Public Safety Broadband Consortium Adopts InfiNet Wireless’ Open Standard Mesh Solutions

InfiNet Wireless, a worldwide leader in multiservice broadband wireless access systems, today announced that the Public Safety Broadband Consortium has adopted its new set of Open Standard Mesh solutions designed for the 4.9 GHz public safety band. The Consortium, an industry partnership begun by Public Safety Broadband, InfiNet Wireless, WiFi-Citywide and Insight Video Net to advance the efforts of emergency response and wireless interoperability, will allow public safety officials and OEMs to purchase radios from multiple vendors and ensure communication on the same wireless network.

InfiNet’s Open Standard Mesh solutions feature a mobile mesh hybrid router/switch, which forms an instant ad-hoc mesh network, enabling multiple incident scene management, peer-to-peer connectivity applications; faster video downloads; and automatic transfer to PTM mode when in base range. Its mesh router software has now been ported to an open standard XScale hardware platform, allowing resellers and end-users to take advantage of products from several manufacturers and suppliers. The software allows InfiNet Wireless routers to run on multi-radio nodes and frequency bands, as well as to support future upgrades to WiMAX 802.16e.

“This is a much needed step toward a mesh networking protocol standard; without a standard, different vendors’ equipment will not work together,” said Mike Doble, CEO of Public Safety Broadband. “The new Open Standard Mesh solutions allow municipalities to immediately benefit from InfiNet’s unique mobile mesh capabilities, while taking advantage of decreasing prices between vendors and having the freedom of choice in buying and selling hardware.”

InfiNet’s built-in router functions are compatible with single, dual, and quad mini-PCI Radio slot options on the hardware platform.

InfiNet Wireless, headquartered in Moscow, is a leading global vendor of Last Mile connectivity solutions utilizing Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) and emerging WiMAX technologies. InfiNet Wireless' leading-edge routing products represent more than ten years of intense engineering efforts by world-class Russian development laboratories, with extensive field experience in the design and deployment of thousands of wireless carrier-class networks. InfiNet has earned a clear leadership position in fixed wireless installations in Russia and Eastern Europe and has more than 300 carrier-class wireless networks throughout the world. InfiNet Wireless is a member of the WiMAX Forum(TM) and is committed to bringing WiMAX-compliant products to market based on the emerging 802.16 standard. Additional information can be found at : www.infinetwireless.com.

The Public Safety Broadband Consortium offers a total public safety solution for broadband wireless networks and wireless applications. The collaboration of these best-in-class technology companies delivers bandwidth, incident area coverage, and network integrity to first responders when multiple forms of mobile communication are necessary. Founded originally by Public Safety Broadband, InfiNet Wireless, WiFi-Citywide, and Insight Video Net the Consortium now features a dozen members and partners dedicated to advancing the efforts of emergency response and wireless interoperability. Additional information can be found at at: www.PublicSafetyBroadband.com.

For more information, contact:

Jill Colna
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jill.colna@svmpr.com