Cirronet Expands Line of Wireless Internet Access Products

-- New Wavebolt Series 58 opens 5.8 GHz band for Wireless ISPs

-- New 2.4 GHz subscriber unit features high-gain antenna

ATLANTA – SUPERCOMM BOOTH #12847 - (June 2, 2003) — Cirronet™, Inc., a leading provider of wireless transceivers and broadband Internet access products, today announced two additions to its WaveBolt™ family of wireless Internet access products. The company’s new WaveBolt Series 58 system, which operates in the unlicensed 5.8 GHz band, is immediately available. In addition, Cirronet now offers immediate availability of a 2.4 GHz subscriber unit with a built-in high-gain antenna, eliminating the need for expensive external antennas when increased range is required.

WaveBolt’s Series 58 components complement existing 2.4 GHz WaveBolt products. Wireless ISPs can deploy both systems for maximum subscriber capacity in a given area. They can also deploy 5.8 GHz systems alone in areas where the 2.4 GHz band is saturated, as in emerging markets for which wireless is the predominant transmission medium.

“Extending WaveBolt’s benefits from 2.4 GHz operation to the 5.8 GHz band broadens the reach of wireless ISPs,” said Robert Gemmell, chairman and CEO of Cirronet. “The breadth of the WaveBolt product range enables wireless ISPs to easily extend highly flexible, carrier-class access networks to the greatest number of potential subscribers.”

ISPs that have already deployed WaveBolt’s 2.4 GHz system will find the 5.8 GHz WaveBolt ideal for adding capacity and for complementing out-of-band backhaul. For example, a 2.4 GHz WaveBolt access point can channel its traffic to a 5.8 GHz WaveBolt system for eventual connection to a high-speed landline, leaving the lower frequency band reserved for subscriber-oriented traffic.

To assist ISPs in serving more customers with a 2.4 GHz WaveBolt GHz system, Cirronet now offers a subscriber unit with a high-gain, built-in 12 dB antenna. The new product serves subscribers in areas beyond the three-to-five-mile range of the WaveBolt’s standard 2.4 GHz subscriber unit, which is equipped with a built-in 6 dB antenna.

“The new high-gain subscriber unit underscores Cirronet’s commitment to providing low-cost wireless access solutions,” said Gemmell. “For only $50 more per unit, ISPs can now reach subscribers in marginal reception areas without spending $200 or so to add an external antenna to the standard 2.4 GHz subscriber unit.”

About WaveBolt

Designed to meet the challenges of broadband data delivery in remote settings and over challenging terrain, Cirronet's WaveBolt fixed wireless Internet access system delivers high-speed communications to areas underserved by other methods—including dial-up and wired broadband. The high-performance WaveBolt system serves as a point-to-multipoint fixed wireless solution, and comprises one or more ISP- installed access points (APs) and multiple user-installed high speed subscriber units (SUs). Each AP supports up to 960 subscribers, typically within a three to five mile range. The WaveBolt system features Cirronet’s patented frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) technology, honed over more than a decade of successful deployments in industrial and commercial settings. By applying its proven technology to fixed wireless broadband Internet access, Cirronet delivers in WaveBolt an unmatched combination of affordability, ease of installation, and performance.

About Cirronet, Inc.

Atlanta-based Cirronet has well over a decade of success in developing innovative wireless data networking and communications products for industrial, OEM and Internet access markets. Employing proprietary frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio transmission technology, the company’s products offer reliable, long range performance and unparalleled immunity against jamming and interference. Cirronet products are FCC and ETSI certified and operate in license-free ISM bands. For more information, visit www.cirronet.com.

WaveBolt and Cirronet are trademarks of Cirronet, Inc.

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