FierceWiFi Names Wavion As A 2006 "Fierce 15" Mobile Broadband Company
SAN JOSE, Calif., -/June 09, 2006 - Wi-Fi Technology News/-Wavion, a new provider of metro Wi-Fi access points (APs) and technology for service providers and infrastructure equipment vendors, announced that it has been named to FierceWiFi's annual Fierce 15 list, for its innovation in the wireless broadband marketplace. FierceWiFi is an internationally recognized email newsletter published by FierceMarkets, designed to provide executives with up-to-date information on the burgeoning Wi-Fi marketplace.
"Wavion has developed a spatially adaptive access point which promises to increase the range, penetration and capacity of Wi-Fi networks utilizing MIMO, SDMA and digital beamforming technologies," said Ben Frankel, editor of FierceWiFi. "As metro-Wi-Fi and campus-wide Wi-Fi networks proliferate, Wavion's technology will play a bigger role in these types of deployments. We congratulate the company on its recent launch and pioneering approach to Wi-Fi."
Wavion's spatially adaptive access point is the first MIMO-based metro-scale AP, which resolves the performance, penetration and profitability challenges facing today's metro Wi-Fi deployments. Wavion delivers significantly improved user experiences through stronger connections at higher speeds, and better coverage with minimal dead spots. Rather than use commoditized chipsets with single radio and diversity antennas, Wavion custom designed ASICs and embedded software to optimally leverage six antennas and six radio transceivers in a single AP. One spatially adaptive AP from Wavion does the work of three to four conventional APs, reducing service providers' capital and operating expenditures by 50 percent.
"We look to FierceWiFi to provide us with the necessary information to remain informed and competitive in today's fast-paced mobile broadband industry," said Alan Menezes, vice president of Marketing and Business Development for Wavion, "We consider it an honor to be recognized by such a leading news outlet."
The Fierce 15 celebrates the spirit of being "fierce" - championing innovation and creativity, even in the face of intense competition. The complete list of Fierce 15 companies is available in the latest issue of FierceWiFi and on the FierceWiFi Web site at
http://www.fiercewifi.com.
Demonstrations and early access to Wavion's AP for both infrastructure equipment vendors and service providers are available now in Silicon Valley. Interested parties please contact Wavion directly at 408.261.7000 or visit
http://www.wavion.net.
About FierceMarkets
FierceMarkets is a Washington, DC-based e-publishing company that provides critical market information for elite business decision-makers in specialized industries. FierceMarkets publications reach more than 350,000 top-level executives in over 100 countries every business day. Current newsletters include FierceWiFi (
http://www.fiercewifi.com) and FierceWireless (
http://www.fiercewireless.com).
About Wavion
Wavion is delivering a new category of spatially adaptive access point to service providers and equipment vendors. The company's new generation of WiFi technology is the first and only to resolve the significant performance, penetration and profitability challenges facing metro WiFi deployments. Wavion is privately held and backed by world-class investors including Sequoia Capital, Tel Aviv-based Elron Electronic Industries Ltd., Star Ventures, and BRM Capital. Wavion has offices in Silicon Valley and Yoqne'am, Israel. To learn more, please visit Wavion at
http://www.wavion.net.
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