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Aperto Networks and TowerStream to
Provide Commercially
-Available 2nd-Generation Broadband Wireless Access
MILPITAS, Calif.
& NEWPORT, R.I., June 18, 2002 - Aperto Networks, a leading
provider of next generation point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access (F-BWA)
systems, and TowerStream, the leading fixed wireless broadband provider in the
Northeast United States, announced today that they will provide broadband access
to a trade show in Boston, MA
TowerStream service covers the Boston Metropolitan area and is delivered using Aperto PacketWave(R) 1000 base stations. This network, which includes the Prudential Tower on Boylston Street, currently serves over a hundred business customers in the heart of Boston.
With Aperto PacketWave 100 subscriber units at the World Trade Center on Seaport Boulevard, the TowerStream network will enable show attendees to experience several applications, including:
| -- | High Speed Internet Access |
| -- | Wireless (IEEE 802.11/ Wi-Fi) Hot Spot Backhaul |
| -- | Voice over IP (using Vonage DigitalVoice Service and Cisco ATA) |
| -- | Video Conferencing over IP |
| -- | Streaming Video |
| -- | Multiple Traffic Flows with differentiated service classes based on application |
Show attendees are invited to use the free broadband wireless access service using their WiFi equipped laptop computers for the duration of the show. In addition, calls can be made to any location in the United States using VoIP services from telephones provided in the Aperto booth, to experience multi-services over the Towerstream network.
Other equipment and applications in Aperto's booth include complete solutions for 2.5 GHz, 3.5 GHz, 5 GHz frequency bands, as well as subscriber provisioning and web-based management tools.
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