To: Mr. Stress who wrote (64745 ) 10/6/1999 9:46:00 AM From: Doug Robinson Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 120523
NTRO-Could be strong today! Here's why!! NETRO CORPORATION'S AIRSTAR SYSTEM APPROVED FOR GERMAN MARKET AIRSTAR'S UNIQUE PACKET-ON-DEMAND ARCHITECTURE MAXIMIZES SPECTRUM Utilization For German Service Providers PR NEWSWIRE - October 06, 1999 06:00 SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct 6, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Netro Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRO), a market leader in broadband wireless access systems, today announced that its AirStar system has received type acceptance certification by the German Notified Body, Cetecom, and the German Telecom Regulatory Authority (Reg. TP) allowing deployment in Germany. Successful compliance testing is also significant for other regions that use the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) standard as a reference, such as South America and Asia. Recent testing performed by Cetecom, a Notified Body of the European Union, has demonstrated that the AirStar system is fully compliant to the ETSI performance specifications for point-to-multipoint broadband wireless, TDMA systems in the 24 - 30 GHz frequency bands and to specific German national specifications. "Netro has over 30 AirStar deployments worldwide. Our recent successful type acceptance proves AirStar's market-leading technology is robust and ready for commercial rollout in a service provider's nationwide networks," said Gideon Ben-Efraim, president and CEO of Netro Corporation. "We are very pleased with recent spectrum allocations in the German market because our AirStar system is uniquely suited to meet the challenges facing competitive service providers as they deploy broadband access equipment in these rapidly emerging markets."