American Access Technologies, Anixter International Team Up for First Wireless Zone Cabinet Order.Business Editors LAKE MARY Lake Mary may refer to:
American Access Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:AATK AATK Always At the Keyboard ), through its distributor Anixter International Anixter International (NYSE: AXE) is a Fortune 500 (#454, Fortune 2007) company based in Glenview, Cook County, Illinois, and founded in 1957. Anixter is a large distributor of communication products and electrical and electronic wire and cable, and a leading distributor of (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AXE), has sold 1,000 of its new wireless access point ceiling enclosures to a worldwide leader in networking services, the Company announced today. The end-user is installing American Access enclosures after successfully testing them in a pilot program prior to implementing wireless networks into its corporate facilities around the country, said Vice President Wil Boyd. "We are impressed at the ease in which Anixter and its global account management team is taking this product to the market. We hope this initial order is the first of many," Boyd said. American Access manufactures patented zone cabling units that mount in ceilings, raised floors, and in custom furniture, routing traditional cabling, fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber and wireless to the office desktop. The Company's concept of "zone cabling" reduces costs for installation and moves, adds, and changes by as much as 70% while providing plug and play, up-gradable networks, fiber optics and wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area . Anixter International is the world's leading distributor of products that connect businesses to today's digital networks. The Company adds value to the distribution process by providing its customers access to: 1.) the largest technical sales force in the industry, 2.) more than 87,000 products and $600 million in inventory, 3.) 100 warehouses with more than 4 million square feet of space, and 4.) locations in 175 cities in 40 countries. Founded in 1957 and headquartered near Chicago, Anixter trades on The New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol AXE. News and product/service information are available at http://www.aatk.com. Note: This press release for American Access Technologies, Inc. may contain forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, regarding events, conditions and financial trends that may affect the Company's operating results and financial position. Prospective investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual events or results may differ from the Company's expectations, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties listed in the Company's SEC filings. |
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