Fastback Networks and TESSCO Team for Distribution of Innovative Wireless Backhaul Solutions in North America

Fastback Networks® has teamed with TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ:TESS), a leading provider of the products and solutions required to build, use and maintain wireless systems, to provide Fastback Networks’ high-capacity wireless backhaul solution to meet the growing demand for high-performance LTE-capable backhaul across public and private networks. TESSCO will serve as distributor of the Fastback Networks Intelligent Backhaul Radio (IBR) solution in North America focused on delivering LTE backhaul solutions to regional service providers, and high-capacity connectivity solutions to the enterprise sector and vertical markets.

Fastback Networks’ Intelligent Backhaul Radio line is designed for the challenges of LTE networks. Supporting line-of-sight, near line-of-sight, and non-line-of-sight applications, the IBR enables the use of wireless backhaul in locations previously thought untenable without a fiber connection. "Fastback Networks provides a new versatility to mobile networks, enabling high-capacity connectivity in a broader range of locations and conditions," said Scott McClure, Broadband and Networking Business Unit Director, TESSCO Technologies. “This innovative technology offers our customers new levels of performance, reliability and capacity in challenging environments. As wireless networks move closer to street level, the Fastback Networks solution adds a new dimension to our broadband portfolio.”

"TESSCO is the perfect distribution partner to build on Fastback Networks’ success as a LTE backhaul provider to Tier 1 networks,” said Kevin Duffy, CEO & Co-founder, Fastback Networks. “TESSCO extends our capability and reach to deliver high-capacity backhaul across broader markets and applications.”

Market adoption of the Fastback Networks solution has progressed on a fast-paced trajectory. The Intelligent Backhaul Radio (IBR) is qualified and deployed in multiple Tier 1 mobile networks across five of the largest U.S. cities, enabling service providers to accelerate deployment of LTE services. With a host of technologies never before combined in a single device, Fastback Networks’ IBR meets the requirements for high-capacity backhaul under all conditions. The IBR enables fast and affordable expansion of mobile services and wireless connectivity that meets today’s demand.

About TESSCO

TESSCO Technologies (NASDAQ: TESS), is Your Total Source® for making wireless work. The convergence of wireless and the Internet is revolutionizing the way we live, work and play. New systems and applications are creating opportunities and challenges at an unprecedented rate. TESSCO is there, thinking in new ways for exceptional outcomes. TESSCO architects and delivers, with innovation, productivity and speed, the product and value chain solutions to organizations responsible for building, using and maintaining wireless broadband systems. www.tessco.com/go/fastback

About Fastback Networks

Fastback Networks was founded with a vision to deliver innovative technology for the mobile infrastructure of the future, enabling network operators to deliver new services, tap new markets and monetize a new generation of mobile applications. With insights derived from the collective team’s experience building leading edge radio and data networking solutions, Fastback Networks looked at the challenges of 4G/LTE deployment with fresh eyes and better ideas, and developed a transformational mobile transport solution that enables the acceleration of next-generation mobile services. Fastback Networks is a privately held company funded by Foundation Capital, Granite Ventures, Harmony Partners, Juniper Networks Junos Innovation Fund, and Matrix Partners. More information is available at www.fastbacknetworks.com.

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