Vanu, Inc. Announces Commercial Deployment in the North Slope of Alaska.

Arctic Slope chooses Vanu's Anywave([R]) Multi-Standard Base Station to be its GSM network solution.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Vanu, Inc. announces another commercial deployment of its Anywave Multi-Standard Base Station, this one with Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative (ASTAC) of Alaska. ASTAC selected the Vanu Anywave radio access network to support its analog system expansion to GSM because of its ability to simultaneously operate multiple standards in a single network. The Vanu Anywave solution features signal processing that's performed entirely in software instead of expensive, proprietary hardware. It's this unique approach that enables ASTAC to quickly add GSM, other future standards and voice channel capacity via remote software downloads. This is particularly beneficial to ASTAC because it reduces the need for base station site visits in an environment with extreme weather condition challenges. Furthermore, the Vanu solution utilizes off-the-shelf servers which ensure that ASTAC is using the most recent computer processing advancements.

ASTAC's GSM base station sites also create new roaming revenue opportunities for the company, with incremental possibilities as they consider downloading new standards onto the same network in the future. "We set out to accomplish some important business objectives--in a very remote, high cost and physically challenging environment--the goals were to create new revenue streams; reduce ongoing operating costs associated with maintenance and capacity expansion; and be able to position the network for easy and cost-effective migration into new standards. With the Vanu solution we have realized our goals," stated David Fauske, General Manager of ASTAC.

As part of its mission to provide telecommunications across the entire Arctic Slope region of Alaska, ASTAC serves the entire Prudhoe Bay petroleum production area, with both wired and wireless solutions for voice and data. This operational field presently provides 25% of the United States domestic oil production. Current market conditions have exponentially accelerated exploration further west into the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA). ASTAC has successfully responded to service requests through upgrades into intelligent network elements that provide the scalability and flexibility to meet the dynamic demands of oil field operators.

About Vanu, Inc.

Vanu, Inc. is the developer of the Anywave[R] Base Station, the first U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified software radio. The Anywave Base Station affords significant advantages versus traditional equipment manufacturers including: simultaneous operation of multiple standards on a single network which also avoids expensive hardware duplication, remote software downloads for system upgrades, decreased backhaul costs and a full array of additional capital and operating cost savings. Vanu applies modern software engineering techniques to the high-speed signal processing elements at the core of wireless devices to create portable software radio applications. The company licenses its software applications and provides design consulting services to wireless OEMs, system integrators and service providers. Vanu was founded in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Mass. www.vanu.com

About ASTAC

Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative is a member-owned telecommunications utility which provides wireline, cellular, Internet and data services to the communities and resource industry on the North Slope of Alaska. Its goal is to expand connectivity and economic opportunities to the North Slope of Alaska with the provision, improvement, and expansion of quality, competitively priced, and reliable telecommunications through professional integrity, dedication, and customer service. www.astac.net