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Sify Picks Proxim For WiMAX

Eliza Villarino — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:22:00 +0000

Sify Limited, India’s leading ISP, has opted for Proxim Wireless’s 5.8 GHz Tsunami MP.11 WiMAX-ready product line to serve as its core platform for last-mile access and other mobile features. The decision came following an eight-month testing and evaluation of products from various vendors. MP.11, which enables WiMAX capabilities for unlicensed frequency bands, houses shock-resistant base stations and indoor/outdoor subscriber units. Sify has so far deployed over 700 MP.11 base stations and 3,500 subscriber units in more than 200 cities in the Asian country.

Proxim Unveils Mesh Nodes With Wireless Backhaul

Eliza Villarino — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:33:00 +0000

Proxim Wireless is now offering WiFi mesh base nodes with wireless backhaul in licensed or unlicensed spectrum. MeshMAX is a system that integrates AP4000MR, the company’s outdoor mesh nodes, with broadband wireless radios for backhaul, which can be either 802.16d fixed WiMAX in the 3.5GHz range or Proxim’s “pre-WiMax” MP11 base station in unlicensed spectrum of 2.4GHz or 5.1GHz-5.8GHz. MeshMAX relies on thin BSTs, which can be installed in streetlights or existing cell towers and operated centrally from a network management system. Proxim CEO Robert Fitzgerald said the solution allows carriers with 3.5GHz spectrum to “do 16d with a 16e-like (mobile WiMAX) experience,” and, with the existence of about 300 million devices today, removes the need to issue special 16e data cards for machines such as laptops.
Via [cbronline.com]

Terabeam Grabs Proxim’s Assets

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:30:00 +0000

The saga surrounding the fate of struggling wireless kit vendor Proxim Corp. has taken another surprise twist, with an announcement that the company is to be acquired by broadband wireless player Terabeam Wireless for approximately $28 million.
Via [lightreading.com]

Wireless Firm Proxim Sells Itself For $21m

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:17:00 +0000

Troubled wireless networking firm Proxim announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement which effectively sells “substantially all its assets” to networking group Moseley Associates.
Via [vnunet.com]

Proxim Introduces Pre-WiMax Product

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 03 Nov 2004 14:21:00 +0000

Proxim has unveiled the Tsunami MP.11 Model 5054-R, the next product in a generation of point-to-multipoint outdoor fixed wireless devices that will serve as a part of a migration platform to WiMax solutions expected in the second half of 2005.
Via [computerweekly.com]

Proxim Unveils Wi-Fi Management, SMB Access Point

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:31:00 +0000

Proxim on Monday unveiled the ORiNOCO Smart Wireless Suite, designed to help enterprises plan, deploy and manage their Wi-Fi networks.
Via [news.zdnet.com]

Proxim Brings On Wireless Switch Substitute

Wayne Slavin — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:17:00 +0000

Proxim has started selling a software suite to knit access points together and contend with purpose-built wireless switches from other vendors. The suite is made up of a range of software from third parties.
Via [arnnet.com.au]

Wi-Fi World Under Threat From Symbol Patent

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 22:20:00 +0000

Wireless vendor Symbol Systems has told us it will be seeking a big license fee from all Wi-Fi equipment vendors for an infringed patent. And according to one manufacturer, Proxim, it stands a good chance of getting it.
Via [techworld.com]

Proxim, Symbol Make Nice After Settlement

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:55:00 +0000

Today, Holtsville, N.Y.-based Symbol Technologies and WLAN equipment-making rival Proxim of Sunnyvale, Calif., announced a settlement and partnership deal bringing to a conclusion the company’s patent lawsuits of the last few years.
Via [internetnews.com]

Proxim, Intel To Develop WiMax Reference Kit

Wayne Slavin — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:23:00 +0000

Intel and wireless equipment maker Proxim today said they would collaborate on the development of WiMAX kit for both ends of the broadband wireless link.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Proxim Sails Up Agere’s Orinoco

Wayne Slavin — Wed, 19 Jun 2002 06:14:00 +0000

Proxim is to buy the ORiNOCO-branded WLAN equipment business from Agere Systems for $65m in cash. Following the acquisition, Proxim claims it will have market leadership in the 802.11 sector.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Proxim And Western Multiplex Agree To Merge

Wayne Slavin — Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:26:00 +0000

Proxim Inc. and Western Multiplex Corp. have agreed to combine their companies, bringing Proxim’s wireless LAN expertise under the same roof as Western Multiplex’s fixed broadband wireless access and backhaul technologies. The combined company, which will retain the Proxim name, will have an end-to-end wireless networking solution for enterprise LANs, campus networking, last-mile access and home networking.
Via [eetimes.com]