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P 260645Z MAY 09
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INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3443
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

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