Quantenna Communications Appoints Lionel Bonnot As Vice President Of Sales

Sunnyvale, CA - March 11, 2008 - Quantenna Communications Inc., a fabless semiconductor company creating advanced chipsets for wireless technology, today announced the appointment of Lionel Bonnot as its vice president of sales. Bonnot will lead the worldwide sales organization towards winning customers for Quantenna's disruptive wireless products.

"Lionel has a rare combination of deep industry knowledge and a proven track record that will help us drive worldwide adoption of Quantenna's products," said Dr. Behrooz Rezvani, founder and CEO of Quantenna. "As the founder and CTO of Ikanos, I worked closely with Lionel and saw him build a highly successful sales organization from the ground up. I look forward to partnering with him again and raising the standard even higher with Quantenna."

Lionel Bonnot has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the telecommunications, semiconductor, systems and software industries. Prior to Quantenna, Bonnot worked as Vice President of sales at Ikanos Communications for six years where he built the worldwide sales organization from scratch. Ikanos became the undisputed leader in VDSL2 central office and residential gateway chipsets and successfully completed it's IPO in 2005. Revenues went from $0 to more than $100M per year in 2006 and 2007. Prior to Ikanos, Bonnot worked as director of sales for Tioga Technologies Ltd, an ADSL semiconductor company that was acquired by STMicroelectronics N.V. Bonnot also worked in various sales, marketing and engineering positions at Radisys and Sagem. Bonnot holds a M.S. degree in Computer Sciences from the ESI in Paris.

"Quantenna's technology is at the forefront of the dynamic broadband and mobile wireless market," said Lionel Bonnot, vice president of sales for Quantenna Communications. "Working with the highly talented and experienced team at Quantenna, I look forward to driving significant revenue growth and building a strong international presence for this exciting company."

The wireless semiconductor market is expected to exceed $4 billion by the year 2010 according to Gartner Dataquest. With more than 20 Ph.Ds on board, Quantenna has formed a truly unique team and is well positioned to capitalize on the wireless market with technology based on fundamental breakthroughs and innovation in wireless networking, adaptive systems, and advanced MIMO transmission. The company's management team is led by industry visionaries Behrooz Rezvani, Ph.D. and Andrea Goldsmith, Ph.D.

About Quantenna Communications, Inc.

Quantenna Communications, Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company creating disruptive next-generation wireless chips with game-changing size, power, and performance characteristics. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Quantenna has assembled a world-class team and is backed by some of Silicon Valley's most esteemed venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, and Venrock Associates. For additional information, please visit Quantenna's website at www.quantenna.com.


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