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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;24,
  2009</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AIRVANA, INC.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3507654</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation <BR>
  or organization)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>19 Alpha Road</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01824</B></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chelmsford, Massachusetts</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2007 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Randall S. Battat<BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  Airvana, Inc.<BR>
  19 Alpha Road<BR>
  Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(978)&nbsp;250-3000</B><BR>
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
  filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
  accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. (Check one):
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
  </TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
  </TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
  </TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">securities to be</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">maximum offering</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">aggregate offering</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registration</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">registered</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registered (1)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">price per share (3)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">price (3)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">fee</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,146,558 shares (2)</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5.56</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">17,494,862.48</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">688</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
  Act&#148;), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consists of an additional 3,146,558 shares issuable under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
  pursuant to the terms of such plan.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
  457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are
  calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on February&nbsp;18, 2009.</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
  Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-152816, filed by the Registrant on August&nbsp;6,
  2008, relating to the Registrant&#146;s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, and File No.&nbsp;333-144724, filed by the
  Registrant on July&nbsp;20, 2007, relating to the Registrant&#146;s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock
  Incentive Plan.
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on this
  24<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
  of February,
  2009.
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left">AIRVANA, INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Randall S. Battat
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Randall S. Battat&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Airvana, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Randall S. Battat and Jeffrey D. Glidden, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
  attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
  names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Airvana, Inc. to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the
  following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Randall S. Battat
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Randall S. Battat
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
  Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey D. Glidden
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Jeffrey D. Glidden
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer<br> (Principal
  Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hassan Ahmed
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Hassan Ahmed, Ph.D.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert P. Badavas
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Robert P. Badavas
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gururaj Deshpande
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Gururaj Deshpande, Ph.D.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul J. Ferri
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Paul J. Ferri
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony S. Thornley
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Anthony S. Thornley
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
  </TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sanjeev Verma
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Sanjeev Verma
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Femto Business
  and<br> Corporate Development and
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on July
  25, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-33576) and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit
  3.4 to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File
  No.&nbsp;142210) and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  the Registrant</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24,
  2009
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  AIRVANA, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  04-3507654
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
  or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  19 Alpha Road
  01824
  Chelmsford, Massachusetts
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2007 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Randall S. Battat
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Airvana, Inc.
  19 Alpha Road
  Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (978) 250-3000
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
  filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
  accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  o
  Accelerated filer
  þ
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  o
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of
  Proposed
  Proposed maximum
  Amount of
  securities to be
  Amount to be
  maximum offering
  aggregate offering
  registration
  registered
  registered (1)
  price per share (3)
  price (3)
  fee
  Common Stock,
  $0.001 par value
  per share
  3,146,558 shares (2)
  $
  5.56
  $
  17,494,862.48
  $
  688
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act"), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.
  (2)
  Consists of an additional 3,146,558 shares issuable under the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
  pursuant to the terms of such plan.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
  457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act. The price per share and aggregate offering price are
  calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common
  Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on February 18, 2009.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  EX-23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  Table of Contents
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
  Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No. 333-152816, filed by the Registrant on August 6,
  2008, relating to the Registrant's 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, and File No. 333-144724, filed by the
  Registrant on July 20, 2007, relating to the Registrant's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and 2007 Stock
  Incentive Plan.
  Table of Contents
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on this
  24
  th
  day
  of February,
  2009.
  AIRVANA, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Randall S. Battat
  Randall S. Battat
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Airvana, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Randall S. Battat and Jeffrey D. Glidden, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
  attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
  capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
  subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our
  names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Airvana, Inc. to
  comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be
  signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all
  amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the
  following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Randall S. Battat
  Randall S. Battat
  President, Chief Executive
  Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Jeffrey D. Glidden
  Jeffrey D. Glidden
  Vice President, Chief
  Financial Officer
  (Principal
  Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Hassan Ahmed
  Hassan Ahmed, Ph.D.
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Robert P. Badavas
  Robert P. Badavas
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Gururaj Deshpande
  Gururaj Deshpande, Ph.D.
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Paul J. Ferri
  Paul J. Ferri
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Anthony S. Thornley
  Anthony S. Thornley
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  /s/ Sanjeev Verma
  Sanjeev Verma
  Vice President, Femto Business
  and
  Corporate Development and
  Director
  February 24, 2009
  Table of Contents
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as
  Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Report on Form 8-K filed on July
  25, 2007 (File No. 001-33576) and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit
  3.4 to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
  No. 142210) and incorporated herein by reference)
  5.1
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  24
  Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this
  registration statement)