Terabeam Wireless And ARGroup Deliver Intelligent Wireless Networking To Loudoun Hospital Center
Falls Church, VA — February 10, 2005: Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband wireless solutions, today announced the deployment of an intelligent wireless network at Loudoun Hospital Center exclusively utilizing Terabeam equipment for the wireless component. The Center is a premier healthcare facility serving Loudoun County, Virginia with 60 specialties, 478 providers, and over 1,500 employees. The network was designed by ARGroup, a systems and network engineering firm based in Leesburg, Virginia.
The network is based on the popular 802.11(b) standard protocol for broadband wireless Internet access, commonly used for “hotspots” in airports, hotels, retail establishments, and other public venues around the world. While often used to provide Internet access to anyone using a wireless-enabled computer, this technology can also be adapted to more specialized uses. In the case of Loudoun Hospital Center, the network has been deployed to enable mobile computer carts to access the existing wired computer network. These carts, which accompany patients as they are routed through the facility for medical procedures, acquire intake and other data from the patients and transmit them to the data center. In addition to enabling real-time data monitoring, these carts will enable the data center to locate a patient quickly. This location capability is due to the network’s creative design – it was designed so that each department is exactly covered by a single access point.
The design is based on a formula developed by Steve Williams, Senior Systems Engineer at the ARGroup. Using the formula, he was able to tailor the coverage area of each Terabeam access point to only include a single department. By adjusting the polarization of the access point and the power output to specific values, he was able to eliminate any bleed of network coverage from one access point into an adjacent department.
“Terabeam’s AP-Ant access point was the clear choice because of the unique flexibility of its polarization and power output, as well as remote administration and remote firmware upgrade features,” said Williams.
“As we migrate all of our clinical and operational functions to the bedside, this approach is critical to patient care, clinical quality, and both nursing and physician satisfaction. We anticipate this infrastructure will be a key component of our successful deployment of new clinical technologies that will continue to enhance both the quality and safety of care,” said James Rohrbaugh, Chief Information Officer, Loudoun Healthcare. “The team of Terabeam Wireless and the ARGroup was dedicated to ensuring that the design was both aesthetically pleasing and non-obtrusive in the healthcare environment as well as engineered to meet our specific wireless needs in the hospital setting,” explained Rohrbaugh.
“Terabeam Wireless has been providing wireless networking infrastructure to service providers and municipalities for many years, and we are excited to build on that heritage of excellence by fulfilling the specific needs of this notable facility in the healthcare industry,” said Amit Malhotra, Vice President of Marketing at 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.
ARGroup is a leading integrator of network technologies in the wired and unwired environments. For unwired networks, ARGroup designs and implements secure internal hot spot solutions; external regional broadband distribution projects; high bandwidth, long distance bridges; and distribution end point solutions. Additional information about ARGroup as well as its unique engineering, implementation, and support capabilities can be found at the company's website located at http://www.argroup.com or by contacting the company by telephone at 703-443-1950 or by email at dcones@argroup.com.
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical facts, including statements regarding Terabeam Wireless’ business outlook or expected products, capabilities, performance, opportunities, customers, deployments, or developments, are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Terabeam Wireless’ actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could contribute to such differences including those relating to the downturn and ongoing uncertainty in the telecommunications industry and larger economy; the intense competition in Terabeam Wireless’ industries and resulting impacts on its pricing, gross margins, and general financial performance; difficulties in predicting Terabeam Wireless’ future financial performance; and risks arising from and relating to Terabeam Wireless’ acquisitions of Ricochet Networks, Inc., Terabeam Corporation, and KarlNet, Inc. Further information on these and other factors that could affect Terabeam Wireless’ actual results is and will be included in filings made by Terabeam Wireless from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other public statements.
David L. Renauld
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Terabeam Wireless
(413) 665-8551