Real Estate Developer Delivers Internet Access to Memorial City Mall Shoppers With Proxim Hotspot Solutions
September 28 2004 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Real Estate Developer Delivers Internet Access to Memorial City
Mall Shoppers With Proxim Hotspot Solutions Outdoor Broadband
Wireless Solutions also Deployed to Manage Nearby Office Buildings
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Proxim
Corporation (NASDAQ:PROX), a global leader in wireless networking
equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks, today
announced that MetroNational, a billion dollar real estate
investment, development and management company based in Houston,
Texas, has deployed Proxim's AP-4000 Access Points to deliver Wi-Fi
hot spots at Houston's Memorial City Mall. The company has also
deployed Proxim's Tsunami broadband wireless solutions to remotely
manage and monitor three nearby multi-story office buildings and
connect the buildings to the company's corporate network. "With the
completion of our $300 million redevelopment of Memorial City Mall,
MetroNational positioned the mall as a community center where
people can shop, dine, play and relax," said Angie Sallee,
Marketing Manager for MetroNational. "Now they will also be able to
work online. With open and comfortable living room spaces
throughout, Memorial City Mall is the perfect place for business
people and students. Proxim's Wi-Fi hot spot solution will also let
parents connect to work or do their banking while watching their
children ice-skate or play at the Milky Way PlayCastle." Working
with value-added reseller, CDW, MetroNational implemented four
Proxim Tsunami Point-to-Multipoint 20 Mbps wireless Ethernet
bridges within a few miles radius to connect the mall and three
office buildings located across the street. For the mall hot spots,
they deployed Proxim AP-4000s at the facility's skating rink and
plan to expand hot spots to the food court area of the mall in the
near future. "The Proxim Tsunami bridges delivered the reliability,
coverage and central management we were looking for at
significantly lower costs than either leased lines or other
broadband wireless solutions," said Brian Peterson, PC/LAN
Coordinator for MetroNational. "Not only were they easy to install,
mount and manage, but they've worked flawlessly from the day we
deployed them." "We are excited about the potential of our wireless
network," Peterson added. "One of Proxim's key advantages was its
ability to offer both indoor and outdoor products." Lynn Lucas,
vice president of product marketing for Proxim, commented, "We are
seeing a growing trend among many types of enterprises to deploy
both indoor and outdoor wireless solutions. Deployments like
MetroNational's further point out the unique position Proxim holds
as a leader in both the broadband wireless and Wi-Fi markets."
About Proxim Proxim Corporation is a global leader in wireless
networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks. The
company is providing its enterprise and service provider customers
with wireless solutions for the mobile enterprise, security and
surveillance, last mile access, voice and data backhaul, public hot
spots, and metropolitan area networks. This press release and more
information about Proxim can be found on the Web at
http://www.proxim.com/. MetroNational MetroNational, amazing in its
diversity and broadness of scope, is a privately held, billion
dollar real estate investment, development and management company
headquartered in Houston, Texas. Established in 1954, the company
is active in commercial, healthcare, residential, restaurant,
retail, senior living and telecommunications markets throughout
Texas. For more information on MetroNational, please visit
http://www.metronational.com/. Safe Harbor This press release may
contain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from Proxim's
expectations in these statements. For additional information
regarding risks relating to Proxim's business, see Proxim
Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and
Forms 10-Q for quarters ended April 2, 2004 and July 2, 2004,
Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other relevant materials filed by
Proxim with the SEC. Proxim assumes no obligation and does not
intend to update these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE:
Proxim Corporation CONTACT: Sylvia Clark of Proxim Corporation,
+1-408-542-3357, or ; or Lori S. Hultin of LSH Communications,
+1-818-879-4651, or , for Proxim Web site:
http://www.metronational.com/ Web site: http://www.proxim.com/
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