Australian Carrier Launches RoamAD Metro Wi-Fi Network in Downtown Perth.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- RoamAD, the leading supplier of software for infrastructure-mesh metro Wi-Fi networks, today announced that Metromesh, an Australian based licensed telecommunications carrier, has launched a metro Wi-Fi network using RoamAD technology. Metromesh began offering wireless services earlier this week on its metro Wi-Fi network in downtown Perth, the capital of Australia's largest state, Western Australia Western Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,409,965), 975,920 sq mi (2,527,633 sq km), Australia, comprising the entire western part of the continent. It is bounded on the N, W, and S by the Indian Ocean. Perth is the capital. . "The Metromesh deployment is another great example of how RoamAD enables its customers to take control of their network needs at a lower price point and with greater flexibility than any other approach," said Craig Cameron Craig Cameron (born July 19, 1945 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 552 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota North Stars, and New York Islanders. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , RoamAD. Metromesh licensed RoamAD's wireless networking platform and installed the required software modules directly onto multi-radio network nodes. Metromesh assembled the nodes from industry standard commodity hardware in accordance with the RoamAD reference design. The network was then deployed following RoamAD's infrastructure-mesh network architecture. "We were thrilled to license RoamAD's software for our metro Wi-Fi network. The result is that we have a more cost-effective, highly-flexible network on which we can provide carrier-grade services, including mobile VoIP and high-speed data, to our customers," said Glenn Farrow farrow see farrowing. , Managing Director, Metromesh. Metromesh is scheduled to expand the initial network to cover half of downtown Perth by the end of May 2005, and provide 80% coverage by the end of the year. About RoamAD RoamAD(TM) is the leading supplier of software for large-scale metro Wi-Fi networks, highway Wi-Fi networks and campus hotzones. RoamAD's radio-agnostic, software-based platform can be installed on commodity hardware. The software platform is optimized to support high-speed data and mobile VoIP. RoamAD has been at the forefront of the growing metro Wi-Fi market since it deployed the world's first metro Wi-Fi network in August 2002. In 2005, RoamAD was the first metro-scale Wi-Fi network equipment vendor to unbundle To sell components in a system separately. Contrast with bundle. its software platform. RoamAD networks are deployed in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia/New Zealand. The company's technology roadmap includes 802.16 WiMAX. RoamAD is a trademark of RoamAD Holdings Limited. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). About Metromesh Metromesh is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of aCure Technology Pty Ltd., an Australian telecommunications carrier. Metromesh will operate the metro Wi-Fi network that will allow residents, tourists, business professionals, local government personnel and emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' to access high-speed wireless Internet and mobile VoIP services throughout the network area. |
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