Airgain Inc. announces appointment of Vice-President Global Sales

Carlsbad, Calif.; October 20, 2006 – Airgain, Inc., a smart-antenna innovator, improving wireless connectivity for the mass market, welcomes Billy Crotty to the position of Vice-President Global Sales responsible for cultivating and maintaining the company’s relationships with OEM and ODM customers in Asia, Europe and North America.

Mr. Crotty comes to Airgain from Esmertec, a Swiss technology leader and software solutions provider for telecommunication, interactive multimedia, and consumer electronics markets, where he was Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Asian Operations.

“Billy Crotty is an accomplished technology executive recruited to Airgain for his ability to build global relationships between technology innovators and their manufacturing customers around the world,” says Airgain President and CEO Pertti Visuri, Ph.D.

During his 18 years in sales, business development, engineering, strategic planning, and project and product management, Mr. Crotty has worked in both the U.S. and Asia. Prior to joining Esmertec, Mr. Crotty was COO at Cellon International where he was responsible for EMS management, sales, and strategic relationships with hardware and software partners. He was instrumental in building Cellon to become a leading independent design house and wireless terminal provider.

Mr. Crotty holds a bachelor of science degree in Production Engineering from UCL Ireland and an MBA from Babson School of Business, Wellesley Massachusetts, USA.

About Airgain
Airgain is the leading smart antenna innovator improving the wireless connectivity experience for the mass market through its patented switched beam technology, known as SmartGain™, and modular smart antenna products such as the MaxBeam75. SmartGain™ steers the signal electronically at very high switching speeds for greatly improved network and application performance, including VoIP and video. Airgain supplies its smart antenna products and licenses its switched beam technology to original equipment and design manufacturers worldwide. The company's head office is in Carlsbad, California, with a research center located in St. Petersburg, Russia. News and information are available at www.airgain.com.

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