Wireless LAN could be a very large market.
LAS VEGAS, NETWORLD+INTEROP, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermec Technologies Corporation and Lucent Technologies will demonstrate interoperability of their respective wireless LAN solutions this week at NetWorld + Interop '98 in Las Vegas. Intermec is first in the industry to offer an open systems IEEE 802.11 direct sequence wireless LAN solution with integrated data collection devices. The product offering includes access points, hand-held and vehicle-mount computers, pen-based computers and wireless LAN PC card adapters.
Intermec a full systems provider of wireless LAN solutions, offers a broad line of wireless LAN products, including systems integration, installation and service. The company will showcase its new industry leading architecture for wireless LANs. The Integrated Network Communications Architecture (INCA(TM)) is based on the principles of openness and flexibility. INCA gives businesses security in meeting their networking needs today and in the future. The INCA architecture blends network connectivity and wireless LANs into a complete, plug-and-play system, and even allows roaming across router boundaries and the integration of different radio frequencies into a single system solution.
"This is the industry's first demonstration of interoperable solutions incorporating IEEE 802.11 direct sequence radios into a broad range of wireless LAN devices," said Mike Jones, group marketing manager of wireless networks for Intermec. "IEEE 802.11 direct sequence based products provide a high performance wireless LAN solution for customers, with higher data rates and increased range. Intermec is committed to providing enterprise-wide open system solutions in networking and data collection applications to improve operation efficiencies. This product offering gives customers a reliable and flexible solution."
"We believe it's important for the growth of the industry to ensure that end-users have a choice in vendors for their wireless LAN systems," said Angela Champness, director of marketing and business development for Lucent Technologies. "Our alliance with Intermec will result in multi-vendor interoperability today and into the future. Customers will have flexibility in choosing products to meet their changing business requirements."
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more WaveLAN product and VAR information visit our web site at www.wavelan.com or call 1-800-WAVELAN.
Intermec Technologies Corporation, a UNOVA, Inc. (NYSE: UNA) company, is a global leader in the development, manufacture and integration of automated data collection and mobile computing systems. The company's products and services are used by customers in multiple industries to improve productivity, quality and responsiveness of business operations, from supply chain management and enterprise resource planning to field sales and service. The companies formerly known as Intermec, Norand and UBI were consolidated in the Spring of 1997. |
