Holland's Largest Wi-Fi® Hotspot Provider Extends Partnership with Proxim Wireless
KPN Hotspots Orders 600 New Access Points to Expand Current Service Offerings.
Silicon Valley (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 19, 2009 -- Proxim Wireless Corporation (OTCQX: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, today announced that KPN Hotspots B.V., Holland's largest provider of Wi-Fi® hotspots, is expanding its partnership with Proxim as the provider of its Wi-Fi networking equipment.
KPN already has more than 2,000 of Proxim's ORiNOCO® AP-700 and AP-4000 access points deployed throughout Holland and has partnered with Proxim to deliver Wi-Fi hotspot services for nearly three years. Today KPN announces that it has ordered more than 600 new access points from Proxim to continue the expansion of its network.
"Providing our customers with the greatest Wi-Fi connectivity - regardless of where they go - requires the support of solid technology partners," said Thijs Gunter, Manager Technology, Wholesale Operations, KPN HotSpots B.V. "We have been using Proxim's Wi-Fi access points as the technology of choice for all of our indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi hotspots for the last three years based on superior performance and value when compared to the competition. As we continue to expand our network to new locations and to support more services, we are happy to expand our partnership with Proxim."
KPN currently has thousands of hotspots throughout Holland at establishments such as:
| | - Hotel chains - Including Van Der Valk, Holland's largest hotel chain
- Restaurants and cafes - Including the Campanile, La Place and AC Restaurants
- Gas stations - Gas stations throughout Holland offer customers the ability to connect and check email/Internet
- Railways and public transportation - Including NS railway stations
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The planned expansion will include the deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots at Holland's Holiday parks. KPN will be extending hotspot service to over 100 Holiday parks throughout the country, including both indoor Wi-Fi access in the bungalows and guest rooms via Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-700 and AP-4000 radios, as well as outdoor Wi-Fi service in common areas and parks via Proxim's Wi-Fi mesh equipment.
"KPN has been an excellent partner, and their continued selection of Proxim equipment for their ever-increasing Wi-Fi hotspot network is a great validation of our products," said Ralf Labeda, Director of Sales, Northern Europe for Proxim Wireless. "We look forward to providing KPN the equipment to extend their network and offer Wi-Fi services to their customers."
To find a KPN hotspot, please visit: https://apps.hotspotsvankpn.com/locationfinder/.
About KPN
KPN is the leading telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, offering wireline and wireless telephony, internet and TV to consumers and end-to-end telecom and ICT services to business customers. KPN's subsidiary Getronics operates a global ICT services company with a market leading position in the Benelux, offering end-to-end solutions in infrastructure and network-related IT. In Germany and Belgium, KPN pursues a multi-brand strategy in its wireless operations and holds number three market positions through E-Plus and BASE. KPN provides wholesale network services to third parties and operates an efficient IP-based infrastructure with global scale in international wholesale through iBasis.
At 31 December 2008, KPN served over 38 million customers, of which 31.1 million were in wireless services, 3.9 million in wireline voice, 2.5 million in broadband Internet and 0.8 million in TV. With 25,073 FTEs (36,702 FTEs including Getronics), KPN posted revenues of EUR 14.6bn and an EBITDA of EUR 5.1bn in the period January - December 2008. KPN was incorporated in 1989 and is listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, having delisted from the New York, London and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges in 2008.
About Proxim Wireless
Proxim Wireless Corporation (OTCQX: PRXM) is a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play of voice, video, data and mobility to all organizations today. Our systems enable a variety of wireless applications including security and surveillance, VoIP, last mile access, enterprise LAN connectivity and Point-to-Point backhaul. We have shipped more than 1.8 million wireless devices to more than 235,000 customers in over 65 countries worldwide. Proxim is ISO-9001 certified. Information about Proxim can be found at www.proxim.com. For investor relations information, e-mail ir(at)proxim.com or call +1 413-584-1425.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could contribute to such differences including difficulties in overcoming the network installation and operational challenges relating to any specific customer or geographical area; factors beyond our control such as weather, geographic, governmental, and interference issues; specific requirements of a given customer in their specific situations; uncertainties as to the extent of any specific equipment deployments or network expansions or any specific types of services available in any specific geographic region; delays or changes in or cancellation of contemplated product deployments; and difficulties or delays in supplying products with the features, performance, compliances, certifications, cost, price, and other characteristics desired by customers. Further information on these and other factors that could affect our actual results is and will be included in filings made by Proxim Wireless from time to time with the OTCQX (www.otcqx.com) and in our other public statements.
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