BelAir Networks and ARRIS TeleWire Supply Announce Reseller Agreement for Industry's Most Comprehensive Wireless Mesh Product Family; ARRIS TeleWire Supply Complements its HFC Offering with BelAir Networks Wireless Mesh Portfolio.KANATA, Ontario Kanata is a large suburban area in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,it has a population of 90,000 and is growing rapidly. It is located just to the west of the Greenbelt and is one of the largest of several communities that surround central Ottawa. -- Wireless mesh networking leader, BelAir Networks, today announced that the company is entering into a agreement with ARRIS ar·ris n. pl. arris or ar·ris·es The sharp edge or ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an angle, as in a molding. [Alteration of Old French areste, fishbone, spine TeleWire Supply for the resale of BelAir's product portfolio throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . ARRIS TeleWire Supply, a leading full-line supplier of broadband Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) products in the U.S., offers tools, hardware and infrastructure products to the cable industry. BelAir Networks provides a comprehensive wireless mesh See wireless mesh network. product portfolio that delivers three times the performance at the same price as traditional single-radio solutions. "ARRIS TeleWire Supply has built its reputation and its business by supplying cable operators across North America with best in class products for their networks," said Bob Puccini, President, ARRIS TeleWire Supply. "The BelAir Networks wireless mesh portfolio is a welcome addition to our product line. It provides opportunities for our cable operator customers to quickly, cost-effectively and competitively expand their service offerings and their markets with wireless mesh deployments for cities, campuses, resorts, MDUs and business customers." The BelAir family of single-, dual-, and multi-radio wireless mesh nodes includes the BelAir50S and BelAir100S which are optimized for strand-mounting on existing cable infrastructure, feature a DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. (R) interface and are plant-powered. With more than 120 deployments worldwide, BelAir developed the first multi-service wireless mesh architecture supporting Wi-Fi, WiMAX and cellular services on a single mesh and offers the only wireless mesh solution optimized to deliver carrier-grade voice. "BelAir's agreement with ARRIS TeleWire Supply is a reflection of the increasing demand we're experiencing for our wireless mesh products from the cable industry," said Bernard Herscovich, President and 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. , BelAir Networks. "ARRIS TeleWire Supply provides the reach, distribution, support and complementary products that make it easier and more convenient for cable operators throughout North America to deploy BelAir's carrier-grade products." BelAir Networks comprehensive product portfolio includes the flagship BelAir200 Wireless Multi-service Switch Router See layer 3 switch. , the dual-radio BelAir100 Multi-service Node, the recently announced BelAir100C Multi-service Node featuring point-to-multipoint backhaul, the BelAir100S, and the single-radio BelAir50C and BelAir50S, all seamlessly managed by the BelAir BelView Network Management System. BelAir also recently announced the BelAir300 Converged Multi-service Wireless Node, combining cellular, Wi-Fi and wireless mesh on a converged platform. About ARRIS TeleWire Supply ARRIS TeleWire Supply is a nationwide full-line supplier of broadband HFC products offering customers a wide selection of brands from a broad range of manufacturers. In addition to its traditional distributed products, ARRIS TeleWire Supply also markets proprietary products under its Regal(TM) and MONARCH(TM) brand names. Information about ARRIS TeleWire Supply products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com About BelAir Networks BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, wide-area wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 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 campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For more info, visit www.belairnetworks.com. DOCSIS(R) is a trademark of CableLabs. |
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