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INDUSTRY
VETERAN REED HUNDT JOINS TROPOS NETWORKS BOARD |
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Former FCC Chairman Joins Forces with the Industry's Leading
Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Equipment Maker |
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SAN MATEO, CA - April 7, 2004 -- Tropos Networks, a leading supplier of equipment used to build
metro-scale Wi-Fi networks, today announced that Reed E. Hundt
has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Hundt is currently an
advisor on information industries to McKinsey and Company, and
serves on the board of Intel Corporation as well as with a number
of innovative telecommunications startups. |
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“The products developed by Tropos have
the potential to accelerate the deployment of true mobile wireless
broadband access,” said Mr. Hundt. “The use of Wi-Fi
and future open-standard radio technologies, along with patented
mesh protocols, makes the Tropos solution fast, low cost and
simple to deploy and to use. I look forward to working with
this outstanding management team to deliver on the promise of
wireless broadband everywhere.” |
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“We are very fortunate to have a person
of Reed’s experience and stature on our board,”
said Ron Sege, Tropos Networks President and CEO. “His
extensive background in telecommunications and technology will
help the Tropos team achieve our goal of wireless broadband
access anywhere, any time.”
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As Chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) from 1993 to 1997, Mr. Hundt was pivotal in
negotiating the World Trade Organization Telecommunications
agreement, eliminating barriers to open competition in 69 countries
worldwide. In addition, Hundt championed the Snowe-Rockefeller
program, which dedicates over $2 billion annually to the effort
to connect every classroom in America to the Internet. |
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Tropos products can deliver city-wide mobile
broadband access via a scalable, reliable and secure Wi-Fi infrastructure.
The heart of the Tropos solution is a new class of product called
a Wi-Fi cell, which layers patented routing intelligence on
top of 802.11 standard Wi-Fi cells to form an economical, self-configuring and self-healing wireless broadband data network that
forwards client data through a mesh along the highest throughput
path to a wired network. The result is a high performance, large
scale Wi-Fi deployment that doesn’t require wired backhaul
to each access point, installer truck rolls nor expensive and
complex client devices and software. A Tropos system can be
deployed at a multi-square-mile scale in a matter of days, providing
an outdoor mobile broadband experience that is indistinguishable
from indoor wireless and wired experiences. |
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In addition to his role at Tropos and his
other Board roles, Mr. Hundt is a special advisor to Blackstone
Group, a private equity firm based in New York. Mr. Hundt also
teaches a seminar at the Yale Law School and the Yale School
of Management, where he serves as a member of the advisory committee.
Mr. Hundt is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale University,
earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with Exceptional Distinction
in History; he is a graduate of Yale Law School, where he was
a member of the executive board of the Yale Law Journal. |
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About Tropos Networks
Tropos Networks, Inc., is a leading supplier of systems used
to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos unique
Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to control
large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service providers
to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband to users in
any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are low cost and
easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular mesh architecture
and use of optimized open-standard radios dramatically reduce
the need for wired backhaul while eliminating expensive proprietary
clients and complex software. Using the patented Predictive
Wireless Routing Protocol™, Tropos solutions deliver maximum
bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions, at unprecedented
Wi-Fi network scale. Tropos Networks is headquartered in San
Mateo, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com,
call 650-286-4250 or write to info@tropos.com. |
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Tropos Networks and Tropos are trademarks
of Tropos Networks, Inc. All other brand or product names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). |
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