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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Belair Networks Chooses Azimuth Test Solution For Wireless Products
ACTON, MA- March 7, 2004 - Azimuth Systems, Inc., innovators in scalable, automated wireless network test systems, today announced that BelAir Networks, a leading supplier of wide-area wireless broadband solutions, has chosen Azimuth’s award-winning W-Series wireless test platform as its standard for validating the reliability and quality of its Wi-Fi technologies.
“As a manufacturer of carrier-grade wireless broadband products for both indoor and outdoor environments, it is essential to us that we have a cost-effective, efficient and – most importantly – credible way to offer our customers solid quality assurances,” said Stephen Rayment, CTO, BelAir Networks. “The Azimuth system provides us with a repeatable testing roadmap which is already proven in the marketplace. Our customers are confident in our wide-area broadband solutions because they know that they have been deployed only after rigorous testing.”
BelAir Networks’ wireless broadband solutions are designed for large-scale and metro deployments. They are ideal for hotels, conference and convention centers, as well as higher education campuses, transportation centers and corridors, and metro scale public and essential services networks. A BelAir wide-area wireless broadband network is built on a patented mesh architecture that provides a high-capacity wireless backbone. This mesh is combined with modular wireless multi-service switch routers designed for outdoor deployment to provide coverage over large areas and into buildings. The complete BelAir Networks’ offering simplifies wireless infrastructures, reduces capital and operating expenditures, and delivers unmatched coverage, capacity and deployment flexibility.
“BelAir Networks is a perfect customer for Azimuth,” said Ray Cronin, CEO of Azimuth. “Not only does the company offer carrier-grade equipment that must be robust and reliable, but its system handles multiple users with multiple interfaces, including voice, data and video. Attempting to test such a complex system without a platform like the W-Series would take hundreds of human hours. With our platform, BelAir is quickly able to add, subtract and change many real-life variables in its testing to ensure that its systems will behave in a predictable way for its customers.”
The Azimuth W-Series is the industry’s first standardized test platform for system level testing of 802.11 wireless access points, clients and other devices. Designed from the ground up as an off-the-shelf, wireless LAN test platform, W-Series systems provide the ability to configure an entire WLAN network in a bench top chassis designed for complete Radio Frequency (RF) isolation and control. The flexibility and programmability of the W-Series allows for the thorough evaluation of wireless LAN equipment under varying mobility conditions and traffic patterns, as well as precise analysis of the results. The system offers an ideal environment to perform software design validation and to test advanced wireless functionality and performance including the latest IEEE standards.
About BelAir Networks:
BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, wide-area wireless broadband solutions with the highest quality for data, voice and video. BelAir’s wireless networking solutions are built on the only multi-service architecture for wide-area wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and 3G Cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor deployments, BelAir Networks’ patented solution delivers the lowest cost per user and deploys in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and college campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Kanata, Ontario. For more information, please visit www.belairnetworks.com.
About Azimuth:
Azimuth Systems, Inc. (www.azimuthsystems.com) is an innovator in wireless data communications test solutions. Azimuth’s W-Series, the industry’s first 802.11 test platform, sets the standard for wireless data test solutions by allowing system and semiconductor vendors to provide their customers with higher quality products in a shorter time-to-market. Based in Acton, Massachusetts, Azimuth is a leader in defining widely accepted wireless data communications performance metrics and test environments. Founded in 2002, Azimuth is backed by prestigious investors, including Kodiak Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
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