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Entertainment Complex Takes No Risks with Wireless, Adopting the New Generation of Voice-over-WiFi from Extricom and SpectraLink


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.

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