BelAir To Create A Powerful Wi-Fi Network In Addison, Texas



Kanata, Ontario-/Wi-Fi Technology News/- BelAir Networks, the leading provider of mobile broadband multi-service wireless mesh network solutions, today announced the company?s award-winning infrastructure equipment will be used to create a powerful wireless broadband network in the Town of Addison, Texas to deliver cost-effective broadband access to the city?s employees, residents and businesses.

The new network, replacing an existing network deployed in 2005, will be able to provide the coverage, performance and reliability required by the Town to support current public access requirements and future public works services. The network is operated by RedMoon Inc., one of the nation?s leading providers of city-wide wireless mesh networks.

The Town of Addison is a vibrant community, located 13 miles north of downtown Dallas, and home to both start-up companies and headquarters of major corporations including Pizza Hut, Mary Kay Cosmetics, CompUSA and Palm Harbor Homes. Within its compact urban center, Addison features a unique combination of towering office buildings, upscale shopping, beautifully landscaped residential communities, award-winning parks, 22 hotels and more than 170 restaurants, all within a five minute drive from anywhere in town.

?We looked at a number of options before deciding to replace our current network with BelAir Networks gear and the deciding factor was their proven, industry-leading performance and reliability and the fact that they back those up with both a warranty and a service level agreement,? stated Bryan Thompson, CEO, RedMoon Inc. ?With BelAir Networks, we can address the coverage, performance and reliability issues that led to customer complaints and we can now expand our service offerings to include a full range of public safety and public works applications, in addition to public access.?

The network will cover over four square miles and will be fully installed before the end of 2007. It will utilize 170 BelAir wireless mesh nodes including both BelAir100 and BelAir200 variants and provide average public access speeds of over 1 Megabit per second.

?We?re really impressed with RedMoon?s commitment to support The Town of Addison?s current and future networking needs and we?re happy to support their requirement for reliable, consistent coverage and performance that addresses increasingly sophisticated public access, public works and public safety applications,? stated Jim Freeze, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Alliances, BelAir Networks. ?Our comprehensive wireless product portfolio and carrier-grade, multi-service architecture has consistently proven to deliver high quality, high performance services quickly and easily in leading cities around the world.?

BelAir offers the industry?s first and only Service Level Agreement (SLA) for broadband wireless equipment in city-wide wireless networks. Service providers and cities deploying metro-scale networks can now specify and attain certified performance levels within wireless mesh networks deployed through BelAir Networks Certified Network Design Program.*

BelAir Networks has more than 300 deployments worldwide, in leading cities such as New York, Minneapolis, the City of London and Toronto, and high-profile venues including Dolphin Stadium and Lincoln Center. The company offers a comprehensive product portfolio that supports Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 4.9 GHz Public Safety and cellular backhaul, and includes the flagship four-radio BelAir200 Wireless Multi-service Switch Router, the three-radio BelAir100T wireless mesh node, the dual-radio BelAir100 Multi-service Node, the single- or dual-radio BelAir100C Multi-service Node featuring point-to-multipoint backhaul, and the strand-mounted BelAir100S all seamlessly using the BelAirOS and managed by BelViewNMS. BelAir also offers the BelAir300 Converged Multi-service Wireless Node, combining cellular, Wi-Fi and wireless mesh on a converged platform.

About BelAir Networks

BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, mobile wireless broadband mesh networking solutions with the highest quality for data, voice and video. The company teams with world-class global partners to deploy proven, cost-effective wireless broadband mesh networks. BelAir?s wireless networking solutions are built on the only multi-service architecture for municipal wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX and 3G Cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor-in deployments, BelAir Networks? patented solution delivers the lowest cost per user and deploys in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company. For more info, visit http://www.belairnetworks.com.


About RedMoon Inc.

RedMoon is one of the nations leading providers of City-wide Wi-Fi, Mesh Networks. Our specialty is to engineer, design, construct and maintain mesh networks providing High-Speed Internet service, Security Surveillance, Automatic Meter Reading and Mobile Broadband that covers all aspects of Public Safety, including Police, Fire and EMS. RedMoon was founded in August 2000 and is a pioneer in the wireless mesh arena. For more information, please visit http://www.redmoonbraodband.com