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Unstrung Insider Analyzes the Metro-Zone 802.11 Wireless Equipment Market Research Report Examines the Market for a New Class of Metro-Area Equipment That Will Transform the Coverage and Commercial Potential of Public-Access 802.11 NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Extending the coverage and range of traditional public-access 802.11 wireless networks to make services more useful to more people is one of the keys to salvaging the wobbly WiFi hotspot business, finds a new subscription research report from Unstrung Insider (http://www.unstrung.com/insider). The report -- Metro-Zone 802.11 Wireless -- covers the equipment and software vendors that are focused on extending the concept of hotspot networks made up of lots of small, individual locations, out to larger, hot-zone and metro-area networks, such as large public venues, campuses, and outdoors. "Innovation in wireless backhaul, wireless mesh, and antenna systems, mixed with crossover technology from enterprise and carrier networking, is creating a new class of metro-area equipment that will transform the coverage potential of public-access 802.11," says Unstrung Insider analyst Gabriel Brown, the report's author. "Combined with industry trends such as wireless VOIP, bundled WiFi services, mixed-use public and private networks, and the emergence of specialist roaming brokers, this new breed of equipment could take the hotspot sector to a whole new level." Among the report's key findings: * Outdoor and hot-zone 802.11 will play a vital role in cellular-to-WiFi roaming strategies. * Bundling 802.11 access with cellular and DSL subscriptions will prove a major gauge of the maturity of the hotspot business model. * Mesh-based 802.11 is challenging traditional systems for wide-area hot-zones, with vendors such as BelAir, Firetide, Nortel, Strix, and Tropos making progress. * The back end of public-access 802.11 is still underdeveloped, with great opportunities for vendors that enable roaming, billing, and centralized control of mixed-use "virtual networks." Wireless mesh vendors featured in this report: BelAir Networks Inc.; Firetide Inc.; Hopling Technologies B.V.; MeshNetworks Inc.; Nortel Networks Ltd. (NYSE/Toronto: NT); Strix Systems Inc.; and Tropos Networks Inc. Point-to-multipoint and bridge vendors featured in this report: 5G Wireless Communications Inc. (OTC:FGWC.OB) (BULLETIN BOARD: FGWC.OB) ; Colubris Networks Inc.; Proxim Corp. (NASDAQ:PROX); Radionet Oy; and Vivato Inc. Metro-Zone 802.11 Wireless is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Unstrung Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. To subscribe, please visit: http://www.unstrung.com/insider. For additional information, to request a free executive summary of the report, or for details of multi-user licensing options, please contact: Jeff Claudino Sales Manager Insider Research Services 619-229-9940 Members of the media may request review copies from: . DATASOURCE: Unstrung Insider CONTACT: Jeff Claudino, Sales Manager for Insider Research Services, +1-619-229-9940, Web site: http://www.unstrung.com/insider

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