Lewiston, Maine - June 24, 2009 - Lewiston Regional Technical Center (LRTC), the largest secondary vocational technical center in Maine, has announced the deployment of an enterprise-class Extricom wireless LAN (WLAN). The system will ensure wireless coverage for both Lewiston RTC and the adjoining Lewiston High School. It will provide mobile computing for some 1500 students and faculty, and enable access to a wide variety of online learning and professional development resources.

The Extricom WLAN replaces an older system, based on Apple Airport access points (APs), that wasn't capable of growing to meet the school's need for campus-wide coverage and increased user capacity. In a novel twist on the concept of "hands-on" learning, the new WLAN is being deployed by Lewiston RTC students, rather than professional contractors, as part of an ongoing Electrical education program.

Lewiston's choice of an Extricom WLAN was made after careful scrutiny of several major wireless vendors. "We didn't just blindly go down the wireless path," states Howard Holinger, Lewiston Regional Technical Center's IT Services Manager. "We felt that Extricom's Channel Blanket architecture was very appealing, and it was forward-looking in terms of application support. Having seamless coverage and mobility anywhere on campus was tremendously important to us, and that's what sets Extricom apart from competitors such as Cisco or Aruba."

The Extricom Channel Blanket™ architecture is well-suited to the classroom environment. Densely deployed access points provide reliable, resilient network access and high performance for every user. The Extricom Switch coordinates the APs and eliminates the co-channel interference that reduces the performance of conventional WLAN systems By enabling multiple Channel Blankets, applications with different Quality of Service requirements can be layered onto what are essentially separate wireless networks on dedicated channels coming from the same physical infrastructure.

Using the students to roll out the network has permitted Lewiston to combine a learning experience with a much needed technology infrastructure upgrade. "We used some existing cabling to get a production wireless system up and running within a day or two," says Holinger. "Our implementation team, however, is all students, who can only work when they're in class, so we're taking our time to get the system fully deployed. By the end of the school year, we expect to have robust wireless access throughout the facility."

Extricom WLAN is particularly attractive to primary/secondary schools due to its simplicity of deployment and maintenance, which helps small IT departments quickly implement and administer an enterprise-class system without requiring wireless expertise, extensive planning, or expensive certifications. "Our core emphasis in the K-12 market has been cost-effective solutions that can handle the user density common in schools," says Honore LaBourdette, Extricom's VP of Sales North America. "By giving our education customers wireless infrastructure that will easily support any application they choose, whether now or five years down the road, we are maximizing the value of their IT spend. I think this is critical at a time when school budgets everywhere are feeling the effects of the economic downturn."

Waco, TX - June 9, 2009 - Texas State Technical College (TSTC), one of the nation's largest residential two-year technical higher education institutions, today announced that it has implemented an Extricom wireless LAN (WLAN) system on its Waco campus. The Extricom WLAN supports both legacy 802.11a/b/g wireless devices, as well as 802.11n devices at full performance. Upon completion, the project will provide network access for 6,400 students and faculty members via a giant mile-long "hot spot" spanning the center of TSTC Waco's sprawling campus, and will constitute one of the largest contiguous 802.11n wireless deployments in the United States.

Colleges and universities have been the earliest and most enthusiastic adaptors of wireless technology, with campus wireless networks experiencing usage increases of as much as 200 percent per semester. This surge in demand, as well as the wide range of bandwidth-hungry applications being accessed, has been a major impetus behind the deployment of wireless LAN systems based on the new IEEE 802.11n standard, which promises substantial increases in speed and improved wireless coverage. Wireless network access means mobile network access; however, many of the conventional 802.11n enterprise solutions have trouble dealing with mobility on this scale. They have difficulty handling thousands of highly mobile wireless users, much less handling the network congestion when many active wireless users converge in the same area.

The Extricom Channel Blanket™ architecture was designed with mobility as a core value. An Extricom system consists of multiple APs operating on the same channel to create widespread, contiguous blankets of coverage, and a central Extricom switch coordinates AP transmissions to ensure that there is no co-channel interference. The result is wire-like connectivity with no handoffs between APs as wireless clients move around. In addition, multiple Channel Blankets can be layered on the same physical infrastructure; allowing TSTC to provide separate, dedicated networks for 802.11n devices and legacy 802.11b/g devices which enables wireless clients from both generations of the standard to operate at full speed.

For Pat Davison, TSTC Waco's Director of Network & Telecommunication Services, the Extricom system's innovative architecture was a clear differentiator over competing systems. "It's really an apples-to-oranges comparison. When all the other vendors are saying ‘me too' and arguing over the same feature set, Extricom comes along and says ‘not me.' There was just no other vendor that dealt with contention in the manner that Extricom did."

Beyond the tactical problems of enabling network connectivity and mobility, the wireless system is also a strategic solution to TSTC's objective of integrating emerging technology trends into the educational curriculum and environment. "Extricom's wireless LAN helps by furthering the classroom beyond the brick-and-mortar location, room 112, third floor," said Davison. "Education continues wherever you happen to be at the moment with your wireless device."

"As our largest 802.11n implementation to date, Texas State Technical College provides clear insights into how wireless technology is becoming an integral part of the higher educational landscape." said Honoré Labourdette, Extricom's VP of Sales North America. "It's essential, however, that the wireless network be able to support complex, highly mobile applications while providing resilient connectivity and data speeds that rival or exceed wired networks. These traits are at the heart of what Extricom 802.11n is about, and we believe they will be critical to making the Wireless Campus a reality nationwide in the next decade."

New York, NY and Tel Aviv, Israel - May 20, 2009 - Extricom, the leading provider of enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure systems, today announced the release of the EXSW-1632C Switch Cascade. Designed for mission critical and extreme RF environments, Switch Cascade dramatically scales Extricom's Channel Blanket architecture, extending the continuous mobility zone to twice the previous size. Switch Cascade also provides the option of a fully redundant wireless LAN infrastructure, allowing for high-availability scenarios to be supported by an edge WLAN product, an industry first.

Targeting environments such as factories, hospitals and sports stadiums, Switch Cascade enables enterprises to overcome the challenges of maintaining continuous, resilient coverage in large-scale WLAN infrastructures.

"With Switch Cascade, we are now able to deliver fully redundant WLAN systems that support high availability applications at a lower price point than simply doubling the infrastructure," stated Phil Belanger, Extricom's VP of Marketing and Business Development.

"Extricom's Switch Cascade provides a new level of operational versatility to enterprises looking to maximise the utility of their WLAN deployment. The customer can choose to deploy 100% AP redundancy, where there is no performance loss even if a switch failure occurs, or they may use some of the additional APs to cover a larger area."

Extricom's EXSW-1632C Switch Cascade consists of two conjoined 16-port switches. The switches can be positioned several hundred metres apart and their collective APs create a single seamless channel blanket. The switches can also be deployed in a fully redundant primary/secondary mode to ensure continuous network access even if there is an AP or switch failure.

Switch Cascade is compatible with any 802.11a/b/g/n wireless client and interoperable with all Extricom APs, which allow up to four independent coverage blankets to be configured from the same physical infrastructure. It is available as a new hardware product, the EXSW-1632C; or as an upgrade to existing Extricom deployments through a firmware upgrade and an EXSW-1600 that is configured to be the secondary switch in the cascade.

"In today's economic climate, our customers are looking for products that can support widely divergent deployment scenarios without requiring additional modules or licenses," commented Gideon Rottem, CEO of Extricom. "In introducing Switch Cascade, Extricom is providing a highly flexible product tailored to the needs and demands of our customer base, one that fills the gaps other WLAN vendors' products cannot."

Using healthcare as an example, Belanger concludes; "High availability is mandatory for many healthcare deployments. A single EXSW-1632C can provide complete physical redundancy in a dense implementation of access points to support mission-critical activities such as medical telemetry, voice communications, RFID, and real time access to electronic medical records from the same WLAN infrastructure."

Wireless and Mobile 09, Olympia, London, UK - May 20-21, 2009 - Essa Academy, a 900-student Academy in Bolton, England, has completed the deployment of an Extricom Draft N Wireless LAN (WLAN) designed to deliver a multi-media, anytime and anyplace learning environment.  Implemented by systems integrator Solutions House Ltd, the Extricom WLAN will enable the migration of pen-to-digital teaching, allowing students and staff to utilise innovative applications and media both in and beyond the classroom. Supporting a wide array of devices, such as wireless projectors, CCTV, and streaming voice, video and data applications, the WLAN will also underpin the roll-out of Apple iTouches to students in September.

Abdul Chohan, Assistant Director at Essa Academy, comments; "The Academy's mission is to transform and enhance learning opportunities available to students, and technology is key to achieving this. A wireless network brings greater depth and breadth to the education environment.  Through this, students and staff have considerable flexibility and creativity in the way they use tools and applications to support and deepen learning.

"Extricom's blanket wireless coverage ensures we have consistent and reliable connectivity throughout the school campus. No longer confined to the IT suite, students are accessing the network and various applications from the dining hall, playing fields, and taking advantage of different media; uploading videos and podcasts as part of their coursework, for example.  Furthermore, the resilience of the network means we can now explore the option of online exams for up to 200 users in a single location, and even promote the Academy as a business-class conference venue." 

Chohan concludes; "Extricom and Solutions House Ltd have given us the foundations to position Essa Academy as an outstanding learning establishment offering students the best possible environment to maximise their educational and personal development."

With all significant investments fully supported by the Board of Governors and private sponsors, Solutions House Ltd selected Extricom's WLAN system to ensure the Academy would achieve the maximum return-on-investment (ROI) from their wireless network.  Michael Horabin, Managing Director of Solutions House Ltd, said:

"As schools increasingly adopt digital learning structures, it's important that the network foundation can evolve and have the capacity to support new devices and applications.  Extricom's Channel Blanket Architecture enables organisations to increase the availability, density or functionality of the network without requiring new site surveys, or causing interference to the existing network.  The ability to organise network traffic into physically separate layers of coverage allows us to design networks that match the customers' application requirements."

About Essa Academy 

Essa Academy is a new, mixed, non-denominational Academy for 11- to 16 year-olds.  Essa Academy provides an excellent environment for learning and teaching comparable to the best available in the maintained sector. It offers a broad and balanced curriculum to students of all abilities, with special focus on the Science and Languages areas. As Essa Academy becomes fully established it will go on to share the special expertise and the facilities with other schools and the wider community.

About Solutions House 

Solutions House is a network infrastructure provider with a strong track record in the Education sector. Via an in-house engineering team, Solutions House offers a UK-wide service in wireless, cabling, audiovisual systems and unified messaging. Solutions House is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a HP Preferred Partner and one of the most experienced Extricom installation partners in the UK. To see a podcast about the ESSA project, visit www.solutionshouse.ltd.uk, or contact  solutions@solutionshouse.ltd.uk.

New York, NY - May 6, 2009 - The New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), a prestigious military prep school in Roswell, New Mexico, today announced that it has completed deployment of an Extricom wireless LAN system to provide network access for 1000 students and 300-plus faculty and staff members campus-wide. In addition to enabling general network access for research and online learning, the Extricom system will support VoWLAN phones and an RFID system to track school equipment throughout NMMI's 300-acre campus.

Schools are particularly challenging environments for implementing Wi-Fi networks due to capacity issues created when multiple wireless users converge on the same location and use the system simultaneously. An example of this is when 40 students in a lecture hall log in at the beginning of class.

Extricom's innovative Channel Blanket™ architecture resolves these issues through the use of densely deployed access points that are not subject to performance-impacting co-channel interference. Multiple Channel Blankets can be deployed from the same physical infrastructure, allowing applications with different Quality of Service requirements to be layered onto what are essentially separate wireless networks on dedicated channels.

The technological edge provided by Extricom WLAN will enable NMMI to reap immediate benefits in terms of improved student productivity. According to Royce Braggs, Manager of Network Operations at NMMI, "The Extricom system allows more people to get on the wireless network without it bogging down. It's a pretty simple concept, but I think that it's made a huge impact in terms of faculty trying to achieve academic goals with our students."

NMMI deployed the Extricom WLAN to most major buildings on campus, including barracks, academic classrooms, and athletic facilities. The easily expandable and scalable system gives NMMI the ability to deploy future applications without performing a system re-design or upgrade. As Braggs summarized, "Other systems required a large initial build out and didn't offer the features that Extricom did. We looked at the long-term picture and Extricom won hands-down."

"The implementation at NMMI is a striking example of the benefits this technology can bring to the education market." stated Honoré Labourdette, Extricom's VP of Sales North America. "An Extricom wireless solution is simple to deploy, highly flexible in its ability to handle a mix of applications, and can offer guaranteed service levels. These are all critical in making sure that your students can access the network on equal terms and maximize their learning experience wherever they may be on campus, as well as ensuring the needs of school administration and faculty are fully supported."

New York, NY and Tel Aviv, Israel - February 24, 2009 - Extricom, the leading provider of innovative, field-proven enterprise wireless LAN infrastructure systems, today announced that it has bolstered its executive management team with two new appointments. Phil Belanger, VP of Marketing and Business Development, and Yaron Hermeche, CFO, have joined the company to help refine business strategies and the company's focus on evolving its technology solutions to meet the changing market requirements.

Extricom also announced that it has closed a new round of financing that was led by existing investors Magma Venture Partners and Vertex Venture Capital, ensuring that Extricom is well funded for the demands of 2009 and beyond.

"It's no secret that the enterprise technology market in 2009 will be very challenging given the current economic climate", stated Gideon Rottem, Extricom's CEO. "However, our unique wireless LAN infrastructure delivers value today and can help companies achieve real cost-savings and ROI in the face of very tight IT budgets. We believe this will resonate well with customers and enable Extricom to increase market share."

Rottem concludes, "Our investors continue to demonstrate confidence and commitment to Extricom through this recent funding; and the additional experience, skills and expertise of industry veterans Belanger and Hermeche will strengthen the company further."

"Extricom has shown progressive growth and its technology has gained traction in the market place," stated Modi Rosen, Managing Partner for Magma Venture Partners. "We believe the company is positioned well, and the new executive appointments will build on Extricom's core strength and guide the business towards financial independence."

"This is an exciting time to be in the wireless industry," said Belanger, VP Marketing and Business Development. "We are at the beginning of a huge expansion based on the new capabilities enabled by the 802.11n standard. Extricom's unique Channel Blanket^TM architecture is a perfect complement to 11n that solves real world business challenges in the enterprise. I'm looking forward to helping refine and position this industry-leading technology."

Hermeche, CFO for Extricom, adds; "In today's economy, internal financial discipline is as important for technology companies as the product they sell. To this end, we are focused on becoming self-sufficient as part of a business strategy of stable, controlled, and continuous growth for the long-term."

London, UK and Paris, France - October 27, 2008 - Mignot Hospital, an 800-bed facility within the Versailles Hospital System in France, announces the deployment of an Extricom Wireless LAN (WLAN), to mobilize patient data to the bedside and enable medical staff to achieve a new level of care, responsiveness and productivity. Extricom's Interference-Free™ system was chosen for its unmatched mobility, high-bandwidth, and multi-application flexibility.

At the heart of the project was the mobilization of the hospital's Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), a tool that enables users to securely access digital images such as x-rays, in real-time, anywhere in the facility. In doing so, Versailles Hospital System can accelerate patient diagnosis and replace expensive film development.

"Simply put, we needed mobility with throughput. Physicians need to be able to access medical information everywhere," stated Hervé Paris, Versailles Hospital System's director of IT. "We needed real mobility without dropped connections while downloading large, highly time-sensitive files, and Extricom was the only product that could accomplish that. And the same infrastructure had to be able to support any other applications we might choose to deploy."

The IT team at Versailles Hospital System realized that Extricom's Channel Blanket™ architecture would deliver the required flexibility, performance and investment protection. And the return on investment was immediate. After implementation by airmedis, a healthcare wireless IT integrator, the Extricom WLAN cut costs of digital imaging and boosted productivity dramatically, enabling doctors to do in less than two minutes what used to take thirty minutes.

"Extricom is ideal for a hospital environment," said Dan Kirtchuk, executive vice president of sales for Extricom. "Easy, rapid access to information, anywhere in the facility, is critical to quality of care, and Extricom is unique in its ability to deliver an always-on, mobile, and high-throughput wireless connection that rivals the wired network."

Learn more about the Versailles Hospital System project here.

New York, NY, September 22, 2008 - The business case for Voice over WLAN (VoWLAN) in the enterprise is no longer a mystery, and the key to successful deployment is to focus on the infrastructure capabilities, rather than debate device features. This is the finding of Voice over WiFi in the Enterprise, a new report released this month by Aberdeen Group.

For this report, Aberdeen surveyed over 200 enterprises, and the data provides helps to quantify the business benefit of VoWLAN. It also found that infrastructure-related characteristics are the critical factors for success, more so than devices and applications. Most important among these are the WLAN system's ability to maximize coverage, roaming, data-and-voice co-existence, and overall reliability of the WiFi connection; but bolstering any one of these without the others, will also prove unsuccessful.

The report found that best-in-class organizations that have done a good job of VoWLAN implementation achieved a 51% increase in workforce productivity and a 26% reduction in cellular service costs. Organizations that have done a poor job of implementation have realized less than half of the increase in productivity and reduction in costs compared with best-in-class companies.

But what are the secrets to their success? The research found that the best-in-class roll-outs, such as those at Commerce (CA) Casino (the report's featured case study), recognize that voice and data must co-exist on the same investment, and therefore seek technologies that maximize their performance by going beyond the traditional "QoS optimization" discussion. In addition, these companies have placed the highest design priorities on breadth of coverage, seamlessness of mobility, and connection stability. This is different from the traditional attention paid to device features and debates. Bottom line, the right infrastructure will provide the flexibility to choose any desired mix of devices, without limitations.

"Thanks to our Channel Blanket™ WLAN technology, the often-cited hurdles to voice over WiFi are eliminated, since we remove the complexities and performance trade-offs inherent in other WLAN offerings," said David Confalonieri, VP of marketing at Extricom. "Voice is a demanding and unforgiving application, and the Extricom system gives enterprises the always-on, mobile Wi-Fi connection necessary to deploy a truly multi-service infrastructure and maximize the wireless investment."

To obtain a complimentary copy of the report, visit the Aberdeen website.

NEW YORK, NY, July 17, 2008 -  Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise-class wireless solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based services, today announced it has received certification within ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program (TPP). Extricom's WLAN system, based on its Channel Blanket™ technology, extends the ability of ShoreTel's unified communications solutions to allow businesses to seamlessly integrate communications with business processes for a more collaborative and productive enterprise.

"Enterprises and institutions look to ShoreTel for unified communication solutions that perform beyond expectation, and we are committed to meeting that commitment at every turn," said Mark Arman, vice president of business development for ShoreTel. "Now with Extricom in our program, ShoreTel customers will be able to experience ubiquitous, toll-quality voice service over Wi-Fi, without the handoff, mobility, and design complexities inherent in traditional WLAN topologies.

"Extricom seamlessly mobilizes the ShoreTel Unified Communications solution to provide businesses with a high-capacity, wire-like voice service capable of truly replacing the wired network," stated David Confalonieri, vice-president of marketing at Extricom. "Our TTP certification with ShoreTel provides enterprises and solution providers the benefits of streamlined deployment and lower project risks."

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 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.

About the CMP Channel

The CMP Channel 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, the Group's XChange worldwide face-to-face conferences 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.

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.

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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