(Source: Business Wire)Xtendwave, the technology company dedicated to changing the economics of delivering broadband signals over existing telecommunications networks, today announced that it has added Dr. Dennis I. Robbins, Ph.D., as its Chief Operating Officer, Ian Dix as its Chief Marketing Officer, and Dr. Oren Eliezer, Ph.D., as its Chief Technology Officer. The group joins Mort Aaronson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Marc Landry, Executive Vice President of Business Development as the leadership team that will help commercialize Xtendwave's revolutionary patented technology, Adaptive Filter Bank Modulation (AFBM).

The three executives have a wealth of business and technology experience as senior managers in large technology and Internet service provider companies. Each is expected to bring expertise to the disciplines needed to integrate AFBM into DSL equipment, cable TV equipment, and T1 equipment in order to dramatically improve the rate and reach of copper network services, such as DSL, coaxial cable TV, and T1 Internet access.

Dr. Dennis Robbins, Ph.D., has 32 years experience in the semiconductor and technology industries and held a variety of management and executive roles at Texas Instruments. As a Vice President of Texas Instruments, he managed the worldwide manufacturing operations for TI's analog and mixed-signal products, supporting $4 billion in TI revenue, and earlier served as a business unit manager for a $400M/year business. More recently he has co-founded startups in the biomedical field and in technology commercialization, and serves on the boards of directors and advisory boards of numerous technology-related businesses. He has served for five years as an SBIR reviewer for the National Science Foundation.

Ian Dix, is a 20 year veteran of telecommunications, having served as the Chief Marketing Officer of SafeNet, Cincinnati Bell/Broadwing, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Management for Qwest, and as Senior Vice President of Marketing for LCI International. Mr. Dix also served for 10 years at MCI, where he held various junior executive positions in product marketing and management.

Dr. Oren Eliezer, Ph.D. has over 20 years of experience in the design and productization of digital communications systems and chips for telecom and wireless applications, both as a co-founder at Butterfly Communications, and at Texas Instruments, which acquired Butterfly in 1999. His experience also includes the development and deployment of telephony systems targeted at rural areas. He has authored/coauthored 30 journal/conference papers on communication system design and productization, given over 15 invited public tutorials, seminars and talks, and is author/coauthor of 29 patents and patents-pending.

"With our groundbreaking technology patented and with the continued confidence of our investors, Xtendwave now has the team that will lead us to success in commercializing AFBM technology and revolutionizing copper network services," said Aaronson. "Dennis, Ian, and Oren have a wealth of senior leadership experience that will serve us well in working with our partners to deliver faster and farther DSL service, as well as open the new markets of T1 backhaul and cable TV rate and reach improvements. I look forward to working with them and their contributions to our continued success."

About Xtendwave

Xtendwave provides semiconductor technology that improves broadband DSL service by increasing the speed, capacity and distance of signals traveling over existing copper phone lines. Xtendwave's technology enables service providers to far surpass the limits of their existing xDSL services without re-engineering, replacing or upgrading their existing network infrastructure. In addition, the company's patented AFBM technology may be ported to other media, such as coaxial, and is expected to provide similar significant improvements in both rate and reach for those communication media.

The company is based in Dallas, Texas and consists of former technology and business executives Texas Instruments, MCI, KN Energy, Qwest, Cincinnati Bell, Marconi and Siemens. More Information is available at: www.xtendwave.com

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