Pronto Networks and Aiirnet Wireless To Create Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Hot Zone in Cerritos, CA Leveraging Wi-Fi Mesh Technology

Wi-Fi Coverage of Entire 8.6 Square Mile City is Nation's Single Largest Wi-Fi Service Deployment

SAN JOSE, CA /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Wi-Fi Planet Conference & Expo, Fall 2003 - December 2, 2003 - Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hot spot networks, and Aiirnet Wireless, a high-speed wireless Internet service provider deploying the latest in 802.11/Wi- Fi technology, today announced a partnership to build and deploy the largest Wi-Fi hot zone to date in order to provide wireless community public access and broadband services to the entire City of Cerritos, in conjunction with other technology partners.

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CODETEL, Nortel Networks to Deploy Voice Over IP Network in Dominican Republic

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- CODETEL, a Verizon company and the Dominican Republic’s principal telecom service provider, has selected Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to provide a next generation voice over IP (Internet Protocol) network intended to converge voice and data traffic, help drive lower operating costs, and provide advanced services throughout the country.

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ENMAX Envision Offers Optical Broadband Services to Calgary with Nortel Networks Optical Ethernet Solutions

OTTAWA, Ontario /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] and ENMAX Corporation, through ENMAX Envision, a member of the ENMAX group of companies, announced completion of one of the first metro area networks in Canada based entirely on Optical Ethernet.

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L.A. Department of Water and Power Fosters Community Development with Nortel Networks Optical Enterprise Solutions for Utility Services


OTTAWA, Ontario /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LA DWP) has deployed a metropolitan optical network solution from Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] to provide optical broadband services to city departments, carriers, Internet Service Providers and enterprises in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

This new network – dubbed Los Angeles Optical Network or LAON – provides resilient, high-speed, on-demand access to virtually unlimited bandwidth for support of community and economic development initiatives.

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World War II Historic Site Deploys Communications System from Jersey Telecom, Nortel Networks

JERSEY, Channel Islands /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Staff of Jersey War Tunnels, an historic site devoted to preserving the story of Jersey’s occupation by the Germans during World War II, can now stay in touch and stay productive even when they are not at their desks, thanks to a new mobile communications system from Jersey Telecom and Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT].

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Nortel Networks Introduces Secure Mobility for Converged Enterprise Networks

SANTA CLARA, Calif. /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSX: NT] announced a comprehensive security framework supported by new products that will enable enterprise customers to eliminate the boundaries in their existing communications infrastructure. Nortel Networks secure mobility framework is designed to enable enterprises to provide secure, flexible access to multimedia content in converged networks for mobile and remote users – from anywhere and from any device – while positioning companies to drive dramatically lower costs.

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Joint project contributes to improve scientific research in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro

GENEVA, Oct. 21, 2003 - HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced a joint initiative with UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to improve scientific research in southeastern Europe by providing grid computing technology to four universities.

The initiative, which will be implemented over a two-year period through HP's University Relations and Philanthropy and Education programs, will help enable the universities to harness the power of grid computing.

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Proxim Raises the Bar for Last Mile Access and High Bandwidth Metropolitan Area Networking


Proxim’s Tsunami MP.11a is the first high-performance multipoint solution operating in the 5.47-5.725 GHz license-free band available for use in Europe.

London, United Kingdom, Sept. 23, 2003 – Proxim Corporation (Nasdaq: PROX), a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and wireless wide area networking, today announced the new Proxim Tsunami MP.11a, a high performance, affordable and secure outdoor wireless solution for service providers and enterprises that offers 54 Mbps data rates in three separate 5GHz frequency bands for global deployments. It also offers non-line of site capabilities for urban environments with dense populations.



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Round Rock, Texas, USA - The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is installing a wireless network across its campus and equipping its entire cadet class of 2007 with new Dell notebooks.

Nearly 1,400 new cadets will tap into the new wireless network in classrooms and campus common areas using Dell Latitude D800 notebooks.

"The notebooks had the lowest out-of-the-box failure rate in our 19 years of issuing computers to cadets," said Col. Don Welch, associate dean for Information and Educational Technology at West Point.



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3Com and Aspect Communications Form Alliance to Deliver Highly Scalable, Feautre-Rich, Integrated Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony Solutions


CHICAGO, August 25, 2003 — 3Com Corporation, Marlborough, Mass., (Nasdaq: COMS) and Aspect Communications, San Jose, Calif., (Nasdaq: ASPT) today announced an agreement to engage in joint development and sales and marketing to deliver the highly scalable, feature-rich Internet protocol (IP)-based telephony solutions for enterprise and contact center communications worldwide. The joint solution combines IP-private branch exchange (PBX) with contact center functionality such as advanced call routing, multi-channel support and centralized workflow development.



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