EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INFINET WIRELESS

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001340 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: INFINET WIRELESS LTD., MOSCOW, RUSSIA. REFTEL: REQUEST #4210012; DATED 5/14/2009 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application: NLR as the ultimate consignee of 1000 integrated circuits HBT AMP, 1000 integrated circuits amplifiers, 2000 integrated circuits mixer LOQs and 1000 integrated circuits VCO. The licensee is Hittite Microwave Corp., 20 Alpha Road, Chelmsford, MA 01824. ¶3. On May 21, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested post-shipment verification at the offices of InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Leninsky District, business-park QRumyantsevoQ, bld.1, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Robert Stubblebine, President. ¶4. InfiNet Wireless was created to provide Internet Service Providers and telecommunications carriers with wireless solutions for the first and last mile broadband access in the emerging markets sector. To date, 65 to 70 thousand InfiNet router systems have been sold throughout the Russian Federation. InfiNet Wireless Ltd became an independent company in 2003 when it broke off from the Russian internet company Compek. InfiNet employs approximately 70 people, 5 in its Moscow office and 65 in its main production and operations center in Yekaterinburg. InfiNet Wireless products have been deployed by more than 300 customers in over 30 countries. ¶5. Robert Stubblebine is a U.S. citizen who has lived in Russia for the past 21 years. He advised the export control team that he is aware of the end-use restrictions on dual-use technology that his company purchases from the United States. Stubblebine stated that the reftel commodities were purchased by InfiNet Wireless to create a 6 GHz router system. Stubblebine stated that the reftel commodities are at its Yekaterinburg facility and invited the export control team to the InfiNet Wireless production and operations center in Yekaterinburg at any time in the future should we feel the need. ¶6. The export control team believes that the reftel commodity is being used for the end use for which it was licensed. There are no indications of impropriety, and the consigneeQs answers were not evasive. ¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends InfiNet Wireless Ltd., Leninsky District, business-park QRumyantsevoQ, bld.1, Moscow, Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/BBLECHER/PLISTON) BEYRLE