CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts, February 5 /PRNewswire/ --

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Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV), the company transforming the mobile
experience, and Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), a world leader in media
and communications technologies, today announced that they entered into a
global sourcing agreement for Airvana's Universal Mobile Telecommunication
System (UMTS) femtocell technology. As a result of the agreement, Thomson
will use Airvana's femtocell products in conjunction with their own
residential gateways.

"By partnering with Airvana we will add value to our residential gateway
product line and strengthen our innovative offering in the fixed-mobile
convergence space. Incorporating such advanced femtocell technologies in our
gateway platforms will also further consolidate Thomson's position within the
3G femto home access solution ecosystem of Nokia Siemens Networks with whom
we've entered into a related collaboration in 2007," said Georges Laplanche,
Vice President of Thomson's Premises Systems business unit.

Airvana's UMTS femtocell products are based on a flexible architecture
that allows continuous feature enhancement, enabling the delivery of
innovative mobile services. Expanding the company's global partner
relationships is an important part of Airvana's strategy to provide operators
with a comprehensive femtocell solution to speed time to market for operators
and help simplify set-up for end users.

"In order for femtocells to be widely deployed, consumers will expect to
take the product out of the box, plug it in and have it work," said Sanjeev
Verma, vice president of business development and co-founder of Airvana. "By
partnering with Thomson, we believe that our femtocell products will be
deployed with the best possible user experience."

About Airvana

Airvana is a leading provider of network infrastructure products used by
wireless operators to provide mobile broadband services. Airvana's software
and hardware products -- including base stations, controllers, gateways and
femtocells -- enable wireless networks to deliver broadband-quality
multimedia services to mobile phones, laptop computers and other mobile
devices. These services include Internet access, e-mail, music downloads,
video, IP-TV, gaming, push-to-talk and voice-over-IP. Airvana's solutions
enable new services and deliver carrier-grade mobility, scalability and
reliability with relatively low operating and capital costs. Worldwide,
Airvana's mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major
networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of
carrier-class performance. Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford,
Massachusetts, USA. www.airvana.com

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