BelAir Networks Rounds Out Senior Management Team With Key Appointments.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2004

BelAir Networks, a wireless infrastructure supplier that provides advanced, multi-service, wireless networking solutions optimized for medium and large wireless networks, today announced three executive appointments that round out its management team in marketing, sales and operations.

The three appointments are Phil Belanger as Vice-President of Marketing, Greg Partalis as Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales, and Gordon Beall as Vice-President of Operations. All three bring extensive experience in their respective areas to BelAir Networks, which they will apply to bring the BelAir200 cellular LAN platform introduced last October into high volume production, develop the support infrastructure required to meet current and future product demand, and drive sales of BelAir products.

Phil Belanger is a wireless LAN industry veteran with over 25 years experience in R&D and marketing for network systems companies. He was one of the founders of the Wi-Fi Alliance and served as chairman of the organization from its formation in 1999 through March of 2001. Phil was also an active participant in the development of the IEEE 802.11 standard and is one of the authors of the DFWMAC protocol, which was selected as the foundation of the Medium Access Control protocol for the standard. Prior to joining BelAir, Phil served as Vice-President of Marketing at Vivato. Before Vivato he served as Vice-President of Marketing and Vice-President of Wireless Business Development at Wayport. Phil held various executive positions at Aironet, a pioneer in the wireless LAN industry that was acquired by Cisco in 2000. Prior to Aironet, Phil was Vice-President of wireless development at Xircom and General Manager of Communications Products at Adaptec.

Greg Partalis has almost 30 years of experience building leading world-class sales operations in the networking communications and computer industries. Before joining BelAir Networks, Greg was Vice-President, Worldwide Sales and Service at Vivato, where he was responsible for developing Vivato's overall sales strategy and building the company's international sales organization. Prior to Vivato, Greg was Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales at Cosine Communications, where he led the company's sales efforts in the IP managed services market. Greg served as Vice-President of Sales at Calient Networks, with worldwide responsibility for sales of photonic switching equipment to service providers. He has also held executive positions at Nortel Networks, Bay Networks, and Network Equipment Technologies. Greg started his career at IBM.

Gordon Beall has over 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining BelAir Networks Beall was President of SARDON Enterprises Inc., a management consulting company focused on high technology accounts. From 1989 to 2000 Gordon worked through progressively senior positions at Newbridge, including Product Manager for various products in the Newbridge TDM portfolio, Assistant Business Unit Manager for the Synchronous Transport Networks, and Assistant Vice-President of Product Management for the entire STN product family. He left Newbridge in 2000 after two years as Vice-President, Global Quality & Customer Relations. Gordon has held positions with Siemens USA and Nortel Networks.

"By welcoming Phil, Greg and Gordon to our team we're making the shift from an R&D organization to a market driven and customer-focused company," said Bernard Herscovich, President and CEO. "Each of these individuals is an expert in their field and has a proven track record applying their experience to develop world-class operations that can anticipate and meet the product needs of their customers."

About BelAir Networks

BelAir Networks is a wireless infrastructure supplier that provides advanced, multi-service, wireless internetworking solutions. Combining the best of WLAN and cellular technologies, the BelAir Networks system goes beyond basic Wi-Fi to enable carrier-grade cellular LAN solutions. The patented BelAir Networks multiple point-to-point wireless mesh architecture provides a high capacity wireless backbone. BelAir products combine this secure wireless backbone with wireless access solutions such as Wi-Fi to deliver practical deployment of wireless networks in city centers and larger venues. www.belairnetworks.com