Wireless@Beaumont Beats Competition To Win Australian Broadband Award


Hamilton, NSW, AUSTRALIA-/Wi-Fi Technology News/- The Hamilton Business District Committee announced that its free wireless initiative won a national award at the recent Australian Telecommunications Users Group?s 2008 awards ceremony. The wireless@beaumont project beat strong national competition to take out the award.

Wireless@beaumont is a free Wi-Fi hotzone covering almost 1 km of the CBD in Beaumont Street Hamilton, Newcastle. The RoamAD powered Wi-Fi network, is supplied by aCure Technology, the company behind the acclaimed metromesh network in Perth, WA.

The network, organised and maintained by The Hamilton Business District Committee, is funded by the businesses of Hamilton and various initiatives such as homepage banner advertising.

After a highly competitive review process, ATUG?s judges concluded that ?Among several innovative National wireless solutions, ?wireless@beaumont? stands out with a solid commercial business model and programmed rollout. Skype friendly and with extended free coverage over almost 1 km of the Hamilton CBD, ?wireless@beaumont? offers a unique wireless solution, webcam support, security surveillance, information terminals and a marketing portal for the businesses of Hamilton.?

Lindsay Parker, Vice-President of the Hamilton Business District Committee said, ??wireless@beaumont? has been operational for 20 months now and we are honored to receive these prestigious National Awards. Weekly logins now exceed 1000 and wide acceptance in the local business community highlights the strong growth and future expansion opportunities of this innovative use of wireless broadband in a local commercial CBD environment.?


About Hamilton Business District Committee
The aim of Business Hamilton is to assist with the economic, social and cultural growth of the Hamilton Area. Taking advantage of identified opportunities for growth and development the committee implements a range of actions and strategies. eg; Marketing initiatives, festivals and events, business networking and arts and cultural activities. The wireless@beaumont street project is one such initiative.
For more information see http://www.hamiltontown.com


About aCure Technology Pty Ltd and metromesh
aCure Technology, a Telecommunications Carrier in Western Australia is a solutions oriented company committed to customer support and satisfaction. It is a leading provider of hardware and software for triple play wireless networks. metromesh is a wireless network provided by aCure Technology and deployed over business districts and regional locations around Australia. Both these companies have greatly assisted the committee to test, report and design a robust wireless solution. A similar deployment in the CBD of Perth, Western Australia, has proven invaluable. Wi-Fi "HotZone? provides cost effective indoor/outdoor Internet access, corporate access and email access by using standard wireless devices such as laptops and PDAs.
http://www.acure.com.au http://www.metromesh.com.au skype: mmiddleton

About RoamAD
RoamAD supplies next-generation metro Wi-Fi, Campus Wi-Fi and Highway Wi-Fi networks. RoamAD networks are unmatched in performance and flexibility. RoamAD networks deliver three-dimensional wireless coverage in dense urban areas allowing customers to target more users with higher bandwidth than other solutions, thereby achieving faster network payback. RoamAD's platform supports any combination of 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz in a four-radio wireless node configuration. RoamAD wireless nodes are WiMAX backhaul agnostic with a roadmap to full support for 802.11n. RoamAD networks are remotely upgradeable and optimized to support mobile broadband data and mobile VoIP/VoWiFi. For more information see http://www.roamad.com. Skype: roamad