P-Com, fSONA Communications Announce
Broadband Wireless Strategic Alliance
CAMPBELL,
Calif. & VANCOUVER, Canada, July 30, 2002 - P-Com, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCOM), a
worldwide provider of wireless telecom products and services, and fSONA
Communications, a leading manufacturer of the SONAbeam(TM) family of Free Space
Optical (FSO) wireless communications systems, today announced a strategic
marketing alliance.
The alliance
will enable P-Com to offer telecom operators in the U.S. and abroad a wider
range of solutions by offering long-distance, carrier-class FSO wireless
systems. For fSONA, a provider of next-generation FSO solutions that utilize a
flexible point-to-point architecture and protocol-transparent design, the
relationship with P-Com will enable the company to augment its spread spectrum
product line by making available P-Com's market-leading AirPro Gold solutions.
"Working
together, P-Com and fSONA Communications will provide greater value to all of
their customers by offering a broader range of high-quality solutions,"
said P-Com Chairman George Roberts. "fSONA Communications is an innovative
company whose award-winning products strongly complement P-Com's products."
Theresa
Carbonneau, President & CEO of fSONA said, "Our customers told us they
wanted a wireless solution that provided protected or redundant availability. P-Com's
high-quality products fit perfectly with SONAbeam(TM) and we are delighted to be
able to offer them to our customers as part of a comprehensive suite of proven
solutions."
In April, CMP
Media's Network Magazine named the SONAbeam(TM) as winner of its 15th annual
Product of the Year Award in the Wireless Wide Area Network (WAN) device
category.
About
P-Com, Inc.
P-Com, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets
point-to-multipoint, point-to-point, and spread spectrum wireless access systems
to the worldwide telecommunications market, and through its wholly owned
subsidiary, P-Com Network Services, Inc., provides related installation support,
engineering, program management and maintenance support services to the
telecommunications industry in the United States. P-Com broadband wireless
access systems are designed to satisfy the high-speed, integrated network
requirements of Internet access associated with Business to Business and
E-Commerce business processes. Cellular and personal communications service
(PCS) providers utilize P-Com point-to-point systems to provide backhaul between
base stations and mobile switching centers. Government, utility, and business
entities use P-Com systems in public and private network applications. For more
information visit www.p-com.com or call (408)
866-3666.
fSONA
Communications
fSONA Communications designs and manufactures the
award-winning SONAbeam(TM) series of free space optical (FSO) wireless systems
for delivering high-speed communications to carriers, service providers and
enterprises. SONAbeam(TM) systems use an unlicensed, wireless technology
operating at speeds up to 1.25 Gbps and distances up to 4km. SONAbeam(TM)
systems are marketed worldwide and installed in 11 countries around the world.
fSONA was founded in 1997 after reaching an exclusive global licensing agreement
for free-space optical receiver technology developed by British Telecom Labs in
the U.K. fSONA is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada with regional sales offices
worldwide.
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CONTACT:
Blue
Marlin Partners (for
P-Com)
Greg
Berardi,
415/239-7826
greg@bluemarlinpartners.com
or
fSONA
Jennifer Walsh, 877/463-7662
jwalsh@fsona.com
