• Hopling Technologies has selected two of its senior managers to head its newly created research and engineering units.
• Effective immediately, Bas Muns will serve as Director of Hopling Technologies’ engineering unit and Rudger van Brenk as Director of the research unit, and both will join the Leadership Team of Hopling Technologies.

Almere, December 18, 2006 - Hopling Technologies, a fast growing technology leader in IP-based wireless networking equipment for enterprises, operators and service providers, is pleased to announce today that it has named Rudger van Brenk Director Research and Bas Muns Director Engineering, to strengthen the company’s leading position as marketing market-driven R&D centric company.

After two years as a key member of Hopling Technologies’ core development team leading the mesh network development, Bas Muns will take on the position of Director Engineering, responsible for developing core intellectual property, including the design and development of the company’s HopWARE Mesh Architecture (HMA), which incorporates the sophisticated Hopling Mesh Protocol (HMP) and the unique Hopling Discovery Protocol (HDP).

As the new Director Research Rudger van Brenk will oversee Hopling Technologies prolific research unit dedicated to enhance wireless technology. Under Rudger’s leadership the company will focus on tightly linking its research innovation with the company’s world-class IP-based wireless mesh network development operations. Rudger also becomes responsible for Hopling Technologies design and advanced Mobile WiMAX development.

“Today’s appointments underscore our commitment to create the best marketing R&D company for wireless equipment as demand from operators and enterprises for innovative high-speed wireless broadband networks grow,” said Frank Koopman Chief Executive Officer of Hopling Technologies. “As we build on our recent successes and seek to grow our business, these technical leaders will enable the company to reach its goals.”