AirNet Announces Additional GSM Infrastructure Orders With MBO Wireless.

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MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000

AirNet(R) Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:ANCC) announced today that it has received additional orders totaling approximately $1 million from MBO Wireless, Inc., a wireless service provider based in Warner, Oklahoma.

AirNet will supply Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) infrastructure equipment for use in the Muskogee, Oklahoma, Basic Trading Area (BTA). These new orders were placed under terms of a contract signed with MBO in 1998. AirNet is currently deploying equipment for use in the Stillwater, Oklahoma BTA under the first phase of this contract.

The equipment to be supplied by AirNet includes AdaptaCell(TM) broadband, software-defined Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) and AirSite(R) Backhaul Free Base Stations(TM).

"With AirNet's backhaul-free infrastructure, we are able to rapidly build out our network at a minimal cost," said V. David Miller II, president of MBO Wireless. "The AirSite lets us quickly and easily deploy base stations without the added recurring cost of a T1 line. Additionally, we were impressed with AirNet's broadband technology and software-defined upgrade path from GSM to GPRS to EDGE and then to 3G."

"Like many other wireless operators MBO sees the `today and tomorrow' advantages of the AirNet Base Station Subsystem," said Dr. Lee Hamilton, president and CEO of AirNet. "Operators can enjoy the backhaul-free advantage of the AirSite today while being able to support high-speed data protocols like GPRS and EDGE through simple software upgrades tomorrow."

"It is particularly gratifying when an existing customer places additional orders with us," said Glenn Ehley, AirNet's vice president of sales and marketing. "At AirNet, our first commitment is to provide total customer satisfaction, and I am pleased that MBO continues to show confidence in our ability to deliver cost-effective GSM infrastructure today that's ready to support tomorrow's high-speed data and Internet services."

AirNet Communications Corporation provides wireless base stations and other telecommunications equipment designed to allow service operators to cost-effectively offer simultaneous wireless high-speed Internet and voice services to mobile subscribers. The Company's AdaptaCell(TM) incorporates a patented radio architecture that is designed to enable operators to offer these services by upgrading base station software rather than deploying new base station hardware. The Company's AirSite(R) Backhaul Free Base Station(TM) carries wireless voice and data signals back to the wireline network without a physical communications link - usually a digital T-1 phone line. As a result, an operator's fixed network operating costs may decrease substantially.

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In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company notes that this press release contains forward-looking statements that relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "intends", "potential", "continue", or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to: the risk that we will be unable to develop new products and product features in response to changing technology and standards or to modify our base stations to support developing wireless standards; the risk that we will be unable to fully realize the potential value of our customer contracts due to the failure of any one of the numerous conditions which are generally included therein; and the other risk factors discussed in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot assume that it will be able to anticipate or respond timely to any of the factors listed above, which could adversely affect operating results.

AirNet(R) and AirSite(R) are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. AdaptaCell(TM), Backhaul Free Base Station(TM), and We're Ready for Anything(TM) are trademarks of AirNet Communications Corporation. Other names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.