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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Ekahau Announces Wi-Fi Location Tag
SARATOGA, California, June 1 --
- Ekahau T101 Wi-Fi Tag Enables Real-time People and Asset Tracking Over
Standard Wi-Fi networks.
Ekahau, the leading provider of accurate Wi-Fi positioning solutions and
site survey tools, today announced the availability of the Ekahau T101 Wi-Fi
tag development kit. This development kit includes the Ekahau Positioning
Engine (EPE) 3.0 software and 5 battery powered Wi-Fi tags, for people and
asset tracking within standard Wi-Fi networks. The award winning EPE software
can also track the location of wireless laptops, PDAs, barcode readers and
other Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
Unlike competing solutions, the Ekahau T101 tags do not need any
proprietary antenna or radio infrastructure on site, but can work with any
standard 802.11b and g access point brands, thus enabling pure Wi-Fi based
real-time tracking of people, equipment and assets. The Ekahau solution
provides enterprises a low cost and rapid way to deploy a tracking solution
in their environment. Unlike RFID or Infrared based solutions, the T101 tag
is not required to be in the close proximity of a reader gate or scanner.
This allows the T101 tags to be used for continuous location tracking as long
as the tag is within Wi-Fi coverage area, which can encompass an entire
building or campus.
"The Ekahau T101 will fundamentally change the traditional location
tracking market dynamics." says Antti Korhonen, CEO and President, Ekahau,
Inc. "With Ekahau T101, people and asset tracking solutions will be easy and
cost effective to deploy on top of any standard Wi-Fi network, and
enterprises can continue to leverage Wi-Fi for data and voice applications as
usual."
The Ekahau T101 is targeted at enterprises who deploy wireless systems in
areas such as healthcare, warehousing and any other industry segments, where
a wireless location tracking system brings value in improving work flow,
security and employee safety, as well a wide array of uses for tracking
assets and valuable production equipment. Typical applications include:
enabling hospital staff to locate nearest caregivers, patients or critical
equipment, warehouse managers dispatching lift trucks by location,
manufacturing site managers tracking employees for safety, plus several other
next generation asset and people tracking applications.
T101 development kit will start shipping to customers in limited quantity
by the end of June 2004. Suggested list price for the development kit,
including the required EPE 3.0 software 15-client version and five T101 tags,
is targeted at $4,990. Pricing for additional tags starts at $65 per tag.
About Ekahau, Inc.
Ekahau, Inc. is the industry leader in location-enabling Wi-Fi networks.
Ekahau's customers include leading corporations around the world that are
realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi-based location services and innovative
network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners include wireless
software developers, leading system integrators, and international OEM
partners, who develop and market next generation location-based applications.
For more information about Ekahau, please visit http://www.ekahau.com
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