Archive | May 23, 2005

TeraMax™ 3.0 Products To Include New “Logan” Operating System and Planned for General Availability in 4Q 2005

Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, and Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA), a leading provider of robust and highly integrated wireline and wireless system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for next generation networks, today announced that Terabeam has selected the Fujitsu MB87M3400 WiMAX SoC as the standard silicon for integration into Terabeam’s TeraMax™ 3.0 product family. The TeraMax™ 3.0 products will be WiMAX-compliant, will incorporate Terabeam’s new wireless network management operating system, code-named “Logan,” and are planned for general availability in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Terabeam will offer turnkey point-to-multipoint and point-to-point systems complying with the IEEE 802.16-2004 WiMAX standard as an extension of its TeraMax™ product series. Current TeraMax™ products have been providing customers with much of the functionality of WiMAX since 2004, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), adaptive dynamic polling, packet aggregation, and enhanced security options. TeraMax™ base stations, customer premise equipment (CPE), and bridges are available today for operation at multiple frequency bands – including the 4.9GHz band dedicated to public safety in the United States – and are also available in compact (integrated-antenna) and ruggedized enclosures. With a powerful combination of performance, versatility, and value, TeraMax™ systems are ideal for a variety of applications and environments for service providers, enterprises, municipalities, and public safety organizations.

The Fujitsu MB87M3400 is fully compliant with the IEEE 802.16-2004 WiMAX standard and can be configured to be used in both base station and subscriber station applications. It is designed to support frequencies ranging from 2 to 11GHz in both licensed and license-exempt bands. An on-chip OFDM PHY supports channel bandwidths from 1.75MHz up to 20MHz, and can operate in TDD or FDD modes. When applying a 64QAM modulation in a 20MHz channel and using all 192 sub-carriers, the SoC’s data rate can go up to 75 Mbps. The SoC incorporates sophisticated processing power, including a powerful main RISC engine that implements the 802.16 upper-layer MAC, scheduler, drivers, protocol stacks, and user application software. Also on board is a secondary RISC/DSP that functions as a co-processor, which executes lower-layer MAC functions, offloading processing from the upper-layer MAC and enhancing the total SoC performance.

“Logan” has been under development for over three years and was a significant driver of Terabeam’s acquisition in 2004 of KarlNet, Inc. Logan is a processor-agnostic operating system that can support multiple wireless modes (including 802.11 and the proprietary TurboCell® currently, and 802.16 by 4Q 2005) and is significantly more adaptable for ongoing development. Logan’s agility and versatility allow for a major streamlining of Terabeam’s software portfolio, and it enables support for quality of service (QoS), voice-over-IP (VoIP), state-of-the-art security and IPv6. Logan’s user interface and configuration and management tools provide for an enhanced user experience. Logan will be integrated into select Terabeam products throughout the remainder of 2005.

“Terabeam’s extensive range of broadband wireless networking products has been deployed around the globe by service providers, enterprises and government entities. The addition of WiMAX-compliant systems to our portfolio will build on our heritage of excellence in wireless networking,” said Robert Fitzgerald, Terabeam Wireless’ CEO. “The Fujitsu WiMAX System-on-Chip delivers the performance we require at an excellent price point, and we are pleased to have aligned ourselves with a leader in this exciting technology. In addition, our introduction of the Logan operating system to uniformly support all of our standards-based and proprietary products will result in a quantum leap in performance, scalability and management control in broadband wireless networking.”

“Terabeam’s decision to work closely with Fujitsu on its WiMAX development is very exciting and gratifying to our broadband wireless team,” said Keith Horn, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Fujitsu Microelectronics America. “It also underscores our contention that 2005 is truly the year in which WiMAX technology will emerge in multiple markets worldwide as the leading companies in the industry, like Terabeam, move forward with significant product development, compliance testing, and initial field deployments.”

Terabeam Wireless will be participating in ISPCON from May 24 to 26 at the Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and will be showcasing its broadband wireless products in booth 318. Terabeam Wireless (booth 87019) and Fujitsu (booth 41015) will be participating in SUPERCOMM 2005 from June 7 to 9 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Terabeam will host an executive briefing at 1:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, June 7 in Room #N427D (Level 4 in South Building, McCormick Place).

About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. As a founding and board member of the WiMAX Forum™, Fujitsu supports the standards development and compliance programs that are essential to successful Broadband Wireless deployment. Fujitsu provides performance-driven WiMAX solutions by leveraging the company’s experience and expertise in the networking and communications markets. Fujitsu offers flexible WiMAX SoC and reference designs for WiMAX-certifiable systems to equipment vendors. For more product information, please visit the company’s web site at http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/WiMAX or please address e-mail to inquiry.bwa@fma.fujitsu.com

About Terabeam Wireless

Terabeam Wireless is the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. Terabeam Wireless is a world leader in providing extended range, license-free wireless data equipment and is a leading designer of turnkey long distance wireless systems ranging from 9600 bps to 1.42 Gbps for applications such as wireless Internet, wireless video, wireless LANs, wireless WANs, wireless MANs, and wireless virtual private networks. Additional information about Terabeam Wireless as well as its complete product line can be found at the company’s website located at http://www.terabeam.com or by contacting the company by telephone at 413-665-8551 or by email at IR@terabeam.com.

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Tenth Birthday Events, World-Class Developer Challenges and Awards Highlight the Worldwide Developer Conference

Sun Microsystems, Inc., (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java technology, has preparations in full swing for the upcoming JavaOne 2005 conference, where it will host an industry-wide celebration for the Tenth Birthday of Java technology. The conference, which is scheduled for June 27-30, 2005 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, is the premiere venue for Java technology companies and developers to showcase market-changing innovations. The JavaOne Conference program also presents a compelling technology agenda, prestigious awards and events that have become the hallmark of the Java development community’s annual gathering.

Industry leading companies are participating as co-sponsors at this year’s conference including BEA Systems and Nokia as Platinum sponsors; Justsystem as a Gold sponsor; and Silver sponsors — Axalto, Compuware, Fair Isaac, HP, Motorola and Siemens.

JavaOne Conference Highlights

The JavaOne Coding Challenge — One of the highest-rated attendee events in 2004, the JavaOne Coding Challenge returns this year. Sun has teamed with TopCoder, Inc. to bring Java technology programmers together for coding, competition and fun. The coding competition will give conference attendees a chance to apply what they learn during conference sessions to real-world programming problems. In the onsite competition arena, participants will be presented with real-world programming problems and will use the Java programming language to code, compile, test and submit solutions to the problem sets. The Grand prize will include one complimentary full conference badge to the 2006 JavaOne conference valued at $1,995 and a collection of six books from Sun Microsystems Press valued at $300.

NetBeans Software Day — Scheduled for Sunday, June 26, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. At the Argent Hotel, NetBeans day will offer attendees the opportunity to hear about new developments in the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and other Sun tools. Additionally, Dr. James Gosling, chief technology officer for Sun’s Developer Platforms Group, will discuss the future of Java developer tools and how new technologies will offer increases in developer productivity, as well as application quality and performance. Presenters include Graham Hamilton, Sun Fellow, Bill Shannon, Sun Distinguished Engineer in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) and Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML.

“Ask the Experts” — New this year, the “Ask the Experts” event will take place during the JavaOne event welcome reception on Monday, June 27, 6:30-8:00 p.m. The event provides attendees with the opportunity to ask Sun Microsystems experts the questions they’ve always wanted to ask about Java technology. Experts will also be on hand to discuss future products and for general brainstorming.

The Duke’s Choice Awards — The awards program returns this year to celebrate extreme innovation in the world of Java technology. Sun CEO Scott McNealy will once again take time during his JavaOne General Session to recognize the coolest Java technology applications.

The 2005 conference agenda features hundreds of technical and Birds-of-a-Feather sessions on topics ranging from RFID and security to the most innovative and thought-provoking uses of Java technology. Register today for the JavaOne conference at http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp.

About JavaOne, Sun’s 2005 Worldwide Java Developer Conference

The JavaOne conference is the leading event for Java technology developers. Established in 1996, the conference provides Java technology enthusiasts the opportunity to learn about the latest Java technology innovations, get hands-on experience with the technology, network with their peers, and have the opportunity to network directly with technology experts from Java technology industry leaders.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision — “The Network Is The Computer” — has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, NetBeans, JavaOne and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Fujitsu Revenue Grows 189 Percent from Same Period One Year Ago

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today that Dell’Oro Group has named Fujitsu a top vendor in worldwide metro Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment with an 18.1 percent share of the $270M 1Q05 market. Dell’Oro Group estimates that this optical transport equipment market has grown by 56 percent over the same period one year ago (1Q04) and also estimates that Fujitsu metro WDM revenue has grown by 189 percent in this same timeframe.

In a recent Press Releases, Jimmy Yu, senior analyst for optical transport research at Dell’Oro Group stated that “Telecom service providers have stepped up deployments of DWDM metro. Until recently, DWDM metro growth was driven by enterprises’ need for data recovery—now we’re seeing growth driven by telecom service providers’ need for capacity. We believe that service providers are installing DWDM metro equipment ahead of perceived bandwidth demand on their metro network.”

The Dell’Oro Group Optical Transport Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers’ revenue, average selling prices, unit shipments tributary/ line or wavelength shipments (by speed OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64, OC-768/STM-256, and other). The report tracks DWDM long haul terrestrial, DWDM metro, SONET/SDH Add/Drop Multiplexing (ADM), SONET/SDH multiservice, and optical switch equipment.

“We achieved our phenomenal growth in the metro DWDM market because Fujitsu is working closely with our many telecom carrier, Multiple System Operator (MSO) and wireless customers to thoroughly understand and support their varied service and network initiatives,” said Bill Erickson, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications. “The breadth of our metro DWDM portfolio, which consists of the market-leading FLASHWAVE® 7500 Re-configurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM), the FLASHWAVE 7420 wavelength service platform, and the Netstender™ optical extension system, gives us a solution for any metro DWDM need, regardless of price, architecture, or capacity required. Plus, each of these products is backed by the proven sales and support infrastructure of Fujitsu, a trusted supplier and market leader for over 20 years.”

About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that power next-generation telecommunication networks. With an unequalled portfolio of IT and telecom products and the support of Fujitsu Limited, a $44.5B company with over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value. Over 300,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. As the metro market leader in both SONET and ROADM technology, the fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks, Fujitsu is helping customers take networking beyond convergence.
For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom

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