JUNO BEACH, FLORIDA BOOSTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROVIDES RESIDENTS WITH WIRELESS BROADBAND ACCESS SERVICE BASED ON TROPOS NETWORK

JUNO BEACH, FL – December 10, 2008 – The Town of Juno Beach, Florida and Tropos® Networks, the market leader in wireless IP broadband mesh networks, today announced that Juno Beach’s wireless broadband network is being used today by both police officers to improve public safety, as well as for cost-effective Internet access services for the community. 

“Our initial goal in deploying the network was to provide our mobile police officers with real-time access to information as they patrolled the community, helping make them more efficient,” said Jim Lyons, Mayor of Juno Beach.    

Public Safety
The Tropos solution has greatly improved the overall effectiveness of police officers enabling them to connect to the network from laptops in their patrol cars, providing them with real time access to key databases and enabling download of photos, filing of reports and access to the same applications as at the precinct.  “The ability for police officers to spend more time patrolling in the community while maintaining access to critical data has significantly improved their efficiency, and overall safety of the community,” said Police Chief Dennis Weiner.

Community Access
Juno Beach has 3,600 year-round residents and this number grows to over 7,000 during winter months.  Previously winter residents who wanted access during these months did not have the flexibility of obtaining broadband Internet service for just the time they were there.  To address this concern, the city now offers wireless Internet access that can be purchased for just a few months of the year or as an annual subscription.  This provides residents with mobile Internet access around town and a less expensive alternative to year round cable or DSL services.  

The network now blankets the 2.4 square miles of the city, covering both business and residential areas of the city.  GTS designed and provided installation and configuration services for the network.  Additional applications planned for deployment early next year that will further improve public safety are centralized traffic light monitoring for red light and speeding violations, and computer aided dispatch and records management.  Several applications being evaluated include in-police car access to the live video feeds from the security cameras around town; real-time automated license plate reading; and a security alarm monitoring service offered to residents and businesses.

 “Juno Beach’s use of the Tropos wireless network is another strong example of how a city benefits from owning and operating a wireless broadband IP network that helps them more efficiently operate many different municipal services,” said Tom Ayers, President and CEO of Tropos Networks. “Like Juno Beach, we see many customers using Tropos as a foundation for creating communities that are safer and smarter to help improve the quality of life.” 

About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos® Networks is the worldwide market leader in wireless IP broadband mesh networks that enable customers to own and control a smart, affordable, IP foundation for deploying high-value applications that improve the efficiencies of mobile workers, reduce operational costs and contribute towards the building of greener communities.  Common applications over Tropos networks include mobile public safety (police, fire and EMS), utility automation, intelligent transportation systems and video surveillance. The patented Tropos MetroMesh™ system delivers the ultimate reliability, scalability, and security and is installed in over 30 countries.  Founded in 2000, Tropos Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com, call 408-331-6800 or write to info@tropos.com.   Tropos is a registered trademark and MetroMesh is a trademark of Tropos Networks, Inc.

About GTS
GTS is a nation-wide communications specialist company head-quartered in Canton, GA.  For the last 20 years, GTS has provided premier class engineering and construction services for organizations across the country, including; Comcast, Cox, AT&T, Alcatel-Lucnet, Sprint, Clearwire, and several municipalities. GTS operates a fleet of over 100 bucket trucks distributed across the country allowing for resources to be dispatched as needed. GTS also employs industry leading engineers and project managers providing a full suite of services relevant to the communications industry.  GTS was founded in 1996 by Stuart Gibson and is headquartered in Canton, GA. For more information, please visit www.gts-yes.com, call (770) 345-1670, or E-mail bmilligan@gts-yes.com