Mobile Public Safety Is Not Just For Small Towns - Patrick Leary http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160403766
The Fresno system provides greater than 95% coverage of the 50% of the city has chosen to roll out first, and does so at about 1/10th the cost of mesh systems that the city trialed according to Alvarion's Chief Evangelist aka Patrick Leary. "Several other things make this project important: it is an excellent example that demonstrates that wireless broadband for public safety is no longer just for small, rural towns." Fresno has a population around 500k, so it is a major tier 2 city. Also, it is the first major public safety network that converges BWA with WiFi, since each police vehicle will receive an Alvarion SU-M with integrated 802.11b. SCOOP: Patrick has two product announcements he'll make during this Wireless Tech Radio show, so tune in to catch them! www.alvarion-usa.com Airspan - Eric Stonestrom Airspan, Alvarion, and Redline jumped the pack two weeks ago with their announcement to conduct private interoperability testing of their WiMAX products later this year. So we thought we'd like to learn more about Airspan by inviting CEO Eric Stonestrom to join us. Airspan, founded in 1992, has revenues now approaching $100 Million with over 300 customers in 95 countries and is a founding member and Board member of the WiMAX Forum.With products poised to deploy WiMAX around the globe, Eric may tell us a bit of their plans for WiMAX as he sees it evolving and, of course, what differentiates their product today. www.Airspan.com ---- Frank Keeney Tel: +1-626-344-1424 Pasadena Networks, LLC http://www.wlanparts.com
