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Cousins Properties Deploys LGC Wireless In-Building Cellular System at Landmark Atlanta Property

InterReach Fusion(R) System Serves AT&T, Verizon Subscribers at One Ninety One Peachtree Tower in Heart of Downtown Atlanta

LGC Wireless, the leader in in-building wireless solutions, today announced that Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ), one of the country's top diversified development companies, has selected LGC's InterReach Fusion® high-rise office building solution to deliver strong, scalable, and highly reliable services for CDMA and GSM network customers inside One Ninety One Peachtree Tower.

An Atlanta landmark, One Ninety One Peachtree Tower is one of the city's tallest and largest office buildings. It includes more than 1.2 million square feet of office space, a 15-level parking garage, and an underground station for the Metro Atlanta Regional Transit Authority (MARTA). Currently, the InterReach Fusion system supports voice and 3G data services for Verizon (CDMA and CDMA 2000 EV-DO) and AT&T Mobility (GSM and HSDPA) customers. The uniformly powerful signal output of the remote antennas helps cellular devices avoid "hunting" between multiple outdoor cellular systems -- a common problem in high-rise structures.

"We wanted the most powerful in-building cellular system available while being mindful of our costs, and it also needed to be relatively easy to retrofit into an existing structure," said Dan G. Arnold, senior vice president and CIO of Cousins Properties. "The Fusion system from LGC Wireless exceeded our expectations with an integrated solution that supports both carrier frequencies via a single set of electronics."

The InterReach Fusion system at One Ninety One Peachtree Tower includes seven Main Hubs, 25 Expansion Hubs, and 196 Remote Antenna Units. As currently deployed, the system covers nearly all interior spaces in the building, including offices, shops, and the above-ground levels of the parking garage.

"Rapidly increasing use of cellular phones and smart phones in high-rise buildings is leading property developers like Cousins Properties to deploy our in-building cellular systems," said John Spindler, vice president of marketing at LGC Wireless. "With the strong signal provided by our InterReach Fusion systems inside the building, voice and 3G data users can get a clear and reliable connection anywhere in the facility."

About Cousins Properties

Cousins Properties, headquartered in Atlanta, has extensive experience in the real estate industry including the development, acquisition, financing, management and leasing of properties. The property types that Cousins actively invests in include office, multi-family, retail, industrial and land development projects. The Company's portfolio consists of interests in 7.6 million square feet of office space, 5.3 million square feet of retail space, 2.0 million square feet of industrial space, 671 for-sale units in two under-development multi-family projects, 24 residential communities under development, over 9,100 acres of strategically located land tracts, and significant land holdings for development of single-family residential communities. The Company also provides leasing and management services to third-party investors; its client-services portfolio comprises 14.3 million square feet of office and retail space. The Company is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that has been public since 1962 and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CUZ." For more information on the Company, please visit its Web site at www.cousinsproperties.com.

About LGC Wireless

With more than 10,000 systems shipped worldwide to more than 100 countries, LGC Wireless is the leader in specialized wireless coverage and capacity solutions for carriers and the enterprise. LGC's scalable, high-performance indoor solutions are at work inside buildings in all major venues and industries. In addition, as a leading supplier of compact GSM and CDMA wireless networks, LGC also provides specialized solutions to mobile operators for a broad range of applications. LGC's products offer low-cost installation, end-to-end monitoring and management, and easy integration of emerging wireless technologies. LGC Wireless is based in San Jose, California USA and is privately held. For more information, please visit www.lgcwireless.com.

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