BelAir Networks Wins the Tenth Annual OCRI 'Product of the Year' Award
BelAir200 Selected for Creating an Innovative and Effective Wide-Area Wi-Fi Solution
Kanata, April 25, 2005 - BelAir Networks, the leading provider of wide-area wireless broadband solutions, announced today that its BelAir200 Multi-service Wireless Switch Router has been named Product of Year by OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation).
Now in its tenth year, OCRI has been synonymous with business excellence in Ottawa. It is the City's economic development corporation and a rallying point for business, education and government to advance Ottawa's globally competitive knowledge-based economy. The OCRI Awards spotlight companies and products that set a standard of excellence and are a role model in the community.
Members of the Society of Canadian Office Automation Professionals (SCOAP) narrowed the large field of potential recipients to three finalists for the Product of the Year Award based on the achieved success in the commercialization of an innovative technology. The BelAir200 was selected for the award at the annual gala dinner last night.
"As a member of Ottawa's technology community, it is gratifying to see tech innovation across a variety of sectors," said Bernard Herscovich, CEO of BelAir Networks. "BelAir was pleased to have been included in the list of innovators for 2004 and we are honored to receive the OCRI Award for the BelAir200."
About the BelAir200
The BelAir200 is a four-radio, wireless multi-service switch router that is built specifically for outdoor deployments. Each BelAir200 includes an access radio module that uses the 2.4 GHz band to support Wi-Fi client access. The access radio is connected to integrated antennas that project Wi-Fi signals over wide open areas and directly into multi-story buildings from the outside. This design eliminates the need for, and associated cost of, indoor access points.
Every BelAir200 can also be configured with up to three separate 5 GHz backhaul radio modules. These radios and their associated antennas are used to connect multiple BelAir200 systems in a wireless backhaul mesh that takes client traffic to and from the Internet. The resulting system delivers unmatched capacity, security and scalability for large-scale wireless applications.
Shipping since March 2004, the BelAir200 has been deployed in high-density downtown regions, hotels and resorts, and educational institutions throughout the US and North America.
BelAir's products are focused on wide-area Wi-Fi today, but the unique multi-radio wireless backhaul mesh architecture can also be applied to other wireless technologies such as WiMAX and cellular.
About BelAir Networks
BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, wide-area wireless broadband solutions with the highest quality for data, voice and video. BelAir's wireless networking solutions are built on the only multi-service architecture for wide -area wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and 3G Cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor deployments, BelAir Networks' patented solution delivers the lowest cost per user and deploys in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and college campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Kanata, Ontario.
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