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Cirronet
and BlueGiga Announce Partnership Enabling
Short-range Data Links in Wireless Industrial
Products
Mon, August 25, 2003 - ATLANTA, Cirronet(TM), Inc., a leading provider of industrial wireless data products, and BlueGiga Technologies, the leading supplier of industrial Bluetooth(R) solutions, have signed a nonexclusive partnership agreement to integrate BlueGiga Technologies' WRAP THOR(TM) short-range wireless modules into new Cirronet products slated for U.S. distribution later this year. Cirronet will also distribute the entire WRAP (Wireless Remote Access Platform) product line in the United States. The
WRAP THOR is a robust, compact, configurable
Bluetooth module optimized for embedded
applications. The module is available in both
10m and 100m range versions. It enables device
manufacturers to easily add secure and robust
wireless communications elements in new or
existing applications. The module's compact size
provides an easy, inexpensive way to integrate
wireless short-range data links into industrial
and commercial systems. Cirronet will add
firmware to make the integrated products easy to
use in serial, point-to- point applications. The
WRAP product line also includes access points,
cable replacers and software products. "BlueGiga
has demonstrated its leadership in wireless
short-range communications with high-quality
products that perform to expectations. Cirronet
will add significant value through unique
firmware functionality, packaging, antenna
technology, integration and applications
support," said Tim Cutler, Cirronet's vice
president of marketing. "We see a strong
market need for a variety of unique
industrialized implementations of a
standards-based low-cost technology product like
BlueGiga's WRAP THOR."
BlueGiga
gains U.S. distribution for its WRAP THOR
modules and standalone products in Cirronet's
line of industrial wireless products, which
include transceiver modules, Ethernet bridges,
network access points and standalone serial
modems for OEMS and industrial designers.
"Cirronet
products are highly regarded for their
long-range communications capabilities in harsh
industrial environments. We view Cirronet as an
ideal partner for developing new applications
and channels for our technology. We look forward
to working with Cirronet in augmenting its
products with low- cost, reliable short-range
capabilities," said Jarkko Jukarainen,
managing director of BlueGiga Technologies.
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
Located
in Finland, BlueGiga Technologies, Inc.
specializes in integrating and commercializing
Bluetooth products in access, module, and cable
replacement product categories, all including a
complete software-level application platform.
BlueGiga products allow development and
integration of remote monitoring (M2M),
man-machine, telemetry and industrial wireless
products and complete applications. With this
new generation of wireless data communications
solutions, machines and other equipment can be
wirelessly supervised and controlled remotely --
any place, any time.
Further
information on the company and its products can
be found at http://www.bluegiga.com
Bluetooth
is a worldwide specification for a small form
factor, low-cost radio solution that provides
links between mobile computers, mobile
telephones, other portable hand-held devices,
and industrial instruments, as well as
connectivity to the Internet and other Wide-area
networks, such as GPRS. The specification is
developed, published, and promoted by the
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).
More
information concerning the Bluetooth standard
can be found on the SIG's site at http://www.bluetooth.com
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