GENERONIX PROVIDES MUNICIPAL WI-FI FOR PARK AVENUE FESTIVAL IN ROCHESTER, NY
Ease of deployment allows dynamic installation of two deployments of CopperReach and Wi-Fi radio just in time for the Park Avenue Annual street festival on the weekend of August 2, 2008
Frontier Networks in conjunction with Generonix set up two Wi-Fi deployments on Park Avenue to support annual Rochester's Park Avenue Festival, one at Park and Berkeley Street, and one at Park and Oxford Street. CopperReach was chosen over using local AC power, because it could be rapidly installed, and provide power in locations where AC power was not available, but fiber optic cable was. Both units used fiber optic media converters to provide broadband Internet connectivity to the dozens of vendors and thousands of people who attended the festival.
GENERONIX SPEEDS DEPLOYMENT OF MUNICIPAL WI-FI IN FRONTIER NETWORK
Outdoor Wi-Fi power installation reduced from months to minutes
Rochester, NY (April 14, 2008)- Frontier Communications has launched a field trial of the Generonix CopperReach product in Brighton, NY. The trial will demonstrate Frontier's ability to rapidly rollout municipal Wi-Fi networks.
CopperReach is a revolutionary device that provides network line power and Ether net data backhaul for Wi-Fi access points, surveillance cameras, 4.9 Ghz public safety, traffic control, VOIP, and other field mounted electronics in outdoor networks. Two CopperReach nodes were deployed in Brighton, providing reliable and cost-effective battery backed line power and fiber optic broadband access for Tropos MetroMesh® Wi-Fi radios, reducing the months-long process of obtaining power for outdoor Wi-Fi radios to less than forty-five minutes.
CopperReach allows telecommunications companies to use their existing copper network to deploy new revenue generating services from outdoor networks applications. It provides reliable network line power to any field-mounted device requiring 48vDC or 110vAC power. The product has options for broadband Ethernet access over advanced digital subscriber lines or fiber optic cables, and supports the emerging "Power over Ethernet" PoE standard.
"CopperReach was designed to eliminate the major problems that have stalled deployments of municipal Wi-Fi up till now," said Jack Cotton, VP of System Engineering for Generonix. "Providing AC utility power is often the major cost and time hurdle for municipal Wi-Fi deployments. Only local phone company technicians need be involved now in municipal Wi-Fi deployment, saving time, planning effort and cost."
"It took only forty-five minutes and a single truck roll to install a strand mounted CopperReach, and then the Tropos radios were powered up and operating." said Randy Lis, Regional VP Engineering at Frontier. "When comparing this method to traditional power utility processes, hiring electricians, and periodic battery maintenance, CopperReach dramatically reduced the time frame to deploy our Wi-Fi networks. Additionally, it saved deployment costs and allowed us to leverage our existing Central Office power infrastructure."
About Generonix Inc.
Generonix Inc. is a Rochester, NY based telecommunications equipment design and
manufacturing company that develops and sells products that provide affordable digital services by creatively using the existing network infrastructure. The patented CopperReach® product line delivers reliable power and high bandwidth advanced DSL or fiber based connectivity to phone companies for outdoor network deployments. For more information, please visit www.generonix.com or info@generonix.com.
About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos® Networks is the market leader in delivering metro-scale wireless mesh network systems. The company's systems have been selected to unwire more major league cities than all competitors combined and are installed in 30 countries. The patented Tropos MetroMesh® architecture delivers the ultimate salability, high capacity at low cost and great user experience demanded by service providers, municipalities and network users. Tropos Networks' unique expertise includes high-performance mesh software development, mesh RF engineering, metro-scale network planning, deployment and optimization, and navigating the municipal approval process. Tropos Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com, call 408-331-6800 or write to info@tropos.com.
About Frontier
Frontier Communications is part of Citizens Communications Company (NYSE: CZN), a full-service communications provider and one of the largest local exchange telephone companies in the country. Frontier offers telephone, television and Internet services, as well as wireless broadband data networks, bundled offerings, ESPN360 streaming video, residential security solutions and specialized bundles for small businesses and home offices. Additional information about Frontier's products and services is available at www.frontieronline.com. For more information about Citizens Communications, visit www.czn.net
Tropos and MetroMesh are registered trademarks of Tropos Networks, Inc CopperReach is a trademark of Generonix, Inc.
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