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Proxim Announces First Enterprise Class 802.11g Wireless Solution
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Topic R&D, Standards and Certifications
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Proxim Announces First Enterprise Class 802.11g Wireless Solution to Achieve Wi-Fi Alliance Certification
ORiNOCO 802.11g Products Win ?Best of Show? Award for Wireless Enterprise at 802.11 Planet Conference
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 8, 2003 - Proxim Corporation (Nasdaq: PROX), a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and wide area networks, today announced that the enterprise class ORiNOCO AP-600g access point was among the first IEEE 802.11g products to be certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA). The certification demonstrates that this product is fully interoperable with access points and client devices from other vendors.
?Proxim is the first company to deliver enterprise class, certified Wi-Fi solutions based on the 802.11g standard,? said Kevin Duffy, senior vice president, Proxim. ?Our award-winning 802.11g solutions provide the sophisticated network management and security capabilities, as well as the migration path from earlier 802.11b systems, demanded by IT professionals.?
Proxim?s 802.11g solutions won the ?Best of Show? award for enterprise-class wireless LAN equipment at the June 2003 802.11 Planet conference. The show sponsors said, ?At the moment, the products are one of the only prospects for SMBs or enterprises that want 802.11g they can depend on.?
"ORiNOCO is a brand instantly recognized by the wireless LAN industry because of its background in helping establish the industry,? said Eric Griffith, Managing Editor, 802.11 Planet.com. ?We are happy to see Proxim continuing to develop on that name, and awarded the company Best of Show for its latest products: the first 802.11g products targeting the enterprise market."
About Proxim
Proxim Corporation is a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and wide area networks. The company is providing its enterprise and service provider customers with wireless solutions for public hot spots, voice and data backhaul, enterprise campuses, security and surveillance, broadband wireless access and mobile professionals. This press release and more information about Proxim can be found on the Web at http://www.proxim.com.
About the Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance (formerly WECA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of IEEE 802.11 products and to promote them as the global, wireless LAN standard across all market segments.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has instituted a test suite that defines how member products are tested to certify that they are interoperable with other Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products. These tests are conducted at an independent laboratory.
Membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance is open to all companies that support the 802.11 family of standards. The Wi-Fi Alliance now comprises over 180 members from the world?s leading companies. These companies offer over 795 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products. For more information, please visit http://www.wi-fi.org.
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