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Over 1,000 New 802.11n Access Points Ordered From Proxim in First Week
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SILICON VALLEY, CA, November 25 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Proxim Wireless
Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband
wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, today announced that it
has booked orders for over 1,000 of its new 802.11n Access Points (APs),
the ORiNOCO AP-8000 and AP-800, within the first week after product launch.
This immediate market response to Proxim's new dual- and single-radio
802.11n APs validates the performance and value of these products. Proxim
also believes it demonstrates the beginning of a shift in wireless
architectures away from centralized WLANs, which are costly and cause
performance bottlenecks with the increased throughput of 802.11n, to the
distributed WLAN architecture championed by Proxim.
Announced just last week, on Monday, November 17, Proxim's 802.11n solution
is the first to achieve 320 Mbps of throughput with a dual-radio solution.
And with Proxim's distributed approach to WLANs, which eliminates the need
for costly controller and wiring upgrades, organizations of all sizes can
achieve higher performance than their existing wired and wireless LANs
typically provide.
More Performance, Less Cost
Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-8000 dual-radio and AP-800 single-radio APs are the
first 802.11n solutions on the market to provide better performance than
both existing wired and wireless LANs -- without the cost and complexity of
upgrading centralized WLANs -- at half the price of existing wireless
networks.
-- Higher Performance than Existing Wired LANs/WLANs - Proxim's ORiNOCO
AP-800 and AP-8000 provide the highest throughput available with single
radio rates of over 170Mbps and dual radio rates of 320Mbps -- 7x the
throughput of existing typical WLANs.
-- Half the Cost of Existing WLANs - With the added range and throughput,
ORiNOCO 802.11n deployments cost only half of today's 802.11a/b/g networks
when deployed to achieve the same capacity.
-- Reduced Cost of Upgrading to 802.11n - ORiNOCO 802.11n APs are the
only 802.11n APs on the market that avoid costly power upgrades and
deployment issues by achieving complete 802.3af (PoE) compliance in all
configurations and using the same mounting hardware as existing Proxim APs.
"We have had our 802.11g wireless network up and running now for 4 years,
and though we've been hearing about the many benefits of upgrading to
802.11n over the last couple of years, the migration path has always seemed
too daunting or expensive," said David Watson, Network Manager at Shoreline
School District near Seattle, Washington. "With Proxim's 802.11n solution,
however, we were able to replace our old APs with the new ORiNOCO AP-8000s
in a snap because they use the existing mounting hardware and don't require
an extra PoE cable like other solutions. We had everything up and running
in a matter of hours, and based on the coverage and performance we've
experienced, I can say that we're consistently getting 3x the performance
of our old WLAN at half the cost of competing solutions."
For Additional Information
To learn more about Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-8000 and AP-800 solutions, please
visit http://www.proxim.com/products/ap_8000/. To see what the media is
saying about Proxim's solution, please visit
http://www.proxim.com/about/pressroom/news.aspx.
About Proxim Wireless
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) is a leading provider of
end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play of
voice, video, data and mobility to all organizations today. Our systems
enable a variety of wireless applications including security and
surveillance, VoIP, last mile access, enterprise LAN connectivity and
Point-to-Point backhaul. We have shipped more than 1.8 million wireless
devices to more than 235,000 customers worldwide. Proxim is ISO-9001
certified. Information about Proxim can be found at www.proxim.com. For
investor relations information, e-mail ir@proxim.com or call
+1 413-584-1425.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release that are not statements 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 difficulties in overcoming the network installation
and operational challenges relating to any specific customer or
geographical area; factors affecting actual product performance in specific
deployments, which could result in lower throughput, range, and other
performance criteria than achieved in laboratory tests; uncertainties
whether the initial success of the products is an indicator of longer term
success or of a shift to distributed WLAN architectures generally; factors
beyond our control such as weather, geographic, governmental, trade and
customs, interference, and other third-party issues; specific requirements
of a given customer in their specific situations; new or enhanced products
introduced by third parties; and difficulties or delays in supplying
products with the features, performance, compliances, certifications, cost,
price, and other characteristics desired by customers. Further information
on these and other factors that could affect our actual results is and will
be included in filings made by Proxim Wireless Corporation from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in our other public
statements.
Contact Information:
Robb Henshaw
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Proxim Wireless
Email: rhenshaw@proxim.com
Phone: 408-383-7699
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