| Proxim Wireless Achieves WiMAX
Forum Certification for TsunamiŽ MP.16 3500 Product
Interoperability Achieved with Products from Three Major Chipset
Vendors; Certification Complements Company's Own Rigorous Testing
and Real-World Experience
San Jose, CA, March 8, 2006 – Proxim Wireless
Corporation, a global provider of broadband wireless equipment and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBM), today
announced that its Tsunami MP.16 3500 Base Station Unit has received
the WiMAX Forum Certified™ mark for IEEE 802.16d-2004 compliance
by the WiMAX Forum™.
“Life just got a lot easier for carriers wishing to deploy
WiMAX,” stated Robert Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer
of Proxim Wireless. “With the combination of Proxim’s
vast experience in providing industry leading outdoor wireless equipment,
one piece form factor, and certified interoperability, carriers
can now deploy Proxim’s WiMAX product with confidence and
flexibility. In addition to our existing trials with carriers and
OEMs, we currently have 18 additional customers slated for urgent
trials.”
“We are proud to report that the Proxim Tsunami MP.16 3500
Base Station has been certified as inter-operable by the WiMAX Forum
with products based on chipsets from Intel, Sequans, and Wavesat,”
said Amit Malhotra, Vice President of Marketing at Proxim Wireless.
“We believe no other WiMAX base station has demonstrated this
breadth of interoperability. Since we believe that the majority
of products in the marketplace are or will be based on one of these
chipsets, Proxim Wireless customers are assured of the highest level
of interoperability.”
WiMAX Forum Certified products are developed according to WiMAX
Forum-defined certification profiles, based on the IEEE 802.16d-2004
and ETSI HIPERMAN standards. In order to attain the WiMAX Forum
Certification seal, hardware systems are required to pass stringent
and extensive test procedures consisting of protocol conformance,
radio conformance, and interoperability testing.
Proxim has already shipped over one hundred thousand outdoor point-to-multipoint
OFDM systems and has extensive experience in designing and testing
its products to maximize reliability and performance in real world
conditions. In addition to certification tests in the laboratory,
Proxim Wireless subjects all point-to-multipoint products lines
including the Tsunami MP.16 3500 to a rigorous qualification process
that includes multiple subscriber throughput and latency tests,
multiple protocol verification, and outdoor deployment tests over
hundreds of square miles with links exceeding 10 miles. All units
of the Tsunami MP.16 3500 are qualified over temperature and are
designed to meet rigid environmental requirements.
About Proxim Wireless
Proxim Wireless Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBM). Proxim Wireless is a global pioneer
in developing and supplying scalable broadband wireless networking
systems for enterprises, governments, and service providers. From
Wi-Fi to wireless Gigabit Ethernet - our WLAN, mesh, point-to-multipoint,
and point-to-point products are available through our extensive
global channel network, backed by world-class support. Proxim is
a Principal Member of the WiMAX Forum and is ISO-9001 certified.
Information about Proxim and its products and support can be found
at http://www.proxim.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
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of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Our actual results may differ
materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
that could contribute to such differences including those relating
to the intense competition in our industries and resulting impacts
on our pricing, gross margins, and general financial performance;
decisions of our customers or potential customers to test or trial
our products or not and thereafter purchase our products or not;
the possibility of adverse publicity arising from trials of our
products if the results are not deemed satisfactory to our customers
or potential customers; introductions of other chipsets upon which
WiMAX products may be based; and difficulties or delays in developing
and supplying new products with the contemplated or desired features,
performance, compliances, certifications, cost, price, and other
characteristics. Further information on these and other factors
that could affect our actual results is and will be included in
filings made by Terabeam from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and in our other public statements.
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