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TROPOS
NETWORKS AND WFI INK SYSTEMS INTEGRATION AGREEMENT TO DELIVER
METRO-SCALE WI-FI MESH SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE |
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Strategic Relationship
Illustrates Global Opportunity for Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh
Networks
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SUNNYVALE, CA - February 17, 2005 -- Tropos Networks, the proven leader in delivering ubiquitous,
metro-scale, Wi-Fi mesh network systems, and WFI (Nasdaq: WFII),
a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of
wireless communication networks, technology networks, and security
systems, today announced an agreement for WFI to become a worldwide
systems integrator of Tropos Networks’ metro-scale Wi-Fi
mesh network products and services. Under the terms of the agreement,
WFI will provide the network systems integration for the full
suite of Tropos MetroMesh™ products and services to municipalities,
government and public safety agencies, and service providers
worldwide. Further terms of the agreement were not disclosed. |
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WFI views Wi-Fi mesh networking services
as a major new market opportunity. This agreement expands Tropos
Networks’ customer reach worldwide by bringing to its
customers and prospects WFI’s carrier expertise and total
network design and service solutions. |
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“We see metro-scale Wi-Fi services
as a natural extension of our wireless service business and
a great new market opportunity for us,” said Desmond Wheatley,
President of WFI’s Enterprise Network Services division.
“We chose to partner with Tropos Networks because their
equipment provides true metro-scale Wi-Fi coverage and capacity,
giving them proven market leadership with customers worldwide.”
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“WFI significantly enhances our ability
to go to market by providing sales coverage and end-to-end network
design solution worldwide,” said Ron Sege, president and
CEO of Tropos Networks. “The metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh market
is growing extremely rapidly and Tropos has been constrained
by our ability to cover the opportunities. Our strategic relationship
with WFI will definitely help us meet our customer demand, and
in fact we have already bid multiple projects together.” |
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WFI has extensive experience in providing
complete wireless network services including RF planning and
design, network design and deployment, maintenance, monitoring
and system optimization. Together, Tropos Networks and WFI plan
to offer IP data and video services to government and community
agencies, including municipalities, law enforcement and public
safety organizations, as well as service providers to cities.
They will design and build out metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks
for a variety of business and mission critical applications
such as video surveillance, automated meter reading, emergency
medical services, and Internet access to name a few. |
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About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos Networks is the proven leader in delivering truly ubiquitous,
metro-scale, Wi-Fi mesh network systems. We deliver the fastest,
lowest cost and simplest wireless broadband solutions, as demonstrated
by the world’s largest installed base of metro-scale Wi-Fi
mesh networks. Our innovative and patented MetroMesh™
architecture allows public safety agencies, municipalities and
service providers to quickly and easily deliver city-wide mobile
broadband connectivity to users in any locale. With more than
10x better price/performance than alternative technologies,
Tropos solutions provide standards-based access to any IP application,
including voice, data and video. 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, MetroMesh, PWRP
and Metro-Scale Mesh Networking Defined 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 Wireless Facilities
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Wireless Facilities, Inc. is
an independent provider of systems engineering, network services
and technical outsourcing for the world's largest wireless carriers,
enterprise customers and for government agencies. The company
provides the design, deployment, integration, and the overall
management of wired and wireless networks which deliver voice
and data communication, and which support advanced security
systems. WFI has performed work in over 100 countries since
its founding in 1994. News and information are available at
www.wfinet.com. (code: WFI-mb)
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Notice Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements
including, without limitation, expressed or implied statements
concerning WFI’s expectations regarding future financial
performance and market developments that involve risks and uncertainties.
Such statements are only predictions, and WFI’s actual
results may differ materially. Factors that may cause WFI’s
results to differ include, but are not limited to: changes in
the scope or timing of the Company’s projects; slowdowns
in telecommunications infrastructure spending in the United
States and globally, which could delay network deployment and
reduce demand for the Company’s services; the timing,
rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer contracts
and agreements, or consolidation by or the loss of key customers;
the adoption rate of new wireless data services; the rate of
adoption of telecom outsourcing by network carriers and equipment
suppliers; and competition in the marketplace which could reduce
revenues and profit margins. WFI undertakes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statements. These and other risk
factors are more fully discussed in WFI’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K/A filed on September 20, 2004 and in other filings
made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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