Hand Held Products Selects Aironet MI3100 Series for Its Dolphin Handheld Computers.AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1999-- Aironet Wireless Communications Aironet is a maker of wireless networking equipment currently operated as a division of Cisco Systems. It was started by ex-Marconi Wireless employees in 1986 as Telesystems SLW in Canada, right after the United States FCC opened up the ISM bands for spread spectrum license-free , Inc. (Nasdaq:AIRO AIRO Air Officer AIRO ACT Internet Reporting Option AIRO Army Imagery Requirements Office (US Army) ) -- a leading provider of high performance wireless local area network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) solutions -- announced today that Hand Held Products, a leading manufacturer and marketer of handheld computers and bar code scanners, has chosen to use Aironet's MI3100 Series(TM) in its Dolphin(R) family of handheld computers. The Aironet MI3100(TM) is a lightweight 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 adapter that easily integrates into small handheld and palmtop palmtop or hand-held personal computer, lightweight, small, battery-powered, general-purpose programmable computer. It typically has a miniaturized full-function, typewriterlike keyboard for input and a small, full color, liquid-crystal display PCs or other devices that may not accommodate a standard PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. adapter. About half the size of a standard PC Card, the MI3100 supports speeds up to 1 Mbps and is fully IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.11 compliant. With the lowest power consumption in the industry, the MI3100 offers longer battery life that allows for longer hours of operation. "We selected Aironet because their Micro-ISA card was easy to integrate into our product, and the Aironet MI3100 was the only product on the market that was smaller than a PCMCIA card and also 802.11 compliant," said Kevin Jost, president of Hand Held Products Inc., a Welch Allyn affiliate. "We are excited to include Aironet's award-winning technology in our products. Aironet also offered excellent comprehensive integration support to ensure that our handheld products meet the needs of our customers." "We look forward to working with Hand Held Products to produce high performing wireless LAN solutions for its mobile computing customers," said Ron Willis, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Aironet. "As the industry continues to seek smaller, yet higher performing wireless LAN solutions, we will continue to lead the industry by providing mobile computing users with easy, high performing remote access to real time information through industry standards-based products." About Hand Held Products Hand Held Products 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 Welch Allyn Data Collection, Inc. Both companies are affiliates of Welch Allyn, Inc. and offer the industry's most complete and affordable line of image-based data collection input devices to the global market. More information on Welch Allyn Data Collection or Hand Held Products product lines is available at www.dcd.welchallyn.com and www.handheld.com or from 1-800-582-4263. About Aironet Aironet is a leading provider of high-speed, standards-based wireless local area networking (WLAN) solutions. Aironet's in-building wireless LAN products provide flexible wireless network connectivity, including Internet access, to mobile PC users throughout a building or around a campus. Aironet's building-to-building bridges provide fixed wireless connectivity between sites. Supporting data rates up to 11 Mbps, Aironet's wireless networking products are based on industry standards and operate in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz frequency band. The Company markets it products worldwide through distributors, value-added resellers (VARs) and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. Aironet (AIRO) is listed on the Nasdaq National Market and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio (Web Site: www.aironet.com). Editors Note: All company and product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby acknowledged. |
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