Press Release Archive - 2005
2007 2006 2005 2004
December 12, 2005:
SkyPilot Expands Executive
Management Team to Support Rapid Growth
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class
mesh networking systems, today announced it has bolstered
its executive management team with the appointment of
four new senior executives, including finance veteran
David Robertson as its new chief financial officer (CFO)
and Marty Hahnfeld as the company’s new senior
vice president of sales. Broadening SkyPilot’s
deep pool of veteran industry management experience
is vice president of business development Wes Schaefer
and vice president of operations Allen Adolph.
Read more.
September 19, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Chooses
Fujitsu System-on-Chip for New Generation WiMAX Mesh
Networking Solution
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class
broadband wireless systems, and Fujitsu Microelectronics
America, Inc., a leading provider of robust wireline
and wireless solutions that boost next-generation communications
networks in North America, today announced that SkyPilot
has selected the Fujitsu WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC)
for a new generation of systems that will bring sophisticated
mesh networking to WiMAX deployments.
Read more.
September 19, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Announces
4.9 GHz Product Availability and Expands Partnerships
for Municipal Broadband Wireless Market
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class
broadband wireless systems, today announced expanded
coverage with the addition of the 4.9 GHz frequency
band to address the licensed US public safety market
and other international markets. In addition, SkyPilot
announced a series of new partnerships that will be
instrumental in quickly and cost-effectively delivering
low-cost, customized wireless broadband services for
rapidly expanding municipal market opportunities. SkyPilot
has established partnerships with Airpath Wireless,
Ekahau, Funk Software, IntraISP, NetMotion Wireless,
Nomadix, Padcom, PePLink, Pronto Networks, and Zcomax
Technologies to ensure interoperability with the leading
providers of billing and management, back office accounting,
operational support systems, authentication solutions,
and Wi-Fi customer premise equipment (CPE) that are
vital to delivering carrier-class broadband solutions
to municipal markets.
Read more.
September 19, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Equips
MetroFi for Municipal Broadband Wireless
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class
broadband wireless systems, today announced it has been
providing equipment to MetroFi, the leader in designing,
building, and operating wireless broadband networks,
to provide the mesh backhaul and subscriber access for
municipal Wi-Fi services now available across the communities
of Cupertino and Santa Clara, CA. By combining a 802.11b/g
access point (AP) with SkyPilot’s high-capacity
5 GHz mesh backhaul, MetroFi provides cost-effective
broadband wireless in dense coverage patterns.
Read more.
September 19, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Sets New
Price/Performance Benchmark for Municipal
Wi-Fi, Introduces Licensed 4.9 GHz Products for Public
Safety
SkyPilot Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class
broadband wireless systems, today announced a series
of strategic technology developments and corporate partnerships
that significantly enhance its broadband wireless services
for the fast-growing municipal market. The company also
announced its selection of Fujitsu’s WiMAX System-on-Chip
that will be instrumental in delivering one of the industry’s
first WiMAX mesh networking solutions.
Read more.
June 6, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Expands
Broadband Last-Mile Services with Additional International
Frequencies
SkyPilot Networks today announced the expanded
coverage for two additional 5 GHz frequency bands to
allow unlicensed service to a broader list of countries.
In addition to providing coverage for the 5.8 GHz (5.725-5.850)
frequency band, the SkyPilot products now have the capability
to cover both the 5.1-5.4 GHz (5.150-5.450) and 5.4-5.7
GHz (5.450-5.725) bands as well.
Read more.
June 6, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Announces
SkyExtender DualBand for Wide-Ranging Metropolitan Wi-Fi
Networks
SkyPilot Networks today announced the SkyExtender
DualBand, a dual-radio solution that dramatically extends
the reach of Wi-Fi broadband access and greatly improves
network capacity and reliability. By combining a high-power
802.11b/g access point (AP) with SkyPilot's long-range
and high-capacity 5 GHz mesh backhaul, service providers
and municipalities can now cost-effectively deploy Wi-Fi
services over great distances for either targeted hotzones
or dense, ubiquitous coverage patterns.
Read more.
June 1, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Introduces Comprehensive Channel Partner
Program
SkyPilot Networks today announced the introduction
of a comprehensive channel partner program that will
help scale the company's sales, marketing, customer
service and technical support capabilities to meet rising
customer demand for its robust and economical last-mile
solutions. Having secured more than 100 customers in
nearly 30 countries just since October of 2004.
Read more.
May 23, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Joins WiMAX
Forum™ and Commits to WiMAX Products
SkyPilot Networks today announced it has joined
the WiMAX Forum™, an industry-led, non-profit
organization that promotes the interoperability and
certification of broadband wireless products using the
IEEE 802.16 standard.
Read more.
May 16, 2005:
SkyPilot Networks Announces
$15 Million Funding Round, Names New CEO
SkyPilot Networks today announced a $15 million
round of funding and that Bob Machlin has joined the
company as president and CEO. Machlin, a 20-year industry
veteran with a track record at several highly successful
telecommunications companies, joins SkyPilot as the
company expands its presence in the broadband wireless
market.
Read more.
For more information, email pr@skypilot.com or call +1 (408) 764-8000.