NETRO ANNOUNCES FORMAL LAUNCH OF 28 GHZ ETSI AIRSTAR SYSTEM AT IIR BROADBAND WIRELESS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA
Broadband Wireless Access Will Continue Support of Increasing Allocation of Frequency in Europe
San Jose, California, November 21, 2000 - Netro Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRO), a leader in broadband wireless access solutions, today announced the formal launch of the company's ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) 28 GHz AirStar™ system at the Sixth Annual IIR Broadband Wireless Conference in Geneva. Netro's FCC (Federal Communications Commission) standard version of the 28 GHz has already been launched and is currently being deployed in North and South America by Netro.
"As more and more 28 GHz licenses are being allocated in Europe, we find ourselves at a distinct advantage with our 28 GHz product which has already been tested and deployed in other parts of the world," said Matt Powell, senior vice president of worldwide sales for Netro. "With our leading-edge AirStar technology now deployed in more than 35 countries, providing the small-to-medium size enterprise market last mile access to IP, data and voice services, expansion of our 28 GHz product to an ETSI standard version has been a straight forward and rapid process."
Netro's product line supports deployments at 10 GHz, 26 GHz, 28 GHz and 39 GHz frequency bands in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and North America. The company has also announced the introduction of a 3.5 GHz product, which is expected ship in early 2001.
"Netro is the first to commercially deploy TDMA, packet-switching technology," Powell said. "Our proven market leadership will continue to grow as we further push this state-of-the-art technology to expand with our customer's needs and help them maximize their business models."
About Netro Corporation
Netro Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRO) is a leading provider of broadband wireless access systems for Internet and telecom service providers. The company's cutting-edge, packet-based technology gives its AirStar wireless access system a significant price-performance advantage that has attracted such OEM partners as Lucent, Nokia, Motorola, and Siemens. The AirStar system is also available through Cisco Systems' Ecosystem family of products and from Netro directly. Designed to bridge the "last mile" bottleneck between metropolitan backbones and individual customer networks, the AirStar system is especially suited for small to medium-sized businesses and has already been deployed in Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and North America, carrying IP and voice traffic via a point-to-multipoint architecture in the 3.5, 10, 26, 28 and 39 GHz spectrums. For more information, contact Netro Corporation, 3860 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134-1702 USA (408) 216-1500, netro-corp.com. |
