MOORHEAD, MINN. – April 6, 2005 – Tropos Networks, the proven leader in delivering truly ubiquitous, metro-scale, Wi-Fi mesh network systems, today announced that GoMoorhead!, a wireless Internet service provider (WISP) owned and operated by Moorhead Public Service (MPS) of Moorhead, Minnesota, will provide its residents and businesses with affordable, fast and reliable wireless Internet access services. Frustrated by the high cost of existing cable and DSL services and the low speed of dial-up services, MPS decided, in conjunction with the city and the community, to provide the service as an alternative. GoMoorhead! is using Tropos Networks’ MetroMesh system to deploy its own metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network covering the entire 13 square miles of the community. MPS will install and test the network in June and plans to go live in July.

“Over the years and most recently in the past several months we’ve had a dialogue with the community about the need for affordable and high quality broadband services in Moorhead,” said Bill Schwandt, general manager of Moorhead Public Service and GoMoorhead! “Finally, with the advent of the wireless Internet and the MetroMesh system from Tropos Networks, we are able to deliver what the community has been asking for.”

“I don’t think the community can afford NOT to do this,” said Bob Swenson, Moorhead Public Service Commissioner. “The price point is right on for residential and business customers looking for reliable and affordable Internet service.”

The City of Moorhead, with 33,000 people, is the largest Minnesota community west of the Twin Cities. MPS estimates that about 5,000 its households will sign up for the service along with some 600 or so smaller businesses that don’t need or can’t afford T-1 services. Residents will pay $19.95 a month for the service with the option of leasing ($5/month) or purchasing ($150) the wireless bridge or access box. Small businesses can subscribe for GoMoorhead! Internet service for just $24.95 a month.

“I’ve been waiting for affordable broadband access here in Moorhead and can’t wait to utilize the network as soon as it’s operational. “said Brad Grosz, 45-year resident of Moorhead. “Residents and small businesses alike are tired of slow dial-up service and have been looking for an alternative to the expensive cable and DSL service that is available today”.

“We are implementing Tropos Networks because their mesh equipment is technologically advanced and reliable. Plus, Tropos has emerged as a leader in city-wide deployment of municipal Wi-Fi networks,” said Schwandt.

“We are pleased that the Tropos MetroMesh system is allowing MPS to realize its desire to help the community and provide high speed, reliable Internet access at an affordable price,” said Ron Sege, president and CEO of Tropos Networks. “Our mission has always been to make it fast, simple and economical to deploy our systems, knowing that communities around the world have the same need.”

While planning the MetroMesh network, GoMoorhead! worked closely with Twin Cities based First Mile Wireless, a leading reseller and integrator of wireless network solutions. First Mile Wireless provided design, consultation, RF engineering, and support services to GoMoorhead!. First Mile Wireless has extensive experience in designing and installing MetroMesh network, having previously worked on the MetroMesh installation for chaska.net in Chaska, MN, among others.

Moorhead will deploy outdoor-optimized Tropos MetroMesh routers. Tropos MetroMesh routers quickly and economically use the intelligent Tropos Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP™) to provide pervasive coverage over metro areas. PWRP forms 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 mesh router failure. PWRP scales to thousands of nodes with the lowest routing overhead in the industry. Network support costs are minimized via the central management capabilities of the Tropos Control element manager, a configuration, monitoring and maintenance tool.

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 access solutions, as demonstrated by the world’s largest installed base of metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks. Our innovative MetroMesh™ architecture with our patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol™ (PWRP) allows public safety agencies, municipalities and service providers to quickly and easily deliver city-wide fixed and mobile multi-megabit connectivity for IP-based voice, video and data applications. PWRP is the first and only metro-scale optimized, radio-agnostic, wireless mesh routing protocol, which does with routing software what other approaches attempt to do with expensive hardware. The result is 10x better price/performance than any other approach to the broadband last mile. 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 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).

About Moorhead Public Service.
Moorhead Public Service (MPS) is a customer-owned electric, water, and broadband utility, serving approximately 14,000 electric and nearly 10,000 water customers within a community of about 33,000. The Moorhead Public Service Commission is comprised of five customer-owners who govern the utility, approve the utility’s budget, and establish rates for our customers.MPS receives no tax dollars; intead, over $4 million in utility revenues are transferred annually to the City of Moorhead’s general, capital improvement, and economic development funds.
For more information, visit Moorhead Public Service’s Web site at: www.mpsutility.com.

About First Mile Wireless, Inc.
First Mile Wireless is a Twin Cities based value added reseller and integrator of wireless network solutions. The company provides turn key wireless and microwave solutions for Wireless ISP’s and private wireless network applications. Solutions focus on point-to-point, fixed multipoint, mesh, and limited non-line-of-site technologies in the license-free 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands. For more information on First Mile Wireless, visit their Web site at http://www.firstmilewireless.com.