GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, February 13 /PRNewswire/
-- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Runcom Technologies Ltd. today
announced they will extend their WiMAX(TM) collaboration to include Mobile
WiMAX Wave 2 Protocol Test.

    All WiMAX(TM) devices must undergo protocol conformance test (PCT) to
become certified for use. To realize the promise of interoperability, the
WiMAX industry relies on traceable and effective protocol test solutions.
The assurance of interoperability between WiMAX reference designs and
protocol test equipment creates customer confidence and enables industry
growth.

    Agilent and Runcom will ensure that their customers can confidently use
Runcom Mobile WiMAX reference designs with Agilent protocol test systems.
Both companies will verify that their designs are faithful implementations
of the relevant standards, bringing robust solutions to the market.

    The Agilent N6430A WiMAX Protocol Conformance Test and Development
Solution, based on Agilent's E6651A Mobile WiMAX Test Set, is undergoing
pre-validation testing at a WiMAX Forum(R) testing laboratory using mobile
terminals and base stations that use Runcom Mobile WiMAX chips.

    "We are very enthusiastic about the development of a PCT partnership
with Runcom," said C. J. Meurell, European operations general manager for
Agilent's Mobile Broadband Division's WiMAX/WLAN portfolio. "Our
relationship will accelerate the progress of both companies as we move
ahead with Mobile WiMAX Wave 2. Runcom has been a pioneer of WiMAX and we
feel fortunate to be able to partner with them on the development of PCT."

    Runcom Technologies is a leading supplier of chipsets for the IEEE
802.16e-2005 standard on which WiMAX Forum mobile profiles are based.
Runcom is a world pioneer in the development of state-of-the-art OFDMA
silicon solutions for fixed and mobile WiMAX user-terminals and
base-stations. The RNA200 ASIC was the first Mobile WiMAX compliant ASIC on
the market.

    "Our customers need independent and robust PCT solutions to be
available, and we are keen to support this," said Israel Koffman, Runcom's
vice president of Marketing. "Working with the wireless industry's test
leader, Agilent, means that our customers can count on solutions that work
with our designs wherever they are in the world. Agilent's ability to test
terminals, base stations, protocol, RF and application performance is a
unique value proposition that we believe will benefit our customers."

    For more information about the Agilent N6430A WiMAX Protocol
Conformance Test and Development Solution see
http://www.agilent.com/find/pct. Photos of Agilent's N6430A Protocol
Conformance Test and Development Solution and E6651A Mobile WiMAX Test Set
are available at http://www.agilent.com/find/Wave2_PCT_images.

    Agilent in WiMAX Forum

    A principal member of the WiMAX Forum (http;//www.wimaxforum.org),
Agilent is an active participant in the development of WiMAX Radio
Conformance Test (RCT) documents and procedures. Agilent was the first to
provide standard-compliant 802.16 physical layer (PHY) design and test
tools for Fixed and Mobile WiMAX applications including WiBro, allowing
users to efficiently simulate, troubleshoot and verify designs.

    Information about Agilent's WiMAX test solutions is available at
http://www.agilent.com/find/wimax.

    About Runcom Technologies Ltd.

    Runcom is a technology company pioneering OFDMA-based silicon user
terminals and base stations that comply with the IEEE802.16e-2005 standard
for WiBro and Mobile WiMAX applications. Runcom products include PHY and
MAC communications layers. Runcom RNA200 ASIC was the first Mobile WiMAX
compliant ASIC on the market. For more information, visit Runcom on the
Internet at http://www.runcom.com

    About Agilent Technologies

    Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world's premier measurement
company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life
sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 19,000 employees serve
customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of US$5.4
billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is available on the Web
at http;//www.agilent.com.

    "WiMAX," "Fixed WiMAX," "Mobile WiMAX," "WiMAX Forum," the WiMAX Forum
logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified," and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are
trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of
their respective owners.

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    Contacts:

    Janet Smith
    +1-970-679-5397
    janet_smith@agilent.com

    Israel Koffman
    +972-545-303110
    israelk@runcom.co.il

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