TROPOS NETWORKS ADDS FORMER ALCATEL EXECUTIVE JOHN SHELNUTT AS VP OF WORLDWIDE SALES

Carrier Sales Veteran Joins World-Class Executive Team to Accelerate Company's Building Momentum in the Carrier Segment Worldwide

SUNNYVALE, CA - February 20, 2007 -- Tropos Networks, the market leader for metro-scale wireless mesh network systems, today announced the addition of John Shelnutt to its executive management team. Mr. Shelnutt will serve as Tropos Networks' Vice President of Worldwide Sales. In his new role, Mr. Shelnutt will be responsible for sales of Tropos MetroMesh products to carriers, ISPs and municipalities around the world.

Mr. Shelnutt brings 22 years of carrier sales leadership to Tropos, most recently serving for eight years as Group Vice President/Sales for Alcatel U.S. At Alcatel, he sold the full range of the company's mobility products to U.S. mobile operators such as Cingular, Verizon, Sprint/Nextel and T-Mobile. Mr. Shelnutt also held the positions of Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development for Alcatel NAFTA and Director of Switching Sales for Alcatel. He secured DSL equipment contracts with the Joint Procurement Consortium (JPC) comprised of Ameritech, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, and PacBell valued at more than $5 billion for Alcatel. He was key to establishing DSL in the market and served on the Board of the DSL Forum, an industry consortium for the definition and advancement of DSL.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Shelnutt sold for Northern Telecom, ITT, MCI and Alta Telecom (a subsidiary of Telus). At Northern Telecom and Alta Telecom, he garnered significant experience and success selling into the U.S. municipal government market.

Mr. Shelnutt holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia.

"With his experience, enthusiasm and industry stature, John is a tremendous addition to our executive team," said Ron Sege, President and CEO of Tropos Networks. "His track record in selling to C-level executives in carriers is a perfect fit for our business and will help Tropos Networks further expand our already rapidly growing sales."

"I am extremely excited to join this dynamic, market leading company," said John Shelnutt, VP of Worldwide Sales for Tropos Networks. "I look forward to accelerating Tropos' building momentum in the carrier, ISP and municipal segments worldwide."

About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos® Networks is the market leader in delivering metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network systems. Our systems have been selected to unwire more major league cities than all competitors combined and are installed in 30 countries. The patented Tropos MetroMesh™ architecture delivers the ultimate scalability, high capacity at low cost and great user experience demanded by carriers, municipalities and network users. Our unique expertise includes high-performance mesh software development, mesh RF engineering, metro-scale network planning, deployment and optimization, and navigating the municipal approval process. Tropos Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com, call 408-331-6800 or write to info@tropos.com.

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