GigaBeam Receives Order for WiFiber(R) from Leading European Telecom Carrier



    GigaBeam Corporation (NASDAQ:GGBM) announced today that it has
    received an initial order for two WiFiber(R) wireless fiber links from
    a leading European incumbent wireline and wireless carrier. The
    carrier is also one of the world's largest mobile operators. The
    customer is headquartered in Europe and has operations in Europe and
    Asia with a subscriber base of greater than 75 million.

    Lou Slaughter, Chairman and CEO of GigaBeam, stated, "We are
    excited to receive an initial order from this large European incumbent
    wireline and wireless carrier. This customer has operations spanning
    from Europe across the globe to Asia. We see significant opportunity
    for GigaBeam's WiFiber product in multiple countries with this
    customer. This order follows recent approval by the European
    authorities for use of the 70GHz and 80GHz frequency spectrum and the
    granting of a CE mark (equipment certification) to GigaBeam for
    operation of WiFiber across Europe. Europe represents a substantial
    market for GigaBeam's products. This order from a leading telecom
    carrier underscores the acceptance and potential application of
    WiFiber to be adopted for creating telecom infrastructures in
    metropolitan areas along with backhaul of mobile wireless services."

    GigaBeam's technology, utilizing these large blocks of 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 G-1.25 product series is full duplex at
    one Gigabit-per-second (equivalent to 647 T1 lines or 1,000 DSL
    connections) which supports GigE protocol. GigaBeam previously
    announced its WiFiber G-2.7 series, to be released in Q4, 2006 and
    generally available in Q1, 2007, which will operate at 2.7 Gbps. The
    protocols to be supported by the G-2.7 product series include 2 x GigE
    (2 x 1 Gbps); OC-48 / STM-16 (2.488 Gbps); SMPTE 292M (1.485 Gbps) and
    both 1 and 2 Gbps fiber channel. 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. 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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