March 07, 2005
NETCOLOGNE DEPLOYS TRAPEZE NETWORKS WLAN AT GERMANY'S KOELNMESSE EXHIBITION CENTER
Trapeze WLAN Offers Real Business Benefits for Exhibitors at the Koelnmesse Exhibition Center PLEASANTON, Calif. — March 7, 2005 — Trapeze Networks™, maker of award-winning wireless local area networking (WLAN) systems, today announced that NetCologne, one of Germany's pre-eminent metro and regional service providers, has installed a Trapeze WLAN throughout the expanse of halls, exhibit areas and press offices at the mammoth Koelnmesse event center.
NetCologne has been the official carrier for Koelnmesse for several years, providing telecom and data networking services to visitors, exhibitors, the media and in-house staff. With the Trapeze Mobility System™, these constituents will have secure, on-demand WLAN access at Koelnmesse, enabling the vast center to eliminate the cost and complexity of cabling.
"Implementing a WLAN at Koelnmesse made good business sense because of the ever-changing exhibition environment and dynamic flow of visitors," said Ivan Andric, Manager Systems Engineering at NetCologne. "After thoroughly testing several WLAN products, we determined that Trapeze offered the best approach because of its architecture, central planning and management capabilities. Having such granular control over Trapeze Mobility Points™ is very useful in our dynamic environment."
The immense Koelnmesse facility has low ceilings and a multitude of columns throughout the premises that are filled with several kilometers of cabling. Ordinarily, these obstacles would make wireless planning and installation difficult and necessitate a multitude of access points. However, with the Trapeze RingMaster™ planning and management tool suite, these obstacles were overcome quite easily by the installation team at TGS-Telonic Ltd., a premier Trapeze system integrator.
"After importing CAD building plans into the system, RingMaster showed us quickly how many Mobility Exchange switches and Mobility Points we needed and where to install them to give us the precise RF coverage throughout Koelnmesse," said Klaus Heidelberg, network consultant for TGS-Telonic's technology team.
The Trapeze WLAN Mobility System will also be deployed throughout Koelnmesse's newly built facilities in early 2006. Four exhibition halls encompassing 80,000 square meters of indoor space and 75,000 square meters of outdoor space are currently under construction. It includes a modern "tradeshow boulevard" that winds its way across the event center grounds to connect all the halls and a new south entrance to welcome visitors.
About NetCologne
As a regional fixed network operator, NetCologne supplies the economic area of Cologne/Bonn with forward looking communications technology. The company operates its own network and is a provider of internet services, connections to the land-based network and cable television. In addition, its services include corporate networks, data services and custom-made telecommunications solutions. The company currently boasts a total of 543 employees. In 2004 the company achieved a turnover of 170 million Euros. For more information:
www.netcologne.de.
About TGS-Telonic Ltd.
TGS-Telonic Ltd. - Distribution and technical services has more than thirty years of experience in the IT-Systems and Measurement Technique branches. Due to our know how and quality of service we have become one of the leading System-Integrators in Germany. We see our challenge in the uniting of heterogeneous information-carriers and diverse network-infrastructures into a harmoniously self-contained system and to monitor these as such. TGS-Telonic employs 80 people in four locations throughout Germany. Through cooperation with national and international manufacturers TGS-Telonic has acquired independent solutions with the best products to date, to meet the demands and expectations of today's market. For more information:
www.telonic.de.
About Trapeze Networks
Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) in August, 2004 and has been the recipient of eight industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN Solution in 2004, in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze raised $50 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com.
