| VIVATO AND IBAX PROVIDE WI-FI COVERAGE TO MORE THAN ONE MILLION
ATTENDEES AT 44TH INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW IN ITALY
GENOA, ITALY - Oct. 14, 2004 - IBAX s.c.r.l. and Vivato,
a scalable Wi-Fi systems infrastructure company, announced today
the first European installation of Vivato's Wi-Fi system in Genoa
at the 44th International Boat Show. One of the most important and
prestigious nautical exhibitions in the Mediterranean area, the
boat show hosts more than one million visitors over a nine-day period
and includes 1,500 international exhibitors and hundreds of nautical
associations and marinas.
"While Vivato has installed systems in other parts of the
world, the system in Genoa is the first European installation of
a seaport," said Piergiovanni Matrona, vice president and general
manager of the international market for Vivato. "The use of
Vivato's technology drastically reduces the cost and time required
to provide Wi-Fi coverage in large areas, making broadband Internet
access a reality for visitors, ships and boats, as well as all the
applications related to the management, surveillance and logistics
of the port area."
"Vivato's Wi-Fi base stations, incorporating patented phased
array smart antennae technology, permit far larger and extended
coverage compared with traditional Wi-Fi equipment," added
Angelo Labeni Grossi, general manager for Ibax. "Thanks to
the unique features of Vivato's product, it's possible to deploy
a system like the one in Genoa in just a few hours, avoiding the
complex radio-electric net introduced by traditional wired solutions,
with considerable cost savings and more flexible network management."
The system installed at the 44th International Boat Show in Genoa
requires only one Vivato base station which covers both port and
exhibition areas. A similar implementation would have required 15
traditional access points, with all the complexity related to power
and network cabling, and management. The innovative products introduced
by Vivato overcome the limits of existing technologies that are
unable to meet the requirements of ships and boats 3-4 km from port.
About IBAX
The consortium IBAX designs, installs and maintains private wireless
networks in both unlicensed and licensed bands. IBAX mission consists
of implementing the e-government applications required by the European
Community and the Italian Ministers of Innovation, MIUR and Communications,
rethinking the way of managing and operating the Public Administration,
providing high-speed Internet connections for data, voice and video
services to the population at the largest extent.
IBAX creates and manages the connectivity linked to these applications
in order to promote new economic and social activities and improve
the quality of life through fast Internet connections available
to everybody. Nationwide access to IP broadband networks is a pre-requisite
to achieve these goals. IBAX always collaborates with local partners
like Perisalone, So.Ge.Net and SiS of Genoa.
About Vivato
Vivato is a wireless systems infrastructure company with technology
that is based upon an innovative signal processing and antenna design.
Vivato's unique system architecture enables cost-effective, large-scale
indoor and outdoor wireless deployments at hotels, airports, seaports,
warehouses, universities, enterprises, and in cities and towns.
Vivato is headquartered in San Mateo, California, with a research
and development center in Spokane, Washington. For more information,
please visit www.vivato.com
or call 650-227-0490.
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