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To: D.E. Lee who wrote (22469)	7/27/2000 11:44:56 AM
From: D.E. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

astroterra.com AstroTerra Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, California, designs and manufactures a full line of wireless optical communication systems to link networks at speeds ranging from Ethernet (10 Mbps) up to OC-12 (622 Mbps). Applied physicist Dr. Eric Korevaar founded the company in 1992. Dr. Korevaar’s extensive experience in narrow band optical filter, wireless optical communication, laser radar and remote sensing technologies laid the groundwork for the company's success in developing innovative high technology products in the fields of wireless communications, data collection and data display. Since its founding, AstroTerra has grown steadily and has gained increased recognition for its expertise in the development of mechanical, optical and electronic devices that solve real-world communication problems. The company holds a patent for multiple transmitter laser links and has several patents pending. In addition, AstroTerra has been awarded fourteen Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts for the technology it has developed. Based on AstroTerra's success over the past five years, the company was recognized in Deloitte and Touche’s 1998 "Orange Coast Technology Fast 50" and "Fast 500" awards as one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the United States. AstroTerra continues its quest for unique and imaginative customer solutions by pushing for faster data rates. In August 1998, AstroTerra teamed its wireless optical communications experience with Lucent Technologies’ sophisticated optoelectronic equipment and successfully tested a prototype wireless optical data transceiver capable of more than two gigabits per second of information throughput. In the test a 2.5 gigabit per second (Gbps) wireless data link ran error-free over a distance of 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles). This set a new record for the highest data rate ever attained in wireless optical communication. Testing continued at Lucent Technologies’ Murray Hill, NJ facility. On February 25, 1999 Lucent announced that they had successful built a lasercom system capable of transmitting 10 Gbps in free space using AstroTerra’s telescope-transceivers.