IEEE802.16-2005 standard for WiBro and Mobile WiMAX applications; Runcom's
products include the PHY and MAC communication layers. Runcom's RNA200 ASIC
was the first Mobile WiMAX compliant ASIC in the market.

For more information visit Runcom on the Internet at
    http://www.runcom.com

    or Contact:

    Israel Koffman,
    V.P. Marketing,
    At israelk@runcom.co.il.