| OmniGlobe
Networks Selects Proxim’s WiMAX Products to Deliver Voice and Data
Communications in Cyprus
Award-Winning Tsunami™ MP.11 Provides Multi-Service
Infrastructure and Choice of Frequency Bands;
Indoor Subscriber Units Enable Optimal Economics and Ease of Installation
San Jose, CA, June 14, 2006 –
Proxim Wireless Corporation, a global provider of broadband wireless
equipment and wholly-owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ:
TRBM), today announced that OmniGlobe Networks, Inc., a global Internet
Service Provider (ISP), has selected Proxim’s Tsunami™
MP.11 WiMAX products to provide high-speed, cost-effective Internet
access to residents of the Republic of Cyprus. The Tsunami MP.11
was recently awarded a Frost & Sullivan 2006 Product Innovation
Award for “truly innovative WiMAX solutions,” and provides
the capabilities of fixed and mobile WiMAX in license-free frequency
bands worldwide.
OmniGlobe Networks,
Inc. (www.omniglobenet.com)
specializes in providing broadband communications capabilities to
communities worldwide that cannot be served via traditional wireline
access. The company brings connectivity into a community via a satellite
gateway to the Internet, and distributes access to homes and businesses
using Proxim’s WiMAX products. Such is the case in the cities
of Nicosia (the capital, population 206,000) and Kyrenia (population
38,000) in Cyprus. Traditionally, in this island nation, the waiting
time for installation of a telephone line can be as high as five
years. Thanks to OmniGlobe and Proxim, residents of Kyrenia and
Nicosia have access to sophisticated and cost-effective communications
such as Internet access and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
with a waiting time of as little as two days.
OmniGlobe selected
Proxim’s Tsunami MP.11 products after surveying 10 equipment
vendors; the decision was based on a combination of performance,
features, and price. The MP.11 includes WiMAX features such as a
scheduled media access controller, orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM), and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) to optimize
delivery of voice, video, and data traffic. In addition, the availability
of indoor customer premise equipment (CPE) optimizes the economics
and in many cases, ease of installation. Upon deploying the network,
OmniGlobe has achieved connectivity between MP.11 base stations
and subscriber units at ranges of up to 25 kilometers (15.6 miles),
further validating the selection.
“OmniGlobe
excels at bringing state-of-the art communications services to impossible
locations, places which have no mechanism with which to connect
to the rest of the world,” said Dr. Jason Neale, Chief Executive
Officer of OmniGlobe Networks. “WiMAX offers the most pervasive
solution for last-mile connectivity in these locations, and Proxim
offers the most robust and cost-effective WiMAX product portfolio
that we have seen on the market.”
“Proxim’s
focus in WiMAX products has been to lower the barriers to entry
to network deployment, thus allowing a wide range of service providers
to take advantage of this technology,” said Amit Malhotra,
Vice President of Marketing, Proxim Wireless. “OmniGlobe’s
success has demonstrated that WiMAX is available today to support
a service provider’s requirements including multi-service
infrastructure, a choice of frequency bands, reasonable cost, and
ease of installation.”
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.
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