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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/