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TROPOS
NETWORKS SIGNS NISSHO ELECTRONICS AS DISTRIBUTOR IN JAPAN |
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Team
Scores First Success with NTT Communications in Iwakuni, Japan |
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SUNNYVALE, CA - March 9, 2005
-- Tropos Networks, the leading supplier of equipment used to build
metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks, today announced that its family
of MetroMesh routers and management software is now available
in Japan through Nissho Electronics. Tropos and Nissho scored
their first win as a team with NTT Communications, who will
use Tropos equipment in an installation at the United States
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) in Iwakuni, Japan. |
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Nissho Electronics is one of Japan's leading
distributors and system integrators of IT related products and
services. Nissho provides the Japanese market with advanced
products and services incorporating new technologies, as well
as new approaches to solving problems. Nissho has identified
metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networks as key technology for meeting
current and future customer needs and has chosen Tropos Networks
as its primary supplier of metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh systems. Nissho
Electronics will sell solutions created by Tropos products together
with other devices including IP phones, IP cameras, active RFID
and ZigBee. |
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"Nissho Electronic is always looking for
innovative solutions to integrate into our EoIP (Everything
over IP) vision," said Mr. Toshiaki Kibe, General Manager, Business
Development Division, Nissho Electronics. "Tropos MetroMesh
meets customer needs by providing a proven metro-scale Wi-Fi
mesh networking solution that is fast, reliable, low-cost and
easy to deploy and operate. We look forward to Tropos Networks'
future integration of WiMAX into the MetroMesh architecture."
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"We are delighted to partner with Nissho
Electronics for metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networking in Japan,
and with our win together at NTT Communications," said Mr. Ron
Sege, president and CEO of Tropos. "Japan is a great consumer
of both broadband and mobile networking. We expect that the
country will be a great market for mobile wireless broadband
and are excited to team with Nissho to deliver solutions to
the Japanese market." |
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Tropos and Nissho recently scored their first
win as a team with NTT Communications. NTT Communications selected
Tropos for use in the Iwakuni MCAS network based on successfully
completing a trial in Tokyo, Japan. During the trial and while
planning the Iwakuni installation, NTT Com worked closely with
Nissho. |
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About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos Networks is the proven leader in delivering truly ubiquitous,
metro-scale, Wi-Fi mesh network systems. We deliver the fastest,
lowest cost and simplest wireless broadband solutions, as demonstrated
by the world’s largest installed base of metro-scale Wi-Fi
mesh networks. Our innovative and patented MetroMesh™
architecture allows public safety agencies, municipalities and
service providers to quickly and easily deliver city-wide mobile
broadband connectivity to users in any locale. With more than
10x better price/performance than alternative technologies,
Tropos solutions provide standards-based access to any IP application,
including voice, data and video. Tropos Networks is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit
www.tropos.com,
call 408-331-6800 or write to
info@tropos.com. |
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Tropos Networks, Tropos, MetroMesh, PWRP
and Metro-Scale Mesh Networking Defined 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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About Nissho Electronics
Nissho Electronics is one of Japan’s leading
distributors and system integrators of IT related products and
services such as server storage, carrier-class backbone networks,
software, system components, and peripherals. Nissho’s
principal role is to provide the Japanese market with advanced
products and services incorporating new technologies, as well
as to offer new approaches. Working with its customers, Nissho
identifies cutting-edge technologies that best meet their current
and future needs, and helps them find ways to utilize the technology.
For more information about Nissho, visit www.nissho-ele.co.jp
or call +81-3- 3544-8448. |
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