Commerce, CA and New York, NY, June 30, 2008 - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise-class wireless LAN solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, today announced that Commerce Casino, one of the West Coast's premier card rooms, has deployed a casino-wide VoWLAN solution built on Extricom's Interference-Free™ WLAN system. Implemented in conjunction with system integrator Teldata, the Wi-Fi system provides Wi-Fi voice service utilizing SpectraLink phones.

Commerce Casino's complex encompasses 238,000 square feet, all of which required uninterrupted coverage and the call capacity to handle even the most congested areas. At the same time, the system needed to be robust enough to ensure no dropped calls, in spite of the interference-prone environment of the pit floor, where a variety of wireless devices and signal-producing equipment would be jostling for the same airspace.

"For our employees, wherever they are on the floor, that's where their office is. Instant, reliable, and mobile connectivity is therefore essential to our staff. It's critical that our solution give them the ability to roam freely while still being able to take live calls, which is key to good customer service," said Ralph Wong, chief administrative officer, Commerce Casino. "We selected the Extricom system because it gives us the highest quality of voice service available. At the same time, their multi-layer architecture makes the solution future-proof, giving us the ability to add a wide range of other applications, operating in parallel with voice communications, without performance trade-offs."

Teldata managed the implementation, maneuvering around the ongoing casino operations without interrupting a single hand of cards. Thanks to the unique Extricom Channel Blanket™ technology, design of the system was rapid and straight forward, with none of the channelization, IP networking, or coverage overlap and interference analysis required by all other solutions.

"Early on, Commerce Casino saw the potential for wireless to transform on-premise workplace communications," observed Dan Kirtchuk, Extricom's executive vice-president of global sales. "And their implementation of Extricom's next-generation WLAN provides clear evidence that secure, robust, toll-grade Wi-Fi telephony is possible now."

For more information about Commerce Casino, please visit www.commercecasino.com.

New York, NY - June 11, 2008 - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise-class wireless LAN solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has awarded Extricom's EXRP-40 Quad-Radio UltraThin™ Access Point the Communications Solutions Magazine 2007 Product of the Year Award (www.tmcnet.com/comsol).

"This award is a clear endorsement of Extricom's innovation in WLAN architecture and product design," said Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom.  "Extricom enables the All-Wireless Office delivering voice, data, video, and location services with an always-on, robust and mobile Wi-Fi connection to any client, in any environment."

"Extricom has been recognized with a 2007 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in the advancement of voice, data and/or video communications," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and group editor-in-chief of Communications Solutions.  "Extricom has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them.  I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

The eighth annual Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail necessary to lead the industry in the design of new IP telecommunications solutions. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2007 were selected as recipients of this year's prestigious Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

The complete 2007 Product of the Year Award annoucement can be found on the Communications Solutions Web site.

Tokyo, Japan, and Tel Aviv, Israel, May 12, 2008 - Allied Telesis, a global provider of secure IP/Ethernet access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructures, and Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise class wireless solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, today announced a strategic reseller partnership. With this agreement, Allied Telesis will be able to offer complete, end-to-end enterprise WLAN solutions spanning wired and wireless networking infrastructure.

"Large-scale deployments of WLAN are accelerating - driven by the ever-increasing demand to mobilize the workforce for voice, video, and data communications," said Yoshio Gohara, senior general manager of RPM division, Allied Telesis. "Extricom has established itself as a leader in enterprise Wi-Fi mobility, with an infrastructure solution designed to concurrently support real-time, mobile applications such as voice over WLAN (VoWLAN), as well as data and video applications."

Allied Telesis will integrate Extricom products - including its EXSW series switches and EXRP series access points - with Allied's x900 series core switches to provide a high-performance network solution for both wired and wireless environments.  With this agreement, Extricom gains greatly-expanded commercial reach in Japan, as well as a partner to help expand recognition for its unique WLAN system. 

"For more than 20 years, Allied Telesis has been a leader in integrating leading edge technologies, and delivering IT's highest return and benefits for its customers," said Dan Kirtchuk, executive vice-president of global sales at Extricom. "Our solution enables Allied Telesis to expand its innovative portfolio, so that their customers can capture the competitive advantages arising from the next wave of wireless applications for the enterprise."

About Allied Telesis, Inc.

Founded in 1987, Allied Telesis is a member of the Allied Telesis Group, a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple Play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructure. Their POTS-to-10G iMAP integrated Multiservice Access Platform and iMG intelligent Multiservice Gateways, in conjunction with advanced switching, routing and WDM-based transport solutions, enable public and private network operators and service providers of all sizes to deploy scalable, carrier-grade networks for the cost-effective delivery of packet-based voice, video and data services.

London, UK - April 28, 2008 - Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, Raymond Blanc's 2 Star Michelin hotel and restaurant and home to the Raymond Blanc Cookery School, has completed the deployment of an Extricom Wireless LAN (WLAN) system, designed to deliver wireless mobility services to guests and business delegates throughout Le Manoir's 15th century buildings and gardens.  Implemented by systems integrator G4 Networks, Extricom's WLAN system will also support the future migration of Le Manoir's back-office applications, including voice-over-WLAN (VoWLAN), on to the wireless network.

Meeting the demands of Le Manoir's clientele was a key driver behind the deployment of the WLAN solution.  Gurval Durand, deputy general manager, explains, "Many of our guests are high level business executives. The services we deliver, including free wireless access, are designed to meet their high expectations and to make their stay as comfortable as possible.  Every service or product at Le Manoir has to be top-of-the-range."

"Extricom's WLAN technology provides blanket wireless coverage throughout Le Manoir's grounds, allowing guests to connect and continue working wherever they choose to relax, be it in the gardens, lounge, or in the privacy of their own Suite.  The seamless quality of Extricom's Channel Blanket™ architecture means guests can even roam between all three, without disruption to their wireless session."

Durand adds, "Furthermore, it also gives us the scope to explore new wireless applications as we seek to enhance our own communications strategy.  For example, we're currently assessing the deployment of a VoWLAN phone system that would deliver greater mobility to our employees.  Extricom and G4 Networks have given us the longevity and capabilities to evolve as we strive to deliver a first-class guest experience."

Besides meeting expectations for superior performance, systems integrator G4 Networks needed to deliver a wireless network that would neither detract from the aesthetics of the building nor disrupt the listed status of Le Manoir's landmark buildings.  To do so, G4 Networks selected the Extricom EXRP-20 Dual-Radio UltraThin™ Access Points and mounted them all on the outside perimeter of the buildings, pointing inwards to ensure wireless connectivity within the building.

Dave Allen, director of G4 Networks, comments, "At Le Manoir, it's the details that make the guest experience, and they had no lesser expectations for their wireless LAN.  WLAN is a key criterion when choosing hotel accommodation, but the real value-add is its pervasiveness, its simplicity, and the performance quality."    

"Like Le Manoir, Extricom's technology is all in the experience. Its mobility makes it ideal for enterprises that are looking for a far higher quality of service and, as wireless becomes the de facto standard for voice and data applications, its mobility capabilities offer a real differentiator."

Extricom's patented and award-winning Interference-Free™ WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a Channel Blanket topology.  The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users.  All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions.  The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the data, voice (VoWLAN), and video applications requested by organizations.

For more information about Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, please visit www.manoir.com

For more information about G4 Networks, please visit www.g4.co.uk

Peñalolén, Chile, April 24, 2008 - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise class wireless solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, and I-Systems Corporation, a major Chilean partner of Extricom, today announced that they had completed the implementation of a pervasive Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) for the Municipality of Peñalolén's City Hall. The wireless system is a strategic part of the "e-Government" initiative by Peñalolén.

The e-Government movement uses electronic commerce technology to enhance governmental operations and expand citizen access to governmental services and resources. Chile is the leading exponent of e-Government in the Central and Latin America region, and in a recent UN study on global "E-participation," was ranked fourth in the world behind only the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.

As part of its "Comuna Digital" (Digital Community) initiative, the Municipality of Peñalolén, located in the Santiago Metropolitan Area, is bringing the benefits of e-Government to the city's 216,000 residents. Comuna Digital will leverage a wide range of applications and technologies to enhance the citizen's "user experience" with public services, including online government services, education projects, free Internet access to anyone in City Hall, voice over WLAN communication for local officials, and wireless video streaming so that anyone with a web browser can participate in public meetings.

"Providing pervasive Wi-Fi access throughout our facilities is absolutely essential for Comuna Digital" said Cristian López Vergara, director of IT for the Municipality. "To achieve our goals, we have to deliver enterprise triple-play services, and that requires a network that can guarantee coverage and provide optimal Quality of Service without compromising on performance. The only solution that met our requirements was an Extricom WLAN, which gives us the consistent, high-speed connections and architectural flexibility we need."

Implementation of the Extricom WLAN puts the Municipality of Peñalolén at the forefront of Chile's effort to increase citizen access. It also puts it in the top ranks of enterprises that are using cutting-edge technology to eliminate complexity from operations. "For most customers, I think the most surprising aspect of the Extricom WLAN is its simplicity," commented Jorge Oportot, wireless business manager at I-Systems. "Other enterprise WLAN solutions require a time-consuming planning process, significant technical expertise, and considerable ongoing maintenance. This is just not the case with Extricom. We were able to get the system up and running, and complete the training of the Municipality's System Administrators in two days. The system has been providing transparent, high-bandwidth connectivity ever since. Our deployment at Peñalolén has been a real eye-opener, and I consider it an implementation model that can be widely replicated throughout Chile."

"A new era of wireless deployments has started and demand for this is increasing," confirmed Dan Kirtchuk, executive vice-president of Extricom. "The Municipality of Peñalolén is a model for the future, in which WLAN is deployed to support high-demand strategic objectives, and to provide wireless connectivity everywhere, for all applications, and for all users."

Extricom's patented and award-winning Interference-Free™ WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise quadruple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), video and location services.

For more information regarding the Municipality of Peñalolén, please visit www.penalolen.cl.

About I-Systems

I-Systems Corporation is a national company with more than 25 years of experience in the development, installation and integration of systems and technical assistance, based on the support that its installation, equipment and professional engineers and technicians can provide, materializing jobs throughout Chile, including Antarctica. This has positioned them as leaders in the national market in the areas of electronics, communications, sensors, radars, power and other industrial products; and has provided them with the recognition of their clients, which are in the private, public and defense sectors. For more information, visit www.isystems.cl.

St. Julians, Malta and London, UK, April 16, 2008 - Red Herring today announced that Extricom is a recipient of the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.

"This year's impressive list of winners demonstrates Europe's emergence as a major player in the global technology sector," said Red Herring editor-in-chief, Joel Dreyfuss.  "The exceptional accomplishments of European technology companies and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem."

Red Herring's lists of top private companies are an important part of the company's tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.

Red Herring's editorial staff rigorously evaluated more than hundreds of private companies through a careful analysis of financial data and subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development. 

"This award is a clear endorsement of Extricom's innovation in wireless LAN (WLAN) technology and architecture," commented Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom.  "Purpose-built for businesses that demand guaranteed performance and true mobility from their wireless applications, Extricom's solution enables businesses to unleash the transformational benefits of converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video and location-based services in the enterprise."

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe.  Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.

New York and Tel Aviv, March 25, 2008 - Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise-class wireless solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, today announced its new suite of 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant products. Extricom's fourth-generation solution is the only system to enable disruption-free introduction of full-performance 802.11n in the enterprise, for both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi bands, at the lowest cost-per-port.

It has become clear that, in order to achieve the promise of greater bandwidth, all solutions announced to date impose three disruptive and expensive conditions on any 802.11n implementation: limit ‘N' devices to the 5GHz band, leave the 2.4GHz band only for legacy devices, and install costly non-standard power-over-Ethernet (PoE) schemes to meet the increased energy demands of 802.11n access points (APs). In stark contrast to this, the Extricom WLAN System, based on the unique Channel Blanket™ architecture, avoids the technical and deployment obstacles presented by all other vendor solutions.

"The 802.11n standard promises to play a pivotal role in finally making the all-wireless enterprise a reality," commented Stan Schatt, vice president and director, Wireless Connectivity at ABI Research. "And to future-proof their business case, organizations must ensure that they select an architecture that can support both 802.11n as well as installed 802.11g with a premium placed on flexibility as well as ease of deployment  At the same time, an all-wireless enterprise will require a robust network with strong quality of service and roaming functionality.  Without the ability to support all enterprise applications and full mobility, the gains in bandwidth from 802.11n will only be incremental rather than a quantum leap."

Unlike any other vendor in the market, the Extricom WLAN system combines multi-radio APs to create parallel, simultaneous wireless networks from the same set of APs. These overlapping networks can operate on any combination of channels, modes, and frequency bands, and therefore give IT the ability to allocate each WLAN to specific user groups, applications, or device types. The result is an infrastructure that enables the organization to:

• Gradually introduce ‘n' devices into the existing environment, and do so at whatever pace is convenient for the business, without experiencing any conflicts with legacy devices. No "forklift" cutover of users is required.
• Choose to deploy ‘n' with 40MHz channel bonding in both 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and achieve the promised 300Mbps data rates even when legacy ‘g' or ‘a' devices are present.
• Enhance the existing wireless network with the benefits of 802.11n, without having to rework the number, location, and cabling for APs. In other words, deploy without redesign of the wireless layout.
• Continue with conventional 802.3af power-over-Ethernet. The unique UltraThin™ design doesn't require a power-hungry processor, which means that standard PoE will drive even a four-radio Extricom Access Point at full-rate and full-coverage.
• Eliminate the complexities of cell-planning. This not only makes deployment and maintenance dramatically simpler than any other solution, but also delivers the promised range benefits of MIMO, without the side-effects of unpredictable MIMO coverage.

"The 802.11n standard undoubtedly introduces some important benefits," commented Mike King, research director at Gartner. "But the solutions seen to-date must contend with drawbacks of frequency planning, power, and mixing of new and legacy devices, all of which drive implementation costs higher."

"The implementation of 802.11n should be about evolution, not revolution. Evolution means that 802.11n technology supplements and enhances your existing network infrastructure, rather than forcing you to change it entirely," observed Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom. "Gartner has previously noted that fourth-generation WLANs will be most effective in enabling the various modes of 802.11n¹ and we believe Extricom is absolutely proving this out. Our unique architecture not only unlocks the promise of 802.11n, but it provides the total set of business and technical traits to make the converged wireless enterprise a reality. In the end, the Extricom solution provides the highest performance at the lowest cost-per-port possible."

The Extricom 802.11n product suite is the broadest in the industry, encompassing new APs, new and updated WLAN switches, and a new external antenna bar.

• EXRP-40En Four-Radio UltraThin Access Point: The industry's only quad-radio 802.11n AP, incorporating two n/a/b/g radios and two a/b/g radios, which can be operated in any combination of channels and bands. All ‘n' equipped radios incorporate 3x3 MIMO (multiple-in, multiple-out) antenna configuration.
• EXRP-30n Three-Radio UltraThin Access Point: A tri-radio 802.11n AP with integrated antennas, for easy deployment of ‘n' on a large scale. The EXRP-30n is equipped with two n/g/b/a radios and one g/b/a radio, which can be operated in any combination of channels and bands. All ‘n' equipped radios incorporate 3x3 MIMO antenna configuration.
• EXSW-1200 and EXSW-2400 Wireless LAN Switches: Investment in existing switches is fully protected, as they will require only a firmware update to support the new 802.11n APs.
• EXSW-1600 Wireless LAN Switch: The newest member of the Extricom WLAN switch family, the EXSW-1600 provides additional flexibility in tailoring the Extricom WLAN to the organization's scale and requirements.
• EXAN-10 Antenna Bar: MIMO multiplies the number of antennas for each Wi-Fi radio, which leads to an unsightly and inconvenient number of external antennas being connected to each AP. By integrating up to twelve antennas into one assembly, the innovative EXAN Antenna Bar provides the convenience of connecting numerous antennas to the AP, simply by connecting a single cable to the bar that in turn mounts to the wall.

For more information on Extricom's 802.11n suite of products, visit www.extricom.com/80211n

¹"Key Challenges Arise for 802.11n Deployments," Gartner, 25 July 2007, Ken Dulaney.

New York, NY, February 19, 2008 - Extricom, the premier provider of enterprise-class wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure systems for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and RFID services, today launched its PartnerAdvantage Partner Program. The PartnerAdvantage launch comes as solution providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) of all sizes are searching for highly differentiated solutions that will enable them to take advantage of the multi-billion dollar opportunity the wireless LAN (WLAN) market represents.

The PartnerAdvantage Program is based on a single premise: drive revenue growth and profitability for Extricom Partners, by creating a strong sales and marketing bond between them and Extricom. PartnerAdvantage will offer common-sense, value-adding programs for sales enablement, co-marketing, promotion, and investment protection. These will ultimately enable Extricom Partners to capture above-average product margins, develop their wireless LAN expertise, cost-effectively market their solutions, and protect their pre-sale time commitment via deal registration.

"Extricom PartnerAdvantage is a key building block in our strategy for 2008 and beyond," stated Dan Kirtchuk, executive vice president, global sales for Extricom. "Increasingly, resellers and VARs are recognizing the unique blend of wireless innovation, performance, and ease-of-use that the Extricom WLAN brings to Wi-Fi implementations, and they are evangelizing these value points to the end-user IT community. PartnerAdvantage will enable them to maximize their selling opportunities in a rapidly expanding market."

PartnerAdvantage is built around three levels of partner commitment, Registered, Select, and Premier, with the ultimate goal of bringing together a select group of commercial Partners who will be seen as vendors of choice for Wi-Fi networks. Extricom PartnerAdvantage will give its partners the ability to drive increased profitability while reducing total business costs, based around Extricom's core values: surprising simplicity, total mobility, guaranteed performance and convergence without tradeoff.

"We look at Extricom as a company that provides value on multiple levels. It's a technical solution that will give us an edge in a highly competitive Wi-Fi marketplace, and at the same time we see the value-selling relationship enabled by PartnerAdvantage. This will make it possible for us to quickly identify opportunities, close business, and execute on our commitments," said Frank Kobuszewski, VP of Technology Solutions Group at Syracuse-based CXtec.

For more information, visit http://www.extricom.com/content/partners/sales-partners

New York, NY, February 7, 2008 - Extricom, the premier provider of enterprise-class wireless LAN infrastructure systems for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and RFID services, today announced the appointment of Honoré Labourdette as vice president of sales for North America.

"Organizations are rapidly entering the next era of WLAN deployments, in which Wi-Fi is no longer for just casual hotspot use, but instead supports strategic operational objectives and provides wireless connectivity everywhere, for all applications, and for all users," said Dan Kirtchuk, Extricom's executive vice-president of global sales. "Honoré is a critical addition to our leadership team and has the experience and expertise to build the type of world-class go-to-market organization needed to meet customers' ever-increasing demand for Extricom solutions."

Ms. Labourdette brings over 20 years of successful sales leadership experience in the telecommunications industry. Ms. Labourdette previously served as vice president of 3Com's Worldwide Strategic Alliance Sales where she was instrumental in building 3Com's global system integrator and service provider sales channels. Prior to that role, Ms. Labourdette was VP of Sales at NetSolve (now a division at Cisco), and held leadership positions at Nortel Networks, Network Equipment Technologies, Micom Systems, and AT&T.

"Businesses of all sizes want to unleash the benefits of total mobility in their operations, but to do that they must overcome a number of limitations that exist in traditional Wi-Fi networks," said Labourdette. "Extricom's innovative and proven solution provides exactly the breakthrough they have been seeking. I am excited to be part of this company's explosive growth and to offer enterprises and our partners a truly game-changing technology."

Extricom's patented and award-winning Interference-Free™ WLAN System is the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to Channel Blanket™ topology. This innovative technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and guaranteed and predictable levels of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise quadruple play of data, voice, video, and RFID.

New York, NY, December 11, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced that CMP Channel's CRNtech, the IT Channel's handbook for technology products and services, has named its Interference-Free™ EXWO-404 WLAN Switch to its list of 10 Best Products of 2007, winning in the wireless category. The winners were chosen by CMP Channel editorial staff, based on the results of earlier CRNtech and CRN Test Center editorial reviews performed throughout 2007. Extricom receives this accolade together with other top 10 categories that include market leaders such as RIM, Toshiba, Microsoft, and HP Compaq.

The EXWO-404 provides an unmatched combination of simplicity and performance, enabling businesses of all sizes to confidently and cost-effectively transform their operations wirelessly. The EXWO-404 Wireless Office system offers a business-class, 802.11-compliant WLAN solution in a convenient all-in-one package consisting of a WLAN Switch and four UltraThin™ Dual Radio Access Points (APs). The system's remarkable ease of deployment provides a fast and economical way for organizations to introduce business-class wireless to a branch office, a school, a health clinic, a mid-sized warehouse, or any other environment that requires a small-to-medium wireless coverage area.

In her evaluation summary, Fahmida Y. Rashid, technical editor, CRN, wrote that "the CRN Test Center selected the Extricom Interference-Free EXWO-404 WLAN Switch...for its robust features. The switch, built on the vendor's channel blanket architecture, creates a coverage area where users can move from one access point to another without any handoff latency. Putting all the access points on the same channels, different from other networks and competing products, eliminates interference concerns. And the simplicity of deployment and maintenance make it perfect...to ditch the wires."

"A wave of new and exciting products arrived in 2007, and picking the cream of the crop was both a challenge, and a positive sign that vendors are delivering tools that increase the value solution providers can deliver to their customers," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel.

"As the only Channel Blanket™ Wireless LAN architecture in the market today, we take great pride in CRNtech's recognition of our solution to the interference, mobility, and quality of service challenges that are prevalent in other WLAN systems," said David Confalonieri, vice-president marketing for Extricom.

The winners were announced online at www.ChannelWeb.com and will be featured in the December 17 issue of CRNtech. To view the complete analysis of Extricom's wireless LAN product, please click here .

About the CMP Channel

CMP Channel (www.cmpchannelgroup.com ) is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors.

About CMP

CMP (http://www.cmp.com/ ) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ ), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news .

New York, NY October 30, 2007 – Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced that its award-winning Interference-Free™ WLAN System is available from Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor. Since mid-summer, Ingram Micro has been offering its reseller customers the complete family of Extricom WLAN switches, access points and accessories.

"Ingram Micro is strongly committed to providing innovative Wi-Fi products for our solution provider and system integrator customers," stated Ken Bast, vice president, vendor management, Ingram Micro. "The Extricom WLAN adds a significantly differentiated, high-value solution to our wireless portfolio. The technology's combination of simplicity and higher performance offers an unmatched ‘one-two punch' that enables the solution provider to pursue wireless projects of all sizes without incurring the deployment challenges traditionally seen in this space."

Extricom's patented WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. This unique approach eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this is achieved without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning required in traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple WLAN for the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

"Ingram Micro has an exceptional reputation with the value added reseller and system integrator community, built on the very best and most innovative products, as well as superb supply execution," commented Alan Casas, Extricom's VP Sales North America. "Their vendor selection criteria are tremendously stringent, so Ingram Micro's decision to include Extricom in its portfolio speaks volumes for the caliber and business value that our technology represents. This has certainly been evident by the interest and adoption we have seen from Ingram's partners."

About Ingram Micro

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broadline global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com .

New York, NY, October 9, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced that CMP Channel has named Extricom the VARBusiness 2007 Tech Innovator of the Year for wireless, for its development of the Interference-Free™ WLAN System, featuring the industry's first quad-radio Wi-Fi access point. The fifth annual Tech Innovators Awards celebrate the most innovative products, people and personalities in the industry and highlight emerging products and technologies currently sold through the IT Channel.

"Innovation is truly the heart of the technology industry, and the winners of this year's VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards have taken innovation to the next level," said Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, CMP Channel. "We congratulate Extricom on this year's Tech Innovator Award."

The Tech Innovator awards were awarded in sixteen categories, including Wireless, Voice over IP, Handhelds, Connectivity/Data Networking, Virtualization, and Enterprise Applications and Infrastructure. For each category, at least two judges from a select group of top solution providers and integrators rated each entry on characteristics such as usefulness, the "new and improved" factor, price/performance, revenue potential and overall "coolness." The process leads to three finalists for each category, with the top scoring product in each category earning the VARBusiness Tech Innovator Award.

"This award is decisive recognition of the disruptive innovation represented in our Interference-Free WLAN System," commented David Confalonieri, vice-president marketing for Extricom. "Our partners and customers have witnessed the surprising and unique combination of higher performance and radical simplicity that is now possible in enterprise wireless. They know the Extricom technology enables them to ‘turn the corner' in Wi-Fi, finally eliminating the complexities and limitations that they invariably run into when implementing wireless for greater scale, reliability, and a broader set of uses, including voice (VoWLAN), location based services, and video."

Extricom's patented WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. This unique approach eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this is achieved without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning required in traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple WLAN for the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

About VARBusiness 

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' (www.varbusiness.com) strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

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London, UK - October 1st 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced the signing of specialist value added distributor Wireless IT as its latest UK channel partner. The appointment, which is already generating new revenue streams for the wireless distributor, forms part of Extricom's ongoing channel development strategy to build an enterprise-focused partner base equipped with the skills, knowledge and resources to take advantage of next generation WLAN infrastructure to support converged data, voice (VoWLAN), and video services.

Specialising in wireless networking products, services and solutions, Wireless IT will be using its network of telcos, broadliners and vertical reseller partners to target markets such as manufacturing, education and retail. By focusing on the triple-play ‘voice, video and data' features of Extricom's technology, resellers will be able to return bigger margins by extending their expertise beyond data networking, explains Phil Owen, managing director of Wireless IT. "The wireless LAN industry is booming, particularly demand for real-time services such as voice and video. For our resellers, this represents significant untapped revenue, as well as the potential to broaden their knowledge and value to the enterprise."

Owen continues, "We piloted a number of leading WLAN vendors' technology. Extricom's channel blanket proposition, however, was the only one able to simultaneously deliver voice, video, and data, without impacting on performance or mobility. Furthermore, unlike traditional cell-based architectures, Extricom's WLAN solution requires neither complex site surveys nor specialist RF planning expertise, meaning rapid deployment and greater profit margins for resellers. In a nutshell, it does what it says on the tin and more."

Already seeing success from the partnership, Wireless IT and reseller Cableserve Limited have recently completed the deployment of Extricom's WLAN technology into two of Boughey Distribution's warehouses. Commenting on the appointment, Steve Northedge, vice president and general manager, EMEA said, "The appointment of Wireless IT corresponds with increasing demand for multi-service wireless infrastructures, suggesting that the traditional cell-based WLAN design will eventually become obsolete.

"Enterprises are increasingly demanding that applications such as voice and video services be migrated on to their wireless infrastructure, however, the traditional cell-based nature of wireless LANs is not wholly compatible, and can result in interference or even dropped voice calls. To exploit the long-term revenue potential of wireless it's critical for resellers to advise and implement a platform that will deliver the business-class performance enterprises have enjoyed in the wired environment."

Extricom's award-winning Interference-Free™ WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from ‘cell-planning' to a ‘channel blanket' topology. Thanks to its innovative approach, WLAN deployment and maintenance is made dramatically easier and lower in total cost of ownership than traditional alternatives, while achieving a generational leap in capacity, coverage, seamless mobility, and security. The end-result is highly scalable WLAN infrastructure that delivers campus-wide voice, data, and video services with the dependability of a wired network.

About Wireless IT

Wireless IT is a true value added distributor specialising in wireless networking products, services and solutions. Wireless IT supports the reseller market with consultancy, site survey, installation, support and training for internal WiFi and Voice over Wireless LANS, outdoor WiFi, WiMAX, WAN, community broadband solutions and FSO (laser point to point links).

New York City, August 27, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next-generation Wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced the formation of the Uni-Fi Alliance™, a program that furthers the collaboration of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and maximizes business value through validated product combinations. Together with Extricom, the founding members of the Uni-Fi Alliance are AeroScout, AirTight Networks, Ascom, and Kineto Wireless.

"The multi-application era in WLAN is no longer a promise but a reality," stated David Confalonieri, vice-president of marketing at Extricom. "A smart WLAN infrastructure investment can power many uses - voice, data, video, locationing, and much more. Thanks to the Uni-Fi Alliance, enterprises and solution providers will benefit from validated product combinations that streamline deployment and lower project risks."

Uni-Fi Alliance members span a wide range of devices, PBXs, location services, security appliances, and mobile-to-mobile convergence products. The alliance enables leading technology innovators to verify interoperability between products that contribute to a converged, multi-application WLAN.

"Convergence of services and devices over WLAN offers significant operational and economic opportunity for businesses of all kinds," commented Gabi Daniely, vice-president of marketing and product strategy at AeroScout. "Location-based services and other added-value applications are contributing to the rapid growth of Wi-Fi deployments, so interoperability across a broad range of applications is critical for the emerging generation of Wi-Fi networks."

"While there are established certifications for verifying basic 802.11 component interoperability, there are few industry-standard APIs for linking wireless LANs to upstream applications," observed Joanie Wexler, an independent analyst and editor at Joanie M. Wexler & Associates. "At least until those emerge, it will reduce enterprise integration headaches if WLAN vendors work out interoperability and implementation issues upfront with the suppliers of IP PBXs, location appliances, security appliances, and other servers that generate application traffic over the Wi-Fi network."

Note: There is no connection between Extricom's "Uni-Fi Alliance" and Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited or the "UniFi" semiconductor chip.

Tokyo, Japan and Tel-Aviv, Israel, July 18, 2007 – Sumitomo Densetsu, a leading integrator of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), and Extricom, the designer and manufacturer of the Interference-Free™ Wireless LAN System, today announced a distribution partnership. With this agreement, Sumitomo will be able to offer complete, end-to-end enterprise solutions spanning wired, wireless, passive and active networking infrastructure.

For over twenty years, Sumitomo Densetsu has been at the forefront of the Japanese market in the design, deployment, and management of advanced information networks. The addition of the Extricom solution enables Sumitomo Densetsu to extend this leadership by providing a truly unique WLAN solution for advanced mobility applications such as voice, video, location-based services, as well as pervasive data connectivity.

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. This innovative approach eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this is achieved without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning required in traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple WLAN for the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

This agreement will provide Extricom with greatly expanded commercial reach in Japan, as well as the outlet to expand recognition for its brand and unique WLAN system. Customers are demanding that their wireless infrastructure support all services, everywhere, for everyone, with the same predictability of performance they take for granted in the wired world. Sumitomo's market leadership in infrastructure solutions, combined with Extricom's innovative enterprise WLAN, will enable those customers to attain the full benefit of the next wave of wireless applications such as voice over Wi-Fi and location-based services.

About Sumitomo Densetsu Co. Ltd.

As the comprehensive infrastructure company of Sumitomo group, Sumitomo Densetsu has a long record of installations in Japan and overseas. In addition, it has extensive experience in information networks and communications systems through its engagements in the fields of renewal, solar energy, wind power energy and ecology. Headquartered Osaka, the company has capital of 6440430000 Yen and 1,200 employees (2007 June). For more information, visit Sumitomo Densetsu at www.sem.co.jp .

New York, NY, and London, UK, July 16, 2007 - According to a report published this month by the Aberdeen Group, a provider of fact-based research focused on the global technology-driven value chain, the value of wireless LAN (WLAN) technology is undisputed and tangible, but many organizations are unable to realize these benefits because of the complexity and maintenance burdens associated with traditional WLAN systems. Underwritten in part by Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation WLAN infrastructure solutions, these findings show the critical importance of new technological approaches that increase simplicity, even as the drive for greater performance and multi-application support continues.

The report, ‘Measuring the Real Value of Wireless LAN Deployments', is the first to quantify the business value of this technology, and highlights how this value is further enhanced by the addition of non-traditional applications such as voice and video. However, the research also finds that a major expenditure in terms of human capital, tools, and processes has been necessary to truly unlock such value, and that only the "best-in-class" organizations have had the means to do so.

"The research makes it clear that wireless technologies can deliver great operating benefits to organizations," said Philippe Winthrop, research director for wireless and mobility at Aberdeen Group. "However, it also shows that, to become ‘best-in-class' adopters of traditional WLAN systems and seize its promised productivity and collaborative benefits, a significant investment in time and resource has been required. Our research recommends organizations not be deterred, and instead pursue the value of this technology, especially with value-enhancing applications such as voice and video. But the research shows end user organizations need to further improve the return on their investment by challenging WLAN vendors to lower the overall complexity of WLAN solutions."

"In our vision, the hurdles to maximizing the value of WLAN are eliminated, since our channel blanket WLAN technology removes the traditional complexities still found in many WLAN offerings today," said Gideon Rottem, CEO, Extricom. "Extricom is committed to increasing the ROI of WLAN through our high-performance, multi-application platform that decreases project complexity, cost, and risk."

Extricom's patented Interference-Free™ WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture, from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" layout. This eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless mobility, ‘wire-like' connections, greatly increased capacity, and guaranteed levels of connectivity for all users. All without the error-prone and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN) and video.

Winthrop concludes, "Best-in-class organizations have the opportunity to simplify and maximize their networks. This ‘one-two punch' is however dependant on the underlying technologies they select."

Findings for the Aberdeen Group report were drawn from a survey of more that 315 organizations. A complimentary download of the report can be accessed by clicking here.

About Aberdeen Group, a Hart-Hanks Company

London, UK, June 20, 2007 - BT iNET, the LAN & IP telephony solutions specialist, today announced a new agreement with Extricom, which will see the company's award-winning Interference-Free™ Enterprise Wireless LAN System incorporated into BT's wireless and mobility convergence solutions.

The first joint customer to benefit is Bishop's Stortford College in Hertfordshire, where BT iNET designed and deployed a wireless network, using Extricom's Wireless LAN (WLAN) system at its core, to cover pupil boarding houses located on the 130-acre campus of the independent school, which caters for girls and boys aged four to 18. The wireless solution provides complete coverage using multiple Wi-Fi channel blankets spanning the site's buildings, enabling a fully converged deployment for carrying real time voice, data, and video. This unique next-generation wireless system delivers seamless, handoff-free user mobility and guaranteed bandwidth, without the channel density or interference constraints common to other Wi-Fi deployments.

Stephen Bacon, head of information technology at the College, said: "We were looking to significantly extend our existing wireless provision and so the new solution needed to be easy for us to deploy and manage, yet still attain the superior performance required by today's connected students.

"The BT/Extricom solution provided just that. Pupils and staff are now benefiting from a resilient, high-performance wireless infrastructure, which is also easy to manage. It has been a win-win solution for both user and administrator."

Neil Pemberton, managing director, BT iNet, said: "Organisations are mobilising their workforce and processes at an accelerating rate. In the past, wireless computing was reserved for a select few and for limited areas of the enterprise. Now, we are seeing organisations adopt wireless technology as a pervasive, strategic asset. By joining forces with Extricom, BT iNet is driving the availability of reliable wireless connectivity, which can support an ever-broadening set of uses, such as voice, ubiquitous data connectivity, location services, and even streaming video. Working together we will identify and leverage the right advanced technologies that will yield the type of infrastructure that can meet these heightened expectations."

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture, from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" layout. This eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless mobility, ‘wire-like' connections, greatly increased capacity, and guaranteed levels of connectivity for all users. All without the error-prone and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN) and video.

Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom, said: "VoIP's (voice over IP) disruptive effect in the telephony field is undeniable. The Extricom WLAN seeks to be equally disruptive in the enterprise WLAN arena, and voice over Wi-Fi is the trigger for such disruption. Voice and location applications demand mobility, and this is the first system to bring total and seamless mobility to Wi-Fi, while also enhancing all other facets of performance such as coverage, capacity, and security, all of which are necessary for the enterprise wireless triple play."

"BT iNet maintains an impressive array of capabilities and expertise in converged wireless, and is well positioned to deliver the kinds of advanced and high-value infrastructure solutions that are an ideal fit for Extricom's WLAN architecture."

Click here to download an Extricom case study of the Bishop's Stortford College WLAN deployment. 

About BT iNET

BT iNet is the leading provider of Cisco-based LAN & IPT solutions, applications and Managed Services that helps you profit from convergence via tailored LAN-centric IT services. The experience, flexibility and responsiveness of BT iNet's organization, and its focus on understanding your business, enable it to design and deliver truly integrated IT services, so that you can maximize the efficiencies and cost savings that convergence brings to business for today and tomorrow. As a subsidiary of BT, BT iNet can offer significant support, including field resource and remote management capabilities to enhance your corporate networks. Enquiries: www.bt.com/btinet Tel: 01691 664055.

About BT

BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc's revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

Interop Las Vegas 2007 May 21, 2007 - Extricom, the designer and manufacturer of the award-winning Interference-Free™ Wireless LAN System, today announced another significant milestone in the evolution of WLAN with the unveiling of the EXRP-40, the industry's first four-radio access point. The EXRP-40 UltraThin™ Access Point brings unmatched new WLAN system capabilities to customers, including a quadrupling of capacity, predictable Quality of Service, and the flexibility to fully leverage all channels in both Wi-Fi unlicensed bands of operation.

The EXRP-40 UltraThin Access Point contains four IEEE 802.11 a/b/g radios which, thanks to Extricom's unique channel blanket architecture, can operate on any combination of four non-overlapping channels in any band, in any Wi-Fi mode (a/b/g). This generates compelling advantages, including:

• Unmatched Flexibility: By having multiple channel blankets covering an enterprise's service area, IT has the ability to allocate physical channels and bandwidth to specific applications (e.g. voice or data), user groups (e.g. employees or guests), and device types.
• Multiplied Capacity: With four channels available at every location, local capacity and bandwidth is quadrupled, relative to all other WLAN solutions.
• Dedicated Security Monitoring: The 4-radio AP provides the option of using 3 radios for traffic (e.g. channels 1, 6, and 11 in 2.4 GHz) while the fourth radio is used as a dedicated rogue AP and Wireless Intrusion Detection Sensor. This gives the benefits of a 100% dedicated security sensor array, without the cost of a separate physical overlay of sensors.

"The trend for mobility and multi-application convergence, including voice and locationing, is clear," said Rachna Ahlawat, research director, enterprise networking, for Gartner. "And as enterprises come to rely more and more on WLAN, they will seek robust and reliable connectivity."

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, "wire-like" client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

"The EXRP-40 is another major technology step for Extricom and our offering," said Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom. "Organizations have clearly said they want to move to the next level with wireless LAN in their operations. This means they demand that the wireless infrastructure support all services, everywhere, for everyone, with the same predictability of performance they take for granted in the wired world. With this clear vision in mind, our customers are turning to Extricom to experience our proposition of guaranteed performance, total mobility, simplicity, and triple-play services without trade-off. The EXRP-40 is a pivotal element in this proposition, enabling an unprecedented quad-blanket, multi-layer WLAN, with dedicated security monitoring and intrinsic quality of service for voice and data."

New York City, NY, May 10, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, today announced that its Interference-Free™ WLAN system has been awarded Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) Communications Solutions 2006 Product of the Year. The award recognizes the Extricom WLAN system's innovation, quality, mobility and performance, and its continued advancement of the communications industry.

"Extricom has been recognized with a 2006 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in technological advancement and application refinement," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and group editor-in-chief of Communications Solutions. "Extricom has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. I am pleased to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

The seventh annual Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to market in 2006 have been selected as recipients of this year's Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award for their groundbreaking achievement.

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN system represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The Extricom Interference-Free Wireless LAN System:

• Provides stable and guaranteed performance, enabling the industry's first Service Level Agreement (SLA) for WLAN users.
  
• Dramatically simplifies deployment and maintenance by eliminating the complexities of RF cell planning.
  
• Delivers both seamless mobility, high capacity, and blanket coverage free of co-channel interference.
  
• Powers the enterprise triple play, without performance trade-offs.

"Our unique enterprise WLAN infrastructure enables customers to simply and flexibly achieve the seamless mobility, high bandwidth, and reliable wireless service required by their businesses," said Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom. "The company continues to deliver new innovations for high performance WLAN systems that empower customers to experience the benefits of a dependable wireless network. Winning the Communications Solutions award further validates our strategy and success."

The full list of the 2006 Product of the Year Award winners can be found on the Communications Solutions Web site.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Inter@ction Solutions , INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine, IMS Magazine and Unified Communications (launching summer 2007). TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 0.003 percent of sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves nearly two million unique visitors each month, according to WebTrends. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, Communications Developer Conference, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference . TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.).

New York, NY, April 12, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions, today announced its first annual UK Education Grant Programme. The programme will offer a total of £1 Million worth of grant awards to qualified educational institutions throughout the United Kingdom.

WLAN contributes to both the educational process and the operation of the school campus itself. It enables network services to be quickly and cost-effectively extended, thereby maximising access to learning and administrative resources. Consequently, educational institutions are among the highest adopters of WLAN technology, and are at the forefront in innovative, non-traditional uses of wireless.

Extricom has recently enabled numerous UK schools to deploy WLAN for a host of applications, ranging from attendance tracking at Washwood Heath in Birmingham, to closed circuit TV at Fleetwood College in Lancashire, to student residence data connectivity at Rainford College and Bruton School for Girls, to name a few.

"The Extricom WLAN System brings unique benefits to schools, resulting in strong and sustained success in this arena since we established operations in the UK," said Steve Northedge, vice-president and general manager, EMEA, for Extricom. "The transformational power of wireless is undeniable, and by offering this Education Grant program, Extricom is pleased to contribute to the adoption of such critical infrastructure technology by our nation's schools."

Extricom's award-winning Interference-Free WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from ‘cell-planning' to a ‘channel blanket' topology. Thanks to its innovative approach, WLAN deployment and maintenance is made dramatically easier and lower in total cost of ownership than traditional alternatives, while achieving a generational leap in capacity, coverage, seamless mobility, and security. The end-result is highly scalable WLAN infrastructure that delivers campus-wide voice, data, and video services with the dependability of a wired network.

For further details, and to apply for the 2007 UK Education Grant Programme, please click here .

New York, NY and Athens, Georgia, March 20, 2007 - Extricom, the designer and manufacturer of the award-winning Interference-Free™ Wireless LAN, today announced that the University of Georgia Athletic Association (UGAAA), the home of the Georgia Bulldogs, has selected Extricom's platform to provide wireless services throughout its extensive and state-of-the-art athletics facilities. The roll-out includes the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, in support of the NCAA Tennis Championships to be hosted there commencing May 11th, and Georgia's new Coliseum Training Facility, a 120,000 square foot practice annex for men's and women's basketball and gymnastics.

The elite athlete of today demands the finest facilities and equipment. It is essential that Georgia's facilities meet or exceed the expectations of prospective student-athletes, as well as the press corps attending all of the major events hosted by the UGAAA.

"Providing high-performance Wi-Fi at the Tennis Complex is a key element to creating the best possible experience for the over one hundred press personnel expected at this year's NCAA Championships," said Jeff Daniel, IT director of operations & infrastructure at UGA Athletics. "The performance of the Extricom WLAN is noticeably superior to all other technologies we researched. It enables us to deliver high-speed connections that are stable and consistent everywhere, free of the co-channel interference and other bandwidth-degrading effects of traditional WLAN technologies, which ultimately translates into satisfied, mobile users who are as confident in the wireless network as they are with a wired network."

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, ‘wire-like' client connections, greatly increased capacity, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

With the Coliseum Training Facility, Georgia has set out to build the best practice facility in the NCAA. The complex will feature men's and women's basketball practice gyms, a gymnastics practice gym, new strength and conditioning facilities, and offices for coaches and staff. "The Extricom system is amazingly simple to deploy," commented Nate Tyson, CEO of Venture NetComm, the system integrator responsible for the installation. "It is remarkable that this wireless LAN technology achieves the levels of performance it does, while at the same time dramatically reducing the complexity of WLAN. This enables the UGAAA to deploy rapidly, without costly and time-consuming iterative RF cell planning, and makes ongoing maintenance equally efficient. The bottom line is that it simply works the first time. The University of Georgia has been, and will continue to be an important customer for Venture NetComm. We only provide and install first-rate products for all of their infrastructure needs. Extricom fits the needs of UGAAA perfectly."

Wireless connectivity, voice over Wi-Fi, and wireless electronic ticket scanning are among the applications envisioned for the new network. Beyond the tennis and training complex, the Extricom wireless LAN is slated to cover Sanford Stadium (football), Stegeman Coliseum (basketball), and Foley Field (baseball).

"Building a large scale wireless LAN with the traditional cell-based topologies has presented both complexity and performance obstacles," said Dan Kirtchuk, executive vice-president of sales and marketing at Extricom. "The UGA Athletic Association sets a high standard that must be met, and they recognized that the Extricom solution is the only one that could truly maximize the Wi-Fi experience for administration, students, and visitors alike. The new WLAN network brings Georgia Athletics into a new era of Wi-Fi, in which all facets of performance – coverage, capacity, mobility, and security – are maximized, ready to support the wireless triple play of voice, data, and video, all with a fraction of the complexity and ongoing maintenance costs of alternative technologies."

New York, NY, February 21, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions, today announced it launched its first annual Education Grant Program. The program will offer a total of $1 Million worth of grant awards to qualified educational institutions throughout the United States and Canada.

The modern school is increasingly driven by technology, supporting both the educational process and the operation of the school campus itself. Wireless LAN plays an important role in that infrastructure, enabling network services to be quickly and cost-effectively extended, thereby maximizing access to learning and administrative resources.

"Education is the engine that drives our society and our economy," said David Confalonieri, vice president of marketing for Extricom. "The transformational power of wireless in any organization is also undeniable. By offering this Education Grant program, Extricom is pleased to contribute to the adoption of such critical infrastructure technology by our nation's schools."

Extricom's award-winning Interference-Free^™ WLAN System represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. Thanks to its innovative approach, WLAN deployment and maintenance is made dramatically easier and lower in total cost of ownership than traditional alternatives, while achieving a generational leap in capacity, coverage, seamless mobility, and security. The end-result is highly scalable WLAN infrastructure that delivers campus-wide voice, data, and video services with the dependability of a wired network.

For more information on Extricom's 2007 Education Grant Program, please click here .  

New York, NY, January 16, 2007 - Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (http://www.itmag.com/ ) has named Extricom's Interference-Free™ WLAN System as a recipient of a 2006 Product of the Year Award. The award recognizes the Extricom WLAN System for its vision, leadership, and performance, as well as its role in furthering the development of the Internet telephony industry.

"Voice over IP's disruptive effect in the telephony field is undeniable. The Extricom WLAN seeks to be equally disruptive in the enterprise WLAN arena, and voice over Wi-Fi is the trigger for such disruption. The introduction of voice into the mix of WLAN applications changes the stakes in many ways. Most fundamental is the fact that voice demands mobility, and Extricom's unique technology brings real seamless mobility to Wi-Fi, while at the same time enhancing all other facets of performance that are necessary for the enterprise triple play of services," said Gideon Rottem, CEO and founder of Extricom. "We are truly honored to win the wireless category of the highly-coveted Product of the Year Award by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine and its panel of esteemed editors."

Extricom's patented Interference-Free WLAN system represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, ‘wire-like' client connections, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

"INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to bestow Extricom with a 2006 Product of the Year Award. Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "Extricom has proven it is committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

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Milpitas, California, and New York, NY, December 6, 2006 - Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, and Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions for the enterprise, today announced the companies have completed interoperability testing between Kineto's UMA solution and Extricom's enterprise wireless LAN infrastructure. Through this testing effort, the companies demonstrated how mobile operators can extend their UMA service offerings into the enterprise and commercial hot-zone markets.

The testing validated what is believed to be an industry first: seamless handover and continuity of active UMA voice calls and data sessions between Wi-Fi access points in an enterprise wireless LAN environment. Seamless mobility across access points truly unlocks the value of mobile/Wi-Fi convergence for all enterprises, enabling superior in-office coverage, single-number convenience, and overall cost efficiencies that cannot be achieved with today's fragmented network situation. Thanks to Extricom's unique Wi-Fi infrastructure, UMA-based sessions can transparently move between access point radios, without any interruption in service. All-the-while, Wi-Fi level security is maintained as well as the IPSec tunnel used to secure UMA services. The tests were conducted with multiple commercially-available UMA-enabled handsets, clearly illustrating the handset-agnostic benefits of the system.

"As more and more employees use their mobile phone as their main phone, the overall cost and performance of mobile service becomes an increasing concern for enterprise IT departments," said Ken Kolderup, vice president of marketing for Kineto. "The traditional challenge of Wi-Fi mobility has been overcome through our collaboration with Extricom, enabling mobile operators to now confidently extend their UMA services into the enterprise market and offer those enterprises the combination of superior mobile performance and lower costs."

Extricom's award-winning Interference-Free^TM WLAN system represents the next generation of enterprise Wi-Fi, with a fundamental shift in architecture from "cell-planning" to a "channel blanket" topology. The technology eliminates the co-channel interference that plagues traditional WLAN systems, to deliver seamless and zero-latency mobility, robust, ‘wire-like' client connections, and the ability to design for a guaranteed and predictable level of service for all users. All this, without the iterative and costly RF cell-planning of traditional solutions. The result is a high-performance yet simple solution for powering the enterprise triple play of data, voice (VoWLAN), and video.

"With this proven interoperability, Kineto and Extricom are reaching another major milestone in the evolution of mobile/Wi-Fi convergence, bringing the increasingly popular benefits of UMA technology - high performance, low-cost mobile services - to enterprise wireless LANs," said David Confalonieri, vice president of marketing for Extricom. "This collaboration will help expand the UMA opportunities for mobile operators, as well as unlock new operational benefits for enterprises across all vertical industries."

About UMA Technology

Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology is the 3GPP global standard for fixed/mobile convergence. UMA enables secure, scaleable access to mobile voice, data and IMS services over broadband IP access networks. By deploying UMA technology, mobile operators can deliver a number of compelling fixed-mobile convergence services. The most well known application of UMA technology is dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi handsets, which enable subscribers to automatically roam and handover between cellular networks and public and private WLANs. Leading operators around the world have embraced UMA technology as part of a fixed-mobile convergence strategy, including Telecom Italia, France Telecom/Orange and TeliaSonera. For more information, please visit http://www.umatoday.com/ .

About Kineto Wireless

Kineto Wireless is the key innovator and leading supplier of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) Technology, the 3GPP standard for mobile/Wi-Fi convergence. Mobile operators around the globe are selecting UMA to offer subscribers seamless, high-performance mobile voice, data, and IMS experiences on both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. As the leading provider of UMA Technology, Kineto supplies core network solutions through OEM partnerships with major network infrastructure providers, and also provides UMA-compliant software, development tools and support services to mobile silicon/stack suppliers, mobile handset developers, and broadband terminal adaptor/wireless access point vendors. Kineto was recently named as the recipient the 2006 Financial Times (FT) World Communications Award for innovation in technology for its role in UMA. For more information, please visit http://www.kineto.com/ .