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PRONTO
AND TROPOS INTRODUCE ALL INCLUSIVE, LOW-COST STARTER KIT FOR
BUILDING METRO-SCALE WI-FI NETWORKS |
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The MetroZone Pilot Pack, an Introductory, Low-Cost Solution
Combines Sophisticated Back-Office Functionality with Ubiquitous Wi-Fi Coverage for Quick and Easy Deployment |
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - October 13,
2004 -- Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class operations
support systems (OSS) for managing large scale Wi-Fi networks,
and Tropos Networks, the leading supplier of equipment used
to build metro-scale broadband wireless networks, announced
today the immediate availability of the MetroZone Pilot Pack.
The MetroZone Pilot Pack is a complete, introductory solution
enabling the fast, low-cost, and simple deployment of metro-scale
Wi-Fi networks over a 1/3 to 1/2 square mile area. The companies
are providing a live demonstration of their full, metro-scale
Wi-Fi solution on October 14-15 in Corpus Christi, Texas, at
the 2004 WiFi Summit presented by Public Technology, Inc. (PTI). |
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Offered for a limited time, the MetroZone
Pilot Pack is a specially priced bundle consisting of all elements
necessary to rapidly deploy a large scale broadband Wi-Fi network.
The network can be deployed for pilot and testing purposes,
or as a solid foundation on which a complete citywide network
can be built. The kit contains one Pronto Hotzone Gateway with
a Pronto OSS software license for up to 100 concurrent users
and five Tropos 5110 outdoor Wi-Fi cells, and includes one year
of technical support. |
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The MetroZone Pilot Pack will be distributed
through Graybar, a Fortune 500 company. Graybar is the leading
North American distributor of high-quality electrical, telecommunications
and networking products an expert provider of supply chain management
and logistics services.
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“We are very excited to feature the
MetroZone Pilot Pack,” said Edward Ludtke, National Product
Manager of Graybar. “The best-of-breed solutions offered
by these industry leading companies combine seamlessly to enable,
for the first time, a single source metro zone Wi-Fi access
and management system.” |
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The MetroZone Pilot Pack ships completely
Boingo enabled, with simple user configuration. Boingo provides
business travelers with a wireless broadband Internet connection
to improve productivity while on the road. Through its Wi-Fi
software and Roaming System, Boingo makes finding and connecting
to Wi-Fi networks point-and-click simple and secure. |
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The Pronto OSS software and Hotzone Gateway
combined on an easy-to-install appliance provides a range of
subscriber access, billing, customer care and subscriber monitoring
functions required to deliver and bill for Internet services.
These advanced subscriber management functions include multiple
authentication methods, customer self-service and customized
branding on splash pages. Pronto’s solution manages all
authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) functions,
monitors system availability and performance, Quality of Service
(QoS) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and customer care
and billing functions. The OSS uses advanced SSL encryption
and digital certificates to provide security for subscriber
transactions, and supports corporate VPNs. |
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The Tropos 5110 Wi-Fi cell is an outdoor-optimized
and ruggedized wireless mesh router based on the 802.11 standard.
The Tropos 5110 quickly and economically uses the intelligent
Tropos Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP) to provide
pervasive coverage over metro areas. The Tropos PWRP routes
traffic wirelessly, eliminating up to 95% of the wired backhaul
associated with traditional access point solutions. Tropos Wi-Fi
cells form a wireless mesh, dynamically routing traffic along
the highest throughput path to a wired gateway. This intelligent
routing negates effects of radio frequency (RF) interference,
wired backhaul failure and node failure. PWRP also scales to
thousands of nodes with the lowest routing overhead in the industry. |
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About Pronto Networks
Pronto Networks, based in Pleasanton, Calif., provides carrier-class
Operations Support Systems (OSS) that enable network operators
to deploy and manage large public hot spot and hot zone networks.
The company’s software handles provisioning, configuration,
authentication, access control, security, pre-paid and post-paid
billing, and roaming settlement for large public WLAN networks,
in addition to remotely managing and updating multi-vendor hardware
and Wi-Fi switches. Pronto Networks is funded by BV Capital,
Draper Fisher Jurvetson and the Intel Communications Fund. Pronto
Networks was recently named to the Always On List of Top 100
Private Companies for the second consecutive year and in 2003
received Wired Magazine’s Top 25 Wi-Fi Companies to Watch
and Computerworld’s Innovative Technology Awards. For
more information about Pronto Networks, please visit www.prontonetworks.com. |
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About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos Networks, Inc., is the leading supplier of systems used
to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos’
unique Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to
control large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service
providers to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband
to users in any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are
low cost and easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular
mesh architecture and use of optimized open-standard radios
dramatically reduce the need for wired backhaul while eliminating
expensive proprietary clients and complex software. Using the
patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol, Tropos solutions
deliver maximum bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions,
at unprecedented Wi-Fi network scale. 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. |
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Tropos Networks, Tropos and PWRP are trademarks
of Tropos Networks, Inc. All other brand or product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). |
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About Graybar
Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned
companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution
of high quality electrical, telecommunications and networking
products, and an expert provider of related supply chain management
and logistics services. Through its network of 250 North American
distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands
of manufacturers, serving as the vital link to hundreds of thousands
of customers. For more information, visit www.graybar.com.
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