May 02, 2005

United Kingdom Research Council Deploys Wireless Throughout Labs with the help of Trapeze Networks and Telindus

PLEASANTON, Calif. — May 2, 2005 — Trapeze Networks™, the award-winning provider of the enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, today announced that the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), one of Europe's biggest multidisciplinary research groups, has deployed a Trapeze WLAN with service and support by Telindus, one of Trapeze's largest European resellers.

This project is one of the largest deployments of its kind in the United Kingdom. The initial wireless rollout orchestrated by Telindus consisted of a Trapeze Mobility Exchange™ (MX-400) and 35 dual-radio Mobility Points (MP-352) at the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire, and an MX-400, MX-20, two MX-8s and 45 MPs at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. Dual-radio MPs were vital to the Council's labs to control quality of service in the air. The Council is planning to expand its WLAN to new buildings in the coming months.

Strong guest access capabilities, a cost-effective centralized WLAN architecture, and robust planning and management tools were determining factors in choosing a Trapeze WLAN. The Council evaluated a number of systems before deciding on Trapeze.

"The ability to give our staff, visitors, researchers and technologists secure access to the Internet from our labs is increasingly important to us," said Keith Cope, network support manager at the Daresbury Laboratory. "The Trapeze RingMaster planning and management tool was key to our decision to purchase this system."

The Council supports scientists and engineers worldwide. It operates large-scale, world-class research facilities, provides strategic advice to the government, and manages international projects on behalf of the United Kingdom research community.

Formed in 1995, the Council owns and operates the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, the Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire and the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire. These facilities provide access to the research community and offer extensive scientific and technical expertise.

About Telindus
The publicly listed Telindus Group (Euronext Brussels, ticker TEL) is a one-stop service partner, solution provider and manufacturer for fixed and mobile networks.

Telindus, the Integrator, has extensive expertise, encompassing consulting, integration and managed services, in all areas of modern telecommunications applications and technologies for local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN), wide area networks (WAN), virtual private networks (VPN), network access and security, surveillance and networked applications.

Telindus is a manufacturer of broadband access and video surveillance solutions. Combined with a large networking product portfolio from strategic suppliers and partners, Telindus is the best route to leading edge technology and best of breed products and services for both operators and enterprises.

Since its foundation in 1969, Telindus has made significant investments in establishing a solid footprint of networking and security expertise in Europe and beyond. With a full operational presence in as many as 15 countries across Europe and South East Asia and employing almost 2.300 people, Telindus provides customers with both business and technology focused solutions. Telindus' own products are distributed by an extensive network of agents across the globe.

Telindus has its corporate headquarters at Heverlee, close to the university city of Leuven, Belgium. For more information on Telindus' networking solutions and services, please visit www.telindus.com.

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 a partnership with both D-Link and Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) in March 2005. Trapeze has also been the recipient of nine industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN Solution, in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze has raised $67.5 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., U.S.A.

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