NetWay Manager 3.1 supports Powerwave’s complete line-up of remote electrical tilt antennas, tower mounted amplifiers, cellular repeaters, public safety repeaters and distributed repeater systems.

Santa Ana, Calif., November 08, 2007 - The NetWay Manager 3.1 is the second release of Powerwave’s network operation and maintenance platform, NetWay Manager 3.0, that was launched earlier in 2007. This new release includes several new market leading features as well as adding our public safety repeater system to the line up of Powerwave products managed by NetWay Manager platform.

NetWay Manager 3.1 incorporates new features such as:
- Server redundancy
- Linux or Windows server support

“Powerwave is proud to once again meet our customers’ expectations of being the innovative leader in our business segment by introducing the NetWay Manager 3.1 release with new features serving our valuable customers around the globe,” said David Porte, Vice President, Repeater/DAS Product Unit, Powerwave Technologies. “This is only the start of Powerwave’s long-term commitment to supply complete hardware, software and services network solutions that provide customers with the ability to reduce capital spending requirements as well as their operating costs, while at the same time increasing their networks’ performance.”

NetWay Manager is an SNMP-based platform that centrally and remotely monitors and manages critical network interconnected controlled devices, that will include Powerwave’s complete line-up of products. Powerwave is committed to develop new releases of the NetWay Manager to incorporate all current and future Powerwave products as well as to enhance the feature set to the benefit of our customers.

The NetWay Manager platform features fault management for real-time error detection, complete configuration and inventory management functionality, performance management and secure system administration and is based on open standards for easy integration with multiple operating systems and other vendors SNMP enabled devices. The NetWay Manager platform provides network operators with a number of time-saving features, such as easy installation, configuration, auto-discovery of network components and an upgraded user-friendly graphical user interface.

NetWay Manager also provides network operators with several distinct advantages, including the ability to supervise more than 10,000 network elements, server clustering support with load balancing functionality and remote client access. The NetWay Manager platform also features remote software downloading, network data collection, network configuration and configuration back-up capabilities.

The NetWay manager platform also enables our customers to integrate the product into their existing security system and IT infrastructure. 

About Powerwave Technologies

Powerwave Technologies is a global supplier of end-to-end solutions for wireless communications networks. Powerwave designs, manufactures and markets antennas, boosters, combiners, filters, repeaters, multi-carrier RF power amplifiers, tower-mounted amplifiers and advanced coverage solutions, all for use in public safety, cellular, PCS, 3G and WiMax networks throughout the world. Corporate headquarters are located at 1801 E. St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, Calif. 92705. Telephone (714) 466-1000. For more information on advanced wireless coverage and capacity solutions, call (888)-PWR-WAVE (797-9283) or visit http://www.powerwave.com/. Powerwave, Powerwave Technologies and the Powerwave logo are registered trademarks of Powerwave Technologies, Inc. and NetWay Manager is a trademark of Powerwave Technologies, Inc.