Saturday, August 05, 2006
Proxim and Cayman Demonstrate First Cordless Broadband Solution for Shared High-Speed Internet Access Into the Home, SOHO - Company Business and Marke
Proxim, Inc., and Cayman Systems, Inc., Tuesday announced the first public demonstration of a cordless ADSL modem gateway at The Yankee Group Networked Home Symposium, exhibiting a new technology that provides cordless, simultaneously shared high-speed Internet access for home and small office/home office customers.
The solution integrates Proxim's award-winning Symphony cordless networking technology into Cayman's broadband-to-multi-PC gateway technology. At the Networked Home Symposium, Cayman's broadband gateway will connect to Pacific Bell ADSL service at Cayman's exhibit, and will utilize Symphony's radio frequency technology to share broadband Internet access with computing devices at Proxim's exhibit in an opposite corner of the exhibition area.
"DSL brings high bandwidth to the home, but the challenge then becomes sharing that bandwidth among multiple PCs. Proxim's wireless home networking eliminates the cost of running new wires and the constraints of having to be near a network outlet," said Karuna Uppal, Consumer Market Convergence senior analyst at The Yankee Group. "Among users with more than one PC demanding faster Internet access, Cayman's wireless broadband gateway is a good choice to meet this combination of needs. And we're pleased Proxim and Cayman made our Home Networking Symposium their venue of choice to unveil and demonstrate this innovative approach."
Now broadband service providers can distribute high-speed Internet access to multiple computers throughout a home or office without installing any new cabling, and can do so regardless of location of computers and other resources within the local network. This technology combination mobilizes users, giving them the luxury of high-speed Internet access wherever they choose to use their computers, with minimal setup requirements. Users can also share files and printers, and can play network games between computers using Symphony network interface cards for laptops and desktops, all located anywhere in and around the home or small office.
The wireless broadband gateway solution is currently being privately sampled to select Cayman customers. Product names, prices and availability of the new Cayman solutions have not yet been announced.
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