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SkyPilot Networks Surpasses 200th Customer and 10,000 Unit Shipment Milestones
Leading Carrier-Class Wireless Mesh Provider Expands Customer Base Across 40 Countries Worldwide
Santa Clara, CA – April 3, 2006 – SkyPilot Networks, the leading provider of carrier-class broadband wireless mesh networks, today announced the company has reached a series of significant milestones that include shipping its 10,000th unit and securing its 200th customer distributed across 40 countries worldwide. Soaring demand for SkyPilot solutions is being driven by a combination of service providers, municipalities and public safety agencies that leverage SkyPilot solutions to deliver a wide variety of applications including broadband data, voice over IP, public Internet access and video surveillance.
"By supplying the broadband wireless mesh network for over two hundred networks, we have proven the capabilities of our industry-leading synchronous mesh architecture," said SkyPilot Networks' CEO Bob Machlin. "The SkyPilot solution appeals to network operators due to the full integration of backhaul and access technologies in a system that provides a great deal of versatility. This allows operators to easily build resilient outdoor wireless networks that offer one of the lowest total costs of ownership in the industry."
Network operator MetroFi has recently collaborated with SkyPilot to begin delivery of a municipal wireless network in Aurora, Illinois, the second largest city in the state.
Recent SkyPilot-based international broadband wireless network deals include Telegens, a Jamaican Wireless Internet Service Provider delivering an island-wide carrier-class mesh system and SwiftTalk Ltd, an ISP and network operator delivering carrier-class meshing networking in Nigeria.
Maintaining its innovation and accelerating momentum, SkyPilot recently announced its SkyExtender TriBand designed for mixed-use municipal wireless networks that require public Wi-Fi and public safety access. The SkyExtender TriBand is a highly versatile product that integrates SkyPilot’s industry-leading 5 GHz synchronous mesh backhaul with two high-power access points, one dedicated to U.S. licensed 4.9 GHz public safety applications and one dedicated to 2.4 GHz public Wi-Fi access.
About SkyPilot Networks
SkyPilot Networks is the leading provider
of carrier-class wireless mesh solutions that enable
service providers, municipalities, and public safety
agencies to rapidly deploy cost-effective broadband
access, voice over IP, public and private Wi-Fi access,
video surveillance, and other wireless applications.
The SkyPilot solution utilizes a patent-pending synchronous
mesh architecture with high-speed switched directional
antenna arrays that extends reach, mitigates interference,
and maximizes spectral reuse. The result is a highly
scalable, reliable, and deterministic mesh network that
simplifies design, increases deployment flexibility,
and dramatically reduces equipment and operating costs.
SkyPilot has proven scalability and reliability with
over 200 customers in more than 40 countries. SkyPilot
is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum™ and
a privately held company based in Santa Clara, California.
For more information on SkyPilot and its solutions,
contact pr@skypilot.com
or visit http://www.skypilot.com.