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Hopling Technologies Receives $600,000 Order for
New Multi-Radio Wireless Mesh Network Nodes
Almere, January 22, 2007 - Hopling Technologies, a fast
growing technology leader in IP-based wireless networking
equipment for enterprises, operators and service providers,
announced today that StarMesh Technologies, has placed a
$600,000 order for Hopling Technologies Xnet Viper mesh
network nodes. The order will provide 400 wireless mesh
nodes for one of StarMesh Technologies’ largest customer, WebNet Converged Wireless Network Ltd., (WebNet CWN), which
is building a citywide wireless Mesh Network in 12 Canadian
Cities and rolling out in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“The Hopling Technologies Xnet Viper product line is one of
the most advanced mesh network modes in the broadband
wireless industry,” said Robert Veltman, President of
StarMesh Technologies. “The Xnet Viper nodes can be
configured with up to four 2.4GHz, 3.5GHz, 4.9GHz, 5GHz,
and/or 900MHz radios that all provide layer 2 and layer 3
routing capabilities. Our customer base likes the features
and benefits of the Hopling Technologies product line that
come at a substantially lower cost than competitive
vendors.”
“We were the most impressed with its layer 2 and layer 3
routing technology, low power requirements and the
price/performance ratio compared to the other vendors,” said
Paul Soddy, WebNet CWN’s Chief Technology Officer.”
“Our engineering team was also impressed with Hopling
Technologies’ HopWARE Mesh Architecture (HMA) capabilities
to build very large wireless city-wide networks,” said
Gregory C. Carrington, Chief Executive Officer of WebNet CWN.
“From a business planning perspective, the most attractive
feature to us was the price. Our Company is currently
deploying 12 markets in Canada and planning for the
deployment of 50 markets in the United States throughout
2007, so price was a major consideration for us. In the
United States alone, we are budgeting for significant
purchases of Hopling Technologies equipment during 2007. We
are very pleased with the guidance and expertise that
StarMesh Technologies’ pre-sales team provided us in helping
select markets with the highest propensity to buy wireless
broadband products and services.”
“We are extremely excited that WebNet CWN placed its first
order of Xnet Viper nodes with StarMesh Technologies,” said
Frank Koopman, Chief Executive Officer of Hopling
Technologies. “By using our equipment, WebNet CWN is now
able to deploy its Networks with the best proven products
available today for wireless metropolitan area networks.
They can now focus on building and expanding their Network
more rapidly.”
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