DragonWave Makes Airpair Internet Broadband 
Wirelesss Radios Simpler to Deploy and Maintain

Release 2 Enhanced With In-Band Management and PDA Installation Tool

    DragonWave Inc., a premier supplier of next-generation wireless networks, today announced enhancements to its AirPair Ethernet radios that make the solution simpler to deploy and maintain. AirPair Release 2 can be remotely managed across Internet Protocol (IP) networks or from a network operations center (NOC) thanks to the new in-band management functionality. Coupled with this enhanced management functionality, new PDA based installation tools reduce installation time, complexity and cost. DragonWave’s AirPair radios enable service providers, enterprises and governments to rapidly introduce reliable broadband services where fiber-optic or copper-line connectivity is either unavailable or impractical.

    "Organizations desperately need to gain control over spiraling operational costs, so DragonWave is wise to enhance ease of installation and use in Release 2 of its AirPair Ethernet radios," said Deb Mielke, Principal with Treillage Network Strategies, Inc. "The ability to deploy, manage and maintain a wireless network with keystrokes instead of truck rolls through in-band management, for example, is something that both service providers and enterprises will find very appealing."

    AirPair Release 2 radios are easily and securely monitored and managed from any point in the user’s IP network from any platform based on the popular Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). A network operation can remotely manage all aspects of near and far-end radios in any network link. This improves service deployment, reduces costs, improves response times and increases overall revenues. AirPair Release 2 in-band management functionality also enables AirPair operating software and upgrades to be uploaded remotely and redundantly.

    AirPair Release 2 additionally includes an innovative tool that enables network personnel to configure, calibrate and align AirPair radios via any standard PDA. Traditionally, technicians have had to tote bulky RF test equipment or laptop computers on top of buildings where the radios are installed. During installation, tests can be performed on the handheld PDAs to ensure that AirPair radios are configured to deliver optimal network-performance levels.

    "AirPair set a new standard in the point-to-point wireless industry with its combination of reliability, performance and affordability, and now we have made AirPair more user-friendly," said Erik Boch, Chief Technology officer of DragonWave. "This is of key benefit for both our enterprise and carrier customers, who recognize the need to keep operational costs in check."

    AirPair Ethernet radios deliver high-performance, interference-free transmission of real-time IP applications over licensed radio frequencies in the 18-to-38-GHz range. DragonWave is the only vendor today offering full duplex, wire-speed, 50- and 100-Mbps connectivity in the millimeter-wave bands, with in-band SNMP management and 802.1q VLAN support. AirPair is the first Internet radio to provide guaranteed, interference-free, 100-Mbps performance in the recently announced unlicensed 24-GHz (ISM) band.

    About DragonWave
    DragonWave designs, markets and supports broadband, wireless networking products for service providers and enterprises requiring reliable, predictable, interference-free, high-bandwidth transmission of real-time, IP applications. DragonWave's intelligent millimeter wave radios provide the building blocks to rapidly introduce broadband access where fiber-optic or copper-line connectivity is either unavailable or impractical. DragonWave is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada's high-technology capital. The company's Web site is www.dragonwaveinc.com 

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Mike Stephens                         Nadine Kittle
Interprose Public Relations               DragonWave
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