• Islington ‘Technology Mile’ Expansion - London’s biggest wireless broadband hot zone, has expanded to cover four kilometers making it the largest in the UK. The London Borough of Islington hosts the “Technology Mile”, built on wireless mesh networking equipment from BelAir Networks with partner, Cityspace. Cityspace is a leading provider of wireless broadband (Wi-Fi) hotzones which deliver a cloud of coverage over city centres, to the benefit of citizens and organisations primarily in the public sector.
• The growth of the network extends the Technology Mile a full four kilometers from the Angel along Upper Street and Holloway Road to the Odeon Cinema. This structure creates 'canyons of coverage' where BelAir wireless access nodes are located on lampposts below the height of the buildings on either side of the street.
• Usage figures are escalating with more than 1,000 users per week accessing local information and the Internet. In parallel, applications are already being explored by mobile workers and local businesses; one independent drycleaners has installed wireless CCTV to provide high quality, low cost security.
• Kent Fastrack Wireless Backhaul Solution - Also in partnership with Cityspace, BelAir wireless mesh nodes are providing carrier-grade backhaul to enable the delivery of travel information and interactive services to 16 shelters and two Smart Columns in the first phase of the Fastrack launch. Fastrack is the recently announced rapid transit public transport system in Kent Thameside, funded by Kent County Council, the Department of Transport and the ODPM.

BelAir also recently announced the deployment of its equipment in Toronto Hydro Telecom’s wireless network in Toronto, Canada which will be the largest Wi-Fi zone in Canada. The agreement with Toronto Hydro Telecom and Siemens includes the use of a mesh Wi-Fi network that will provide coverage for an area of up to ten square kilometres and it is anticipated that it will be fully deployed in downtown Toronto by year-end 2006. End-users will be able to access the Internet from wireless-enabled laptop computers, mobile headsets and other mobile devices, or simply place VoIP phone calls.

BelAir Networks offers the industry’s only third generation wireless mesh network solution able to support multiple voice, video and data applications concurrently. The company’s live demonstrations at the show will include:

• Wireless broadband data delivery with two Xbox 360™ next generation gaming consoles to showcase the speed of data transfer over a BelAir wireless mesh network
• A VoIP demonstration highlighting the commercial quality of voice support over a BelAir network
• A CCTV video application linking into a Cityspace Smart Terminal for a remote traffic monitoring demonstration. The demonstration will monitor foot traffic at the Wireless Event using BelAir’s wireless access nodes and Cityspace’s Smart Terminal. Smart Terminal is a brand new Cityspace product designed to provide the public with free access to real-time and journey planning services in busy, high profile locations.
• BelAir is also the sponsor of the ‘Wireless Cities and WiMAX Conference’, a series of panel discussions on May 17th. During this conference, BelAir will participate in three speaking sessions on topics including ‘WiMAX versus HSDPA versus Wi-Fi’, ‘Future-proofing Metro Wireless Networks with a Multi-Service Architecture’ and a Q&A on the ‘WiMAX Operator Business Case’.
• BelAir is also sponsoring the Service Provider Award at this year’s WBI Award dinner.

BelAir’s wireless mesh network solutions are built specifically for large-scale deployments such as municipal networks, college campuses, business districts, hotels and multi-acre resorts. BelAir Networks has deployed more than 120 wireless mesh networks worldwide.

About BelAir Networks
BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, wide-area wireless broadband solutions with the highest quality for data, voice and video. BelAir’s wireless networking solutions are built on the only multi-service architecture for wide-area wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and 3G Cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor deployments, BelAir Networks’ patented solution delivers the lowest cost per user and deploys in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company. For more info, visit www.belairnetworks.com

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