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Pace Adds 802.11b to Home Networking Portfolio
URL(s): Pace Micro
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2001--
Pace Micro Technology has widened the reach of its home networking portfolio, with the integration of a second
wireless networking standard, 802.11b, into its home networking technology. With two proven, established and robust
wireless technologies in its portfolio - DECT and now 802.11b, Pace now has a `global' home networking solution that is
able to meet the needs of operators worldwide.
Pace is working with Agere Systems, the leader in communication components, to integrate WiFi compatible 802.11b
wireless technology into its Gateway Expander range of products. Pace's Gateway Expander is key to the company's
evolution of the digital set-top box as an interactive home gateway, within the networked home. Plugged into the home
gateway, Pace's Gateway Expander establishes the home network, enabling two-way communication from the external
broadband network to peripheral electronic devices connected around the home.
Pace will use IBC2001 to demonstrate how its 802.11b and DECT-enabled Gateway Expanders provide wireless
connectivity from the home gateway to multiple electronic devices in the home, including PCs, telephone handsets and
hand-held devices. Looking to the future, Pace has the capability to integrate both 802.11b and DECT wireless
standards into one Gateway Expander, enabling simultaneous communication with the widest range of devices.
"Pace's choice of 802.11b and DECT wireless connectivity is part of our `no new wires' approach to home
networking," said Andy Trott, CEO of Networks & Connected Devices for Pace. "To ensure home networking is easy to
install and accessible for the mass market, and to avoid the cost and inconvenience of re-wiring consumers homes, Pace
is using a combination of wireless and existing wired technologies to link electronic devices within the home.
"Falling costs due to the success of 802.11b equipment in the corporate market, combined with an ever-growing
number of 802.11b compatible devices, makes this a key wireless technology for Pace's networked home," he added.
"Pace has a long history of integrating `best of breed' technologies that meet the needs of ourselves and our customers.
This is especially important in the residential wireless networking area, and we are convinced that Agere 802.11b
technology offers an unrivalled combination in terms of performance, reliability and cost-effectiveness."
Notes To Editors
Definitions:
Home Gateway - Pace is evolving the digital set-top box into a more powerful device: an interactive home gateway.
Positioned at the heart of the networked home, Pace's home gateway acts as the portal for interactive communications
into, around and out of a home - enabling electronic devices to link wirelessly or through existing wiring, within the home,
and communicate with the outside world via a high bandwidth data pipe.
Gateway Expander - Pace's `Gateway Expander' technology establishes the home network infrastructure by bringing
together wireless, wireline and powerline networking technologies into a fundamental building block. Acting as a wireless
base station, it enables two-way communication from the broadband network external to the home, to peripheral
electronic devices connected internally to the home network. It can be used as a stand-alone component, or integrated
into the home gateway.
About Pace Micro Technology
Pace Micro Technology plc is a pioneer of digital technology for the home and has helped build the global market for
pay television services. Using this expertise, Pace is evolving the set-top box into a home gateway to enable
sophisticated services for TV and the networked home. In this networked home, the Pace home gateway is the portal for
interactive communications, for consumer devices and services to interact with each other and the outside world.
Pace analogue and digital technology has been installed in over thirteen million homes worldwide since it was founded
in 1982. The company is now actively involved in all digital platforms - satellite, terrestrial, cable, wireless and xDSL -
through alliances with broadcasters, network operators and technology partners in the UK, USA, Europe, Latin America,
Australasia and the Far East. These achievements were made possible through the commitment of Pace's 1400 strong
workforce, over a third of whom are research and development engineers, dedicated to the development of digital
technology for the home and small and home office markets.
Pace's head office is in Shipley West Yorkshire, with further offices in Bracknell, Cambridge, the USA and Hong Kong.
The company's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (PIC). For further information, please visit Pace's web
site at http://www.pace.co.uk
CONTACT: Pace Micro Technology, Shipley West Yorkshire, England
Amanda David, +44(0)1274 537093
E-mail: amanda.david@pace.co.uk
or
Helen Kettleborough, +44(0)1274 538005
E-mail: helen.kettleborough@pace.co.uk
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