VIVATO's NEW WI-FI SWITCH BEAMS WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS IN OLDEST SECTOR OF NEW ORLEANS
Wi-Fi Company Lights Up New Orleans' French Quarter and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center for CTIA 2003

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - March 14, 2003 - Vivato™, a Wi-Fi infrastructure company, is demonstrating its new Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Switch and the recently launched Vivato 2.4 GHz Indoor Switch in New Orleans, for the duration of the CTIA Wireless 2003 convention, which starts on Monday, March 17, 2003 and runs through Wednesday, March 19. The two deployments, one in Jackson Square and the other in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, will enable conference attendees, as well as locals and other visitors to take advantage of free Internet access through their Wi-Fi enabled devices.

The Vivato Outdoor Switch, which is mounted on the front of Muriel's Jackson Square Bistro on Chartres Street, is beaming Wi-Fi to the Jackson Square and the Mississippi riverfront area of the French Quarter in New Orleans - a very historic area known for its bustling nightlife, hotel balconies, ritzy restaurants, unique bars and the famous Café Du Monde.

"We have a vision for the historic French Quarter of New Orleans," said Michael Valentino, Managing Partner of Hotel Management of New Orleans and owner of www.frenchquarter.com. "Our vision is to create a reliable virtual network that celebrates and ensures the continued success of our 6 x 16 historic block area - the very core of our City's culture since 1722. We are looking forward to trialing Vivato's Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch to see if it is able to penetrate the dense construction of our area and provide a wireless signal that will allow us to provide scores of useful applications for visitors, residents and business alike-helping us to thrive for another two hundred and eighty years."

At the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, where CTIA Wireless 2003 is taking place, Vivato has also deployed its Indoor Wi-Fi Switch to provide wireless Internet throughout the 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space. CTIA 2003 attendees can sign on to Vivato's free wireless network by setting their Wi-Fi system ID to "VivatoFreeNet". Once on the network users simply start their web browser and enter their email address to gain access to the Internet.

"We are excited to be able to demonstrate the outstanding range and capacity capabilities of our first two products while in New Orleans at CTIA Wireless 2003," said Ken Biba, Vivato CEO and Chairman.

Note to Editors
Designed to support standard 802.11b Wi-Fi devices, the Vivato 2.4 GHz Outdoor Wi-Fi Switch provides three simultaneous beams of Wi-Fi throughout the coverage area. Its unique PacketSteering™ technology directs up to 33 Mbps of Wi-Fi capacity to active clients through an electronically controlled phased array antenna that creates high gain beams of Wi-Fi.

Vivato is located in Hall H, Booth 7031 at CTIA Wireless 2003.

About Vivato
Vivato is the inventor and first manufacturer of Wi-Fi switches for enterprises and service providers designed to enable high bandwidth Wi-Fi wireless networks everywhere: in the enterprise, across campuses and throughout metropolitan areas. Vivato is headquartered in San Francisco with a research and development center in Spokane, Wash. For more information, please visit www.vivato.net or call 415.495.1111.