GigaBeam Appoints Vice President Government Sales.

HERNDON, Va. -- GigaBeam Corporation (OTCBB: GGBM) announced today that it has hired Jay Lawrence as its Vice President of Federal, State, and Local Government Sales. Mr. Lawrence joins GigaBeam from Loea Corporation.

Mr. Lawrence is a proven, results oriented executive with a successful track record. Most recently he served as Executive Director for Loea Corporation. Prior to joining Loea, Jay was EVP of Mueller Electric. Jay has also held senior positions at Clare Semiconductor and was involved with EXOS, a Boston based start up that was sold to Microsoft. He holds an Electrical Engineering Degree from Boston University.

Mr. Lawrence said, "GigaBeam is a visionary company in ultra high speed point-to-point wireless communications. I look forward to working closely with GigaBeam's customers, partners and an exceptional group of employees."

Lou Slaughter, GigaBeam's Chairman and CEO, added, "Jay's business acumen, telecom experience and engineering background adds tremendous strength to our sales and management team. I expect him to make a significant contribution to GigaBeam as we continue to grow and expand our sales globally."

GigaBeam WiFiber operates in the 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz radio spectrum bands. This portion of the radio frequency spectrum has been authorized by the Federal Communications Commission for wireless point-to-point commercial use. Use of these frequency bands for commercial use was pioneered by GigaBeam's founders.

GigaBeam's technology, utilizing these large blocks of authorized contiguous spectrum, enables multi-Gigabit-per-second communications through use of Gigabit Ethernet and other standard protocols. The current speed achieved by GigaBeam's WiFiber product lines is one Gigabit-per-second - equivalent to 647 T1 lines or 1,000 DSL connections. GigaBeam also plans deployment of future products capable of 10 Gigabits-per-second utilizing either the 10 Gigabit Ethernet or OC-192 protocol standards.

GigaBeam's WiFiber technology is similar to terrestrial fiber in terms of speed and reliability for deployment in Metropolitan Area Networks (MANS). However, WiFiber has a substantial advantage over terrestrial fiber because WiFiber can be deployed in a day and costs less to deploy than terrestrial fiber. Terrestrial fiber can take months to deploy and also require significant regulatory and environmental approvals prior to installation.

About GigaBeam Corporation

GigaBeam is a provider of high-performance wireless point-to-point communications access solutions that operate in the licensed 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz radio spectrum bands. GigaBeam equipment operates at multi-gigabit-per-second speeds. GigaBeam Corporation headquarters is located at 470 Springpark Place, Suite 900, Herndon, VA 20170.

For more information, visit www.gigabeam.com.

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