Ricochet Advisory: Philadelphia and Chicago Service Areas Begin Ricochet WAP Deployment.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Metricom, Inc (Nasdaq:MCOM MCom Master of Commerce (degree) MCOM Marketing Communications MCOM Mobile Commerce ) today advises that Ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. Wired Access Point A base station that connects a wireless system to a wired land-based system. The acronym "WAP" is sometimes used, but WAP is more widely used to mean the Wireless Application Protocol (see WAP). (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. ) deployment has begun in the Philadelphia and Chicago service areas. Marking a key construction milestone, the first WAP in these markets were installed last week. WAPs are integral to the Ricochet system, which includes wireless modems on portable computing devices, microcell radios attached to streetlight and utility poles, WAPs, and a local Network Interconnect Facility (NIF NIF See: Note issuance facility ). WAPs convert information sent over the Ricochet system via radio frequencies into data packets to be transmitted outside the local market through the NIF to the Company's wired Internet Procotol network. Ricochet Advisories are intended to update the industry regarding Metricom's progress toward delivering on the promise of high-speed mobile wireless access. About Ricochet At performance levels rivaling wired connections, Ricochet provides mobile wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet at speeds of 128 kbps and higher, with flat-rate pricing, always on connections, and full access to all things Web. Available through Authorized Service Providers, Ricochet sets you free from the office. About Metricom Metricom, Inc. is a leading provider of mobile data networking and technology. The Company's Ricochet service provides mobile professionals with high-performance, cost-effective untethered Unattached to any data or power source by wire or fiber; in other words: wireless. Contrast with tethered. access to the Internet, private Intranets, local-area networks, e-mail, and other online services. Ricochet is generally available at speed up to 28.8 kbps in the greater San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay , Seattle, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Metricom plans to launch its new higher speed 128 kbps network at the end of summer 2000, ultimately deploying a network covering 100 million population by summer 2001. For more information, visit Metricom's Web site at http://www.metricom.com. |
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