YDI Wireless Introduces Max Ranger Product
Contact: David L. Renauld
(Vice President, Corporate Affairs)
Phone: 413-665-8551
Falls Church, Virginia — September 04, 2003: YDI Wireless, Inc. (OTCBB:YDIW - News), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today announced that it has received FCC Part 15 Certification for its new and innovative Max Ranger product.
"The Max Ranger is indicative of YDI's longstanding commitment to maximize the range and performance of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices. The Max Ranger is the perfect solution for indoor extended range WLAN applications such as Hot Spots, delivering high speed Internet to hotel rooms and multiple tenant units (MTU), and illuminating large areas such as airports and convention centers with 802.11 coverage. In addition, the Max Ranger will permit non-line-of-sight customer self-installs in selected campus and high density applications." explained Robert Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer of YDI.
The Max Ranger is a small 2.4 GHz indoor antenna with an integrated amplifier that extends the range of Wi-Fi WLAN devices. It features over 300 milliWatts of transmit power and has the effect of almost quadrupling the operating range of these devices. It is FCC Part 15 Certified for license-free operation with the YDI Sidekick and Sapphire WLAN cards. These cards can be used in Access Points, laptop computers, or the YDI Ethernet Converter (EC). The Max Ranger's internal antenna is horizontally polarized for optimum RF connection to other WLAN cards which typically also have horizontally polarized antennas. The Max Ranger is easy to install and configure and is ready to work right out of the box.
More information about the new Max Ranger product can be found on YDI's web site at http://www.ydi.com/products/max-ranger.php.
YDI Wireless, Inc. is a world leader in providing extended range, license free wireless data equipment and is the result of the recent combination of Young Design, Inc. and Telaxis Communications Corporation. This combination brought together Young Design's license-free products that extend the range of IEEE 802.11 wireless local area network systems, point-to-point wireless backhaul products, diverse and broad customer base, and deep market and industry experience with Telaxis' high-frequency millimeter-wave expertise and FiberLeap(TM) and EtherLeap(TM) products. In addition, YDI Wireless is a leading designer of turnkey long distance wireless systems ranging from 19.9 kbps to 1 Gbps for applications such as wireless Internet, wireless video, wireless LANs, wireless WANs, wireless MANs and wireless virtual private networks. Additional information about YDI Wireless as well as its complete product line can be found at the company's web site located at www.ydi.com or by contacting the company by telephone at 413-665-8551 or by email at IR@ydi.com.
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements due to risks arising from and relating to the recent combination of Telaxis Communications and Young Design and our ability to achieve the contemplated benefits of that combination; the downturn and ongoing uncertainty in the telecommunications industry and larger economy; the intense competition in our industry and resulting impacts on our pricing, gross margins, and general financial performance; and the other factors discussed in our filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in our other public statements.