New Hardware Family Extends Tropos Networks' Subscriber Capacity Advantage
On April 27th, Tropos announced that it is shipping a new family of purpose-built MetroMesh routers that greatly extends the subscriber capacity advantage of the patented Tropos Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRP). The new OFDM-based 802.11g routers run the recently announced MetroMesh OS release 4 and the Tropos Control element manager release 4. With the new hardware and software, the Tropos MetroMesh architecture provides at least a 7x price-performance advantage versus any competitive approach. The family includes the Tropos 5210 outdoor MetroMesh router, the Tropos 3210 indoor MetroMesh router and the Tropos 4210 mobile MetroMesh router. The new hardware family is backward-compatible with current Tropos products, so our 150+ installed customers can take advantage of the new functionality immediately. Read the full announcement here.
The Great Mesh Debate... Or Is There Any Debate At All?
Tropos Networks, leveraging the most extensive experience in the metro-scale mesh industry, has published a whitepaper explaining the realities of subscriber capacity and mesh architecture. Using intelligent, purpose-built and patented routing software on a simple-to-install-and use radio architecture, Tropos is able to demonstrate the highest subscriber capacity at by far the lowest total cost of ownership available today. Get the complete story with the whitepaper Creating Capacity Using Superior Routing: The Metro-Scale Mesh Networking Facts
Tropos Meshes In Japan
Tropos recently announced several key partnerships and deployments in one of the most important wireless markets in the world, Japan. In a recent announcement, Tropos spelled out the specifics of the Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station project, deployed in partnership with NTT Communications after a successful MetroMesh pilot in downtown Tokyo. Additionally, Tropos announced a deployment in Gifu Prefecture in conjunction with Sumitomo Densetsu, as well as a strategic distributor agreement with Nissho Electronics.
No Trespassing - The Growing Clash Over Municipal Broadband
If Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street's wireless vision is fulfilled, by the middle of next year most of the city will become a wireless metro-zone with high-speed broadband available at low prices to neighborhood residents and visitors alike. The idea is to also extend wireless broadband access into economically deprived areas, with nonprofit companies providing the equipment and service.
But the ambitious plan has also raised the question of who should build out these next-generation broadband wireless networks—incumbent carriers, new competitors or municipalities themselves. Read the entire article in April’s America’s Network Magazine.
Moorhead, Minnesota, Announces It's "GoMoorhead!" Community Wireless Broadband Initiative
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.
Read the full story here.
Tropos Unveils Updated Website
In conjunction with the launch of our new hardware family, Tropos has unveiled an updated website. This new site has a clean look and streamlined navigation. It is designed as a place where our customers, partners, prospects and friends can find the latest information about technology, business models, regulatory issues and much more. Visit the new site at www.tropos.com.
