Azimuth Systems ACE™ 400WB MIMO Channel Emulator Receives 2008 MITX Technology Customer Impact Award

Fifth Annual MITX What’s Next Forum & Technology Awards Honors
Technology Innovation in New England

ACTON, MA – June 10, 2008 – Azimuth Systems, a leading provider of wireless broadband test equipment and channel emulators for WiMAX, 4G and Wi-Fi, today announced that its ACE™ 400WB MIMO Channel Emulator has been awarded the 2008 MITX Technology Customer Impact Award. The MITX Technology Awards, presented by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, recognize innovative technologies developed in the New England area and the organizations responsible for driving these technological advancements.

The Customer Impact award honors a technology product that has made a significant impact on its customers’ ability to effectively develop and deliver innovative technology. As the wireless industry’s only MIMO-optimized channel emulator, the ACE 400WB is used by leading silicon providers, equipment vendors and service providers throughout the wireless equipment supply chain. The ACE 400WB performs real-time emulation of over-the-air conditions that introduce channel fading to recreate real-world scenarios. By enabling MIMO performance testing in a lab, the ACE 400WB replaces time-consuming over-the-air drive testing that lacks repeatability, saving hundreds of hours of costly and unrepeatable field experimentation.

“Azimuth is proud to be recognized for its achievements in delivering innovative and high quality products to the broadband wireless industry by receiving the 2008 MITX Technology Customer Impact Award,” said Graham Celine, senior director of marketing at Azimuth Systems. “Azimuth continues to grow our business in the WiMAX and Wi-Fi markets with the ACE 400WB, and the product’s innovation, ease of use and popularity among customers will be the foundation for the company’s success as we expand further into the emerging 4G and LTE markets.”
 
More than 325 of the region’s top technology and business professionals attended the MITX Awards ceremony that took place on June 3rd in Cambridge, Massachusetts and included a keynote address by Dr. Amar Bose, chairman and technical director of Bose Corporation. The 2008 MITX Technology Awards sponsors were Backbone Media, DLA Piper, Invest Northern Ireland, LEWIS PR, Oracle, Rocketship and Technology Review, Inc. For a complete list of winners please visit http://www.mitxawards.org/technologyawards/finalists_winners.aspx?year=2008.

About Azimuth Systems
Azimuth Systems is a leading provider of wireless broadband test equipment and channel emulators for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE and other 4G technologies. Azimuth’s products are used by the world’s foremost wireless semiconductor designers, system vendors and service providers to speed time-to-market and improve wireless product quality. Azimuth’s standardized test solutions enable research, development, QA and marketing engineers to test the performance, conformance and certification of broadband wireless devices and networks supporting data, voice and video applications. The company is based in Acton, Massachusetts and is backed by prestigious investors including Kodiak Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. Azimuth may be contacted at (978) 263-6610 or at www.azimuthsystems.com. 

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