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RACING
RADIOS UNWIRES ATLANTA MOTOR SPEEDWAY WITH MOTOROLA AND TROPOS
NETWORK EQUIPMENT |
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Racing Radios Today Announced That They
Successfully Unwired the Atlanta Motor Speedway Using Wireless
Equipment from Motorola’s Canopy Wireless Broadband Group
and Tropos Networks. |
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ATLANTA, GA, November 3, 2004
Racing Radios, the leader in racing communications worldwide,
today announced that they successfully unwired the Atlanta Motor
Speedway using wireless equipment from Motorola’s Canopy
Wireless Broadband group and Tropos Networks, the leading provider
of metro-scale, broadband network equipment. |
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“The complimentary nature of Motorola’s
Canopy products with the Tropos mesh network equipment allowed
us to very quickly, easily and cost effectively deploy a highly
reliable network covering the entire track area,” said
John Thornton, founder and CEO of Racing Radios. |
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The network was tested for the first time
by 100 authorized users at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Bass
Pro Shops/MBNA 500 race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, on Sunday
October 31, 2004. Based on the results, Racing Radios intends
to supply broadband services to competitors, media-press, vendors
and RV facilities.
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Racing Radios, in partnership with Titan
Networking Technologies, deployed a 900 MHz Motorola Canopy
point-to-point wireless link from Racing Radios’ off track
facility, where wired bandwidth was available, to the top of
the grandstands. This connection was used to supply the Tropos
network, which redistributed the bandwidth creating an 802.11
Wi-Fi mesh around the entire raceway. Users roamed freely throughout
the facility while remaining connected to the Internet at broadband
speeds. |
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“In unwiring the Atlanta Motor Speedway,
Racing Radios was able to benefit from the synergy of Motorola
Canopy and Tropos Networks,” said Bert Williams, Vice
President of Marketing for Tropos Networks. “Canopy combined
with Tropos provided a very easy and economically compelling
solution for wide area Wi-Fi deployments.” |
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Tropos Wi-Fi mesh networking systems are
used for a variety of public Internet access and mission critical
applications including public safety; database access; residential,
business and mobile user Internet access; video surveillance
and automated meter reading, to name a few. |
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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 Motorola’s Canopy Wireless
Broadband
Motorola’s Canopy wireless broadband is an always-on,
high-speed broadband solution for cost-effective connectivity
to private networks, such as governments or enterprises and
to Internet service providers and carriers. The Canopy system
is a scalable, robust, reliable platform that supports voice
and data applications. Its superior performance promises one
of the lowest total costs of ownership and can significantly
reduce a provider's start-up, maintenance and leased-line costs.
The Canopy point-to-point and point-to-multipoint system configurations
are being deployed in more than 85 countries around the world.
Please visit our website at www.motorola.com/canopy
and the online magazine Connections at www.connectwithcanopy.com. |
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About Racing Radios
Racing Radios is the official two-way radio provider of the
Nascar Nextel Cup Series, Nascar Busch Series, Nascar Craftsman
truck series, the Indy Racing League, the Grand American Road
Racing Association, the International Hot Rod Association and
the International Motorsports Association. For 25 years Racing
Radios has been the leader in racing communications worldwide
setting the industry standards that others follow. By teaming
up with Motorola Canopy and Tropos Networks, Racing Radios intends
to bring another superior product and service to the racing
industry. Please visit our website at www.racingradios.com
and our sister company at www.diversifiedelectronics.com.
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