Intel, Proxim to Deliver Fixed and Portable WiMAX Products

Intel, Proxim to Deliver Fixed and Portable WiMAX Products


SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Intel Corporation and Proxim Corporation today announced a collaboration to
develop and deliver WiMAX solutions for fixed and portable broadband wireless
access. The agreement includes the development of base station and subscriber
unit access points that deliver fast wireless access for data, voice and video
services.

WiMAX, known also as 802.16, is an emerging technology that allows long-range
high-speed wireless Internet access, serving both dense metropolitan areas and
rural or suburban communities.

"We as an industry are headed toward the 'broadband wireless era,' and WiMAX
will play a key role in delivering on our vision," said Scott Richardson,
general manager of Intel's Broadband Wireless Division. "The next wave is about
portability, with people wanting access anywhere. Together, Intel and Proxim
will enable people around the globe to use emerging services and content in
their homes, businesses, and on the road."

Initially, the companies will work together on fixed base stations (supporting
the 802.16a, revision d specification), as well as customer premise equipment
(CPE) for fixed wireless networks. In addition to delivering a future WiMAX
Forum Certified(TM) CPE, Proxim intends to develop a WiMAX Forum Certified base
station marketed as the Proxim Tsunami MP.16. The new base station can be
deployed as a cost-effective alternative for enterprise and service providers
looking to provide high-speed broad reach access to their customers.

Also as part of the collaboration, the companies will co-develop a reference
design for WiMAX Forum Certified CPE equipment. Intel will provide the CPE
architecture, including the key hardware and software components as a reference
design for other WiMAX equipment makers. The reference design will help
subscriber station designers bring products to market faster, assisting in the
proliferation of WiMAX technology for both licensed and unlicensed networks.

Proxim will target traditional wireless carrier and enterprise customers
looking to provide their users with cost-effective broadband wireless
solutions. Proxim will include its core wireless software capabilities that
enable subscriber roaming, increased subscriber support and dynamic bandwidth
management.

WiMAX for Portability

Intel and Proxim will also work together to develop base stations based on the
emerging 802.16e specification designed to enable broadband wireless
portability. Portability will enable powerful new applications, and will be
ideal for global service providers and carriers looking to introduce advanced
data services.

"Proxim strongly believes in both the technological and market potential of
WiMAX and particularly portable implementations of WiMAX," said Kevin Duffy,
chief operating officer at Proxim Corporation. "We are pleased that Intel has
chosen to work with Proxim to address this most exciting prospect for WiMAX
technology. We will work closely with Intel to bring industry-leading WiMAX
Forum Certified solutions to market, and to drive market adoption both at the
system and client level."

Proxim plans to deliver its fixed WiMAX Forum Certified broadband wireless
solution in early 2005, and portable WiMAX Forum Certified solutions in late
2005.  Shipment of any WiMAX Forum Certified product is dependent on the start
of interoperability and certification testing, which is currently scheduled to
begin in late 2004.

About Intel

Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of
computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about
Intel is available at http://www.intel.com/.

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 public hot spots,
voice and data backhaul, enterprise campuses, security and surveillance,
broadband wireless access and mobile professionals.  This press release and
more information about Proxim can be found on the Web at
http://www.proxim.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. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning
Proxim's delivery of fixed WiMAX Forum Certified solutions in early 2005 and
portable WiMAX Forum Certified solutions in late 2005.  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 Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended April 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. 

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