OTTAWA, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- EION Wireless, a global provider of broadband wireless communications products, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) Communications Solutions has awarded Libra MAX as a 2006 Product of the Year.

Libra MAX is the world's first dual-mode integrated chassis-based WiMAX product family. This makes the Libra MAX the first product of its kind where sensitive data can be transported over the highly secure Turbo WOFDM module while simultaneously, commercial data traffic can be transported through the WIMAX standard interfaces. Libra MAX with dual-mode configuration is an ideal broadband wireless solution for security, defense and financial sectors.

"EION Wireless has been recognized with a 2006 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in technological advancement and application refinement," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief of Communications Solutions, "EION Wireless has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

"We are privileged to receive this distinguished award for the Libra MAX product, it truly reflects the achievements we have made in bringing network intelligence to the WiMAX platform," stated EION Wireless CEO Kalai Kalaichelvan. "Libra MAX boasts exceptional Quality of Service features with the ability to differentiate voice, video and data services into multiple service flows and WiMAX scheduling services, in a chassis based architecture," adds Kalaichelvan.

The seventh annual Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2006 have been selected as recipients of this year's Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

The chassis based architecture of the Libra MAX is unique allowing service providers to gracefully scale their deployments as the demand for WiMAX grows. The Libra MAX product is already deployed to a large scale international customer base with networks in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The uniqueness of this product has positioned EION in a leadership role in the WiMAX marketplace.

About EION Wireless

EION Wireless, a division of EION Inc., is a global provider of Broadband Wireless products that enable effective, economic and secure wireless high-speed communications solutions. As a Principal Member of the WiMAX Forum with several thousand broadband wireless installations, EION Wireless is committed to providing standardized, interoperable products based on 802.16 standards. The company's licensed and unlicensed frequency products are used by wireless ISPs, private network operators, and remote rural networks and in voice and data backhaul applications to solve last mile challenges. EION Wireless works with more than 165 worldwide channel partners to support its diverse global customer base.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Inter@ction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine, IMS Magazine and Unified Communications (launching summer 2007). TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 0.003 percent of sites in the world by alexa.com(x), TMCnet serves nearly two million unique visitors each month, according to WebTrends. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications Developer Conference, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters.

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CONTACT: Richard Kelland, Marketing & Communications, EION Inc., (613)
271-4400, ext. 232, richard@eion.com, http://www.eionwireless.com/; Jan Pierret, TMC,
(203) 852-6800, ext. 228, jpierret@tmcnet.com