| Proxim Corporation Overview
Proxim Wireless Corporation is a global leader in wireless
networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless
networks. The company provides enterprise and service
provider customers with wireless solutions for the
mobile
enterprise,
security
and surveillance,
last
mile access,
voice
and data backhaul,
public
hot spots, and
metropolitan
area networks. Proxim is a principal member of the WiMAX
Forum™ and a member of the Wi-Fi® Alliance.
Proxim has the broadest available portfolio of wireless
networking equipment, for secure connectivity within
buildings as well as between locations. The award-winning
ORiNOCO® wireless local area network products are
Wi-Fi®-certified and provide unsurpassed network mobility
and security. The Tsunami™ wireless wide area network
bridges reliably connect networks up to 40 miles apart, at
speeds up to 860 Mbps. The Lynx® line of microwave radios
provide voice and data backhaul, and complete the end-to-end
wireless product offering from Proxim.
Based in San Jose, Calif., Proxim has 300 employees. The
company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol
TRBM
and is on the Web at www.proxim.com.
Board of Directors
Major Investors
Industry Leadership
Quality Policy and ISO Certification
Industry Alliances
Partners
| Larry A. Bettino |
|
Warburg Pincus |
| Steven Brooks |
|
BCP Capital Management LLC |
| Merle L. Gilmore |
|
D&M Holdings, Inc. |
| Jeffrey A. Harris |
|
Warburg Pincus |
| Frank Plastina |
|
Proxim Corporation |
| Michael P. Ressner |
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| Jeffrey D. Saper |
|
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
| Kenneth E. Westrick |
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| Joseph R. Wright, Jr. |
|
PanAmSat, Inc. |
- BCP Capital Management LLC
- Warburg Pincus LLC
- Ripplewood Holdings LLC
- First enterprise-class 802.11g Access Point,
ORiNOCO AP-2000b/g, 2003
- First tri-mode 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g client
card, ORiNOCO .11a/b/g ComboCard, 2003
- First dual mode 802.11a and 802.11b wireless LAN
access point, ORiNOCO AP-2000, 2002
- First high-capacity point-to-multipoint wireless
Ethernet system, Tsunami Multipoint, 2002
- First license-exempt OC-3 SONET bridge, Lynx
OC-3, 2002
- First 802.11a wireless LAN networks, Harmony and
Skyline, 2001
- First gigabit Ethernet license-exempt fixed-wireless
bridge, Tsunami, 2001
- First 100 Mbps fixed wireless Ethernet bridge,
Tsunami, 2000
- First self-installable, multimedia wireless LAN,
Symphony, 1998
- First fixed-wireless backhaul, Lynx DS-3,
1997
- First dual-slot access point architecture,
ORiNOCO, 1997
- First 2.4 Ghz enterprise wireless LAN, RangeLAN,
1994
- First single piece wireless LAN PC Card,
RangeLAN2, 1996
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Quality Policy and ISO Certification |
Proxim is committed to provide, through continual
improvement, products and services that consistently satisfy
customer requirements for quality, reliability, performance
and support. To that end, Proxim has received the following
certifications:
NSAI: Certification of Registration of Quality System to
I.S. EN ISO 9001:2000
IQNet and NSAI: Certification of an ISO 9001:2000 standard
Management System
Proxim is a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA).
More information about WFA is available at
www.wi-fi.com.
Proxim’s ORiNOCO is also a founding member of the IEEE
802.11 committee. ORiNOCO provided significant technical
contributions that resulted in the current widely accepted
802.11b standard and continues to contribute to development
of future standards.
Proxim is a principal member and member of the board of
directors of the WiMAX Forum, a nonprofit corporation formed
to promote and certify the compatibility and
interoperability of devices using the IEEE 802.16
specifications.
Proxim partners with more than 100 leading high
technology companies to build a broad range of wireless
computing devices. OEM partners include Agilent, Avaya, Data
General, Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hand Held Products, HBO &
Company, HP, IBM, Intel, Intermec, LXE, Matsushita, Monarch,
Motorola, National Semiconductor, NEC, Percon, Seiko Epson,
Siemens, Sony, and Toshiba. Additional technology partners
include Extreme Networks and VBrick Systems, Inc. |