August 09, 2007

ASCOM CERTIFIES FREENET VOICE OVER WI-FI SOLUTION WITH TRAPEZE NETWORKS

Delivers highly reliable wireless voice and messaging services for mission-critical communications in Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and other industries

Ascom Certifies FreeNET Voice over Wi-Fi Solution with Trapeze Networks
Delivers highly reliable wireless voice and messaging services for mission-critical communications in Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and other industries

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC (August 9th, 2007) – Ascom (US) Inc., a leading developer of on-site wireless communications solutions, is pleased to announce that the Ascom FreeNET VoWiFi portfolio is now certified for interoperability with Trapeze Smart Mobile wireless LAN infrastructure.

Combining Ascom’s FreeNET VoWiFi solution and their portfolio of mission-critical communication applications with Trapeze Smart Mobile, dramatically improves the productivity of a large body of highly mobile workers in Healthcare, Retail, Education, Manufacturing, Warehousing and other industries.

While cellular service is often patchy in many indoor environments, the Trapeze / Ascom combination delivers reliable enterprise-wide voice services with unified messaging. The result is total mobility with the ability to respond immediately and solve problems quickly, without wasting resources.

The Ascom FreeNET standards-based solution consists of market-specific VoWiFi portable handsets with direct SIP connection or optional VoIP Gateway for integration to an existing circuit-switched PBX. In addition, FreeNET supports IEEE standards, including 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11e (Quality of Service), and 802.11i (Security). The Ascom i75 handset is the industry’s most robust VoWiFi handset, offering many unique advantages, and full compliance with the very latest IEEE 802.11 and Wi-Fi alliance standards.

Providing the lowest latency and most efficient traffic flows for voice over Wi-Fi, Trapeze Smart Mobile technology overcomes all the limitations of current-generation WLANs by allowing voice traffic to be locally switched at the Access Point, instead of requiring a latency-inducing round-trip through a centralized WLAN controller. Unlike the one-size-fits-all centralized forwarding approach of other WLAN infrastructure vendors, Trapeze’s Smart Mobile combines both centralized and distributed data forwarding based on the requirements of the underlying application. This results in higher performance and increased application scalability —all without the high cost of upgrading WLAN controllers.

“Trapeze Networks has been recognized as a leader in Wi-Fi by firms such as Forrester, Yankee Group and ABI” says Tom McKearney, VP of Marketing and Business Development, Ascom. “Customers can now be confident that the Ascom FreeNET VoWiFi solution has been fully tested and works seamlessly with Trapeze Smart Wireless LAN infrastructure. Interoperability with Trapeze will allow Ascom to expand its FreeNET portfolio into new vertical markets through the extensive Trapeze distributor and reseller network.”

“Ascom’s VoWiFi solution is a complementary addition to our existing wireless infrastructure offering” says Dan Simone, CTO, Trapeze Networks. “We are seeing tremendous demand from our customers for reliable voice services over Wi-Fi networks, especially in Healthcare, Manufacturing and Retail where so much of the workforce is 100% mobile. Our combined solution provides the comfort of assured interoperability and ruggedized VoWi-Fi handsets with long battery life.” The combination of Trapeze Smart Mobile with Ascom i75 handsets delivers toll-quality voice, seamless roaming with no dropped calls and extended utility “Achieving interoperability was an easy process since both Ascom and Trapeze are global companies deeply committed to industry standards including Security, QoS and WMM PowerSave.”

About Trapeze Networks

Trapeze Networks delivers Smart Mobile™ — a ground-breaking approach to wireless networking, enabling organizations to deploy massively scalable mobile applications that leverage their existing infrastructure. Smart Mobile achieves this breakthrough by introducing intelligent switching, the first and only WLAN architecture that optimizes network traffic based on the underlying application. With Smart Mobile intelligent switching, organizations can support the most demanding next generation wireless applications such as toll-quality voice over WLAN for thousands of users, seamless indoor/outdoor mobility, and high-speed networks based on 802.11n — all without requiring expensive forklift upgrades. Trapeze Networks is well-capitalized, with strategic investments from networking industry leaders including Juniper Networks, Motorola, and Nortel Networks. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with operations in Europe, Japan, and Asia-Pacific. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.

About Ascom

ASCOM WIRELESS SOLUTIONS is a leading provider of on-site wireless communications for key segments such as hospitals, manufacturing, retail and hotels. More than 70,000 systems are installed at major companies all over the world. The company offers a broad range of voice and professional messaging solutions, creating value for customers by supporting and optimizing their Mission-Critical Processes. The solutions are based on VoWiFi, IP-DECT, DECT, Nurse Call and paging technologies, smartly integrated into existing enterprise systems. The company has subsidiaries in 10 countries and employs 1,200 people worldwide. Founded in the 1950s and based in Göteborg, Sweden, Ascom Wireless Solutions is part of the Ascom Group, listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.


Press Contact:
Tom McKearney
Tom.mckearney@ascomwireless.com
919-234-2507

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