| Proxim
Wireless Selects Four Recipients Under Equipment Grant Program
Barrie, Ontario;
Carrollton, Texas; Malden, Massachusetts; and Wilmington, North
Carolina to Benefit From Proxim Wireless Metropolitan Outdoor Wi-Fi(R)
Mesh Products
San Jose,
CA, August 8, 2006 –
Proxim Wireless Corporation, a global provider of broadband wireless
equipment and wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ:
TRBM), today announced it has awarded grants under its Equipment
Grant Program for deployment in four cities: Barrie, Ontario (Canada);
Carrollton, Texas; Malden, Massachusetts; and Wilmington, North
Carolina. The company's Equipment
Grant Program was announced on April 27, 2006 to speed the benefits
of Proxim Wireless municipal wireless solutions -- including outdoor
Wi-Fi® mesh products for Internet access and public safety communications
-- to deserving communities.
"We received
a significant number of applications from communities planning wireless
networks, confirming that this trend is continuing unabated across
North America," said Robert Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer
of Proxim Wireless. "Each of the four cities was distinguished
by the intent to deploy or expand a wireless network serving a significant
population; pursuit of a network serving multiple user groups such
as citizens, municipal government and public safety departments;
commitment to a scalable network based on complementary technologies;
and the thorough planning already done, including establishment
of a team of experts to ensure the network is soundly designed,
installed and maintained."
Each of the
cities will benefit from individual grants of approximately $50,000
worth of Proxim Wireless metropolitan outdoor Wi-Fi mesh equipment.
Barrie, Ontario
Barrie is a
city of approximately 135,000 residents in Ontario, Canada and is
the 39th largest city in Canada by population. According to Lawrence
Bacik, Director of Information and Communications Technology, the
city has a sufficient penetration of broadband Internet access via
common carriers, but sees tremendous opportunity to enhance communications
using wireless technology for local police, fire and various municipal
departments. "In 2005, we began implementation of a wireless
backbone using Proxim Wireless products providing a self-healing
200 Mbps ring around Barrie to provide a City-owned and City-controlled
service," said Bacik. "Our commitment to wireless is so
strong that we moved our emergency response two-way radio inter-tower
linking to the backbone. The savings to taxpayers from our wireless
initiative, including the mesh network, will be $135,000 per year."
Carrollton,
Texas
Carrollton,
a suburb of Dallas, Texas with a population of approximately 125,000,
was recently named by Money Magazine as one of the top 20 cities
in which to live in the United States. The city has in place a 100
Mbps wireless ring serving point-to-multipoint microwave wireless
to each of the city's facilities, and is seeking new cutting edge
technology to support additional services, such as digital mobile
video. "The city of Carrollton strives to be on the cutting
edge in our integration of wireless data and VoIP technology,"
said Barry Turner, Communications Manager. "As we attempt to
address demands for higher bandwidth and more sophisticated applications,
we are excited about the opportunity to discover how Proxim Wireless
mesh technology can help the city develop a more robust and scalable
network."
Malden, Massachusetts
Located just
northwest of Boston, Malden is a vibrant and diverse community of
approximately 58,000 people. Recently, the city was recognized by
the Massachusetts High Tech Journal for its progressive stand on
wireless technology. Already committed to point-to-multipoint technology
using Proxim Wireless solutions to connect municipal offices and
public safety facilities, the city is now turning to mesh to deliver
connectivity in key transit corridors and commercial areas and to
help municipal and public safety personnel deliver key services.
"Malden is grateful to Proxim Wireless for the Equipment Grant,"
said Anthony Rodrigues, Director of Information Technology. "As
a municipal wireless pioneer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
we have a clear vision of how this technology can empower and improve
our city, and this grant award brings that vision one step closer
to fruition."
Wilmington,
North Carolina
Known as the
"Port City" of North Carolina, Wilmington is home to approximately
95,000 residents. In 2005, the City of Wilmington and Epproach Communications,
LLC formed a public-private partnership to create a wireless broadband
network to provide city departments, businesses, residents and visitors
with high-speed communications services. The Wilmington Wireless
Initiative is aimed at addressing a wide range of needs, a small
sample of which includes: diminishing the digital divide that exists
within the community; high-speed, highly secure and highly available
VoIP connections among all fire stations; mobile connectivity for
the city's police and fire department vehicles; mobile connectivity
for the city's transportation authority along bus routes; and city-wide,
ubiquitous multi-purpose commercial Wi-Fi Internet access. A wireless
backhaul network based on Proxim
Wireless backhaul and point-to-multipoint products will be augmented
using Proxim Wireless mesh. "The public-private model that
we have established in Wilmington is the ideal way to achieve our
goals," said Larry Bergman, Information Technology Director.
"We are delighted that Proxim Wireless has awarded us a grant,
and now look forward to working with Epproach to aggressively deploy
the next phase of Wilmington Wireless."
More About Proxim's
Outdoor Mesh Products
The ORiNOCO®
AP-4000MR family of ruggedized, dual-radio wireless mesh access
points is based on the world-renowned ORiNOCO enterprise-class Wi-Fi
platform for metropolitan scale deployments. One radio provides
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) end user access, while the other radio in the
same compact product enclosure provides mesh backhaul using a pre-802.11s
protocol. By using two radios operating at different frequencies,
system capacity is doubled and interference is significantly reduced.
Furthermore, the mesh protocol secures links using AES encryption,
supports both fixed mesh (all APs mounted statically) or mobile
mesh (in-vehicle versions of the mesh AP interacting with APs mounted
statically) configurations, and VLAN information is kept intact
over mesh links to enable virtual networking. Another advantage
is draft 802.11e and draft 802.1p quality of service (QoS) enabling
converged but differentiated carriage of voice, video and data traffic.
End-to-End Solutions
for Enterprise-Quality, Cost-Effective Wireless Mesh
Proxim Wireless
has the depth of experience and breadth of product portfolio to
offer end-to-end (from very high capacity backhaul to end user access)
wireless solutions. A complete, advanced municipal network will
need to encompass backhaul, middle mile, edge access, client devices,
and network optimization. Proxim Wireless provides the entire solution:
ORiNOCO AP-4000MR
family for simultaneous 802.11a and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi edge access
with mesh networking
ORiNOCO AP-4900MR
family for simultaneous 4.9 GHz public safety and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi
edge access with mesh networking
Tsunami
MP.11, providing capabilities of WiMAX in license-free frequency
bands worldwide, for last mile connectivity to a wireless mesh network
Tsunami
MP.16 for last-mile WiMAX connectivity in the 3.5 GHz licensed
frequency band
Point-to-point
wireless backhaul products which offer data rates up to 1 Gigabit
per second
ProximVision
Network Management
This product
breadth delivers a number of advantages to customers of Proxim Wireless.
First, customers are able to deal with a single vendor for all their
networking needs, thereby increasing personnel efficiency and speed
of deployment. Second, customers can receive products that have
been engineered and designed to work together, rather than worrying
about interoperability of products acquired from multiple vendors.
Third, for support after the sale, customers can place a single
call to Proxim Wireless to resolve questions rather than calling
multiple vendors.
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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