2005-2006 Sponsors

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Platinum Sponsors

The BelAir Networks solution offers low-cost network deployment for large wireless LANs, and can deliver Wi-Fi access over large areas in dense urban environments.

IBM is a leader in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics.

For 35 years, Intel Corporation has developed technology enabling the computer and Internet revolution that has changed the world. Intel supplies the computing and communications industries with chips, boards, systems, and software building blocks that are the "ingredients" of computers, servers and networking and communications products. These products are used by industry members to create advanced computing and communications systems.

Corporate Host

Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, while on the go. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004.

Charter Program Sponsors

Alvarion is a worldwide leader in wireless broadband providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private network operators. The company's products enable the delivery of business and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection, and public safety communications.

Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, this year celebrates 20 years of commitment to technology innovation, industry leadership and corporate social responsibility.

Firetide is a privately held wireless mesh technology company that develops networking equipment to deploy high performance, scalable wireless mesh networks quickly, easily and affordably. Firetide's Instant Networking solution is ideal for building backbone infrastructure for Wi-Fi networks, Internet access HotZones, video surveillance, and temporary networks in a variety of environments such as, airports, municipalities, hotels, campus environments or other locations where wiring is too difficult or expensive to install. For more information, visit the company's website at www.firetide.com.

Simdesk Technologies, Inc. delivers enterprise-class computing on a population scale, transforming the technology landscape for individuals and small businesses. Simdesk is leading the evolution from expensive infrastructure toward private services that are available without economic and technological barriers. Simdesk’s on-demand computing services provides the world’s only integrated suite of file, print, messaging and groupware services across the Internet. With Simdesk, data and resources can be securely accessed, stored and shared across applications, platforms, and devices. The company’s worldwide headquarters is located in Houston, Texas. For more information, visit www.simdesk.com.

SkyPilot Networks is a leading provider of carrier-class wireless broadband systems that enable carriers, network operators, and service providers of all sizes to easily deploy cost-effective last-mile IP-based services. The SkyPilot solution offers quick time-to-revenue and a compelling return-on-investment by extending reach, routing around obstacles, and increasing deployment flexibility, thereby dramatically reducing equipment and operating costs. The SkyPilot products provide a highly scalable and reliable wireless mesh network with a choice of subscriber access options. SkyPilot Networks is a privately held company based in Santa Clara, California.

Gold Sponsors

Experienced, innovative, financially secure: EarthLink Municipal Networks is the smart choice for municipalities and utilities seeking to build citywide broadband wireless networks. As one of the nation's leading high-speed Internet service providers, EarthLink has earned a reputation for award-winning service, superior technology, and outstanding customer support. We've leveraged this experience to become a market leader for municipal broadband networks. In partnership with forward-thinking cities, we’ve developed robust, flexible, cost-effective solutions that go far beyond the minimum requirements for ubiquitous access. You can trust EarthLink’s Municipal Networks team to provide innovative connectivity options to city workers, emergency personnel, businesses, visitors, and all city residents. Let us show you how. For more information visit www.emnwifi.net/

LastMile Communications develops software and hardware that delivers location-specific, customized content to the average consumer based on interests, geography and immediate requirements. LastMile’s WDirect™ and MagicBook® technologies enable users with wireless devices which operate across a wide range of standards to easily, quickly and securely access information and services. The company is working in partnership with businesses, municipalities, advertisers and other technology vendors to help realize the goal of delivering information at the "speed of need."

MultiState Associates Inc. was founded in 1984 to assist companies, trade and professional associations, and others in efficiently meeting their state and local government relations needs. MultiState offers a wide array of services including legislative and regulatory monitoring, issue management, research, state and local government procurement and legislative and administrative lobbying.

Strix Systems designs, develops, and delivers high performance wireless mesh networking systems based on the company’s unique multi-radio, multi-channel and multi-RF wireless architecture. Sold globally by a network of integrators and resellers, these solutions address the high cost of hard-to-wire environments while providing the high throughput and low latency needed to support wireless voice, video, and data applications. Strix’s Access/One solutions provide scalable, reliable wireless connectivity in both indoor enterprise deployments as well as in the emerging outdoor public safety, municipal, and metropolitan Wi-Fi marketplace.

Tropos Networks, Inc. is the leading supplier of systems used to build metro-scale, outdoor Wi-Fi networks. Tropos’ unique Wi-Fi cells, along with the first element manager to control large Wi-Fi networks, enable public agencies and service providers to deliver ubiquitous, city-wide mobile broadband to users in any locale. These carrier-class IP networks are low cost and easy to install and scale. The Tropos cellular mesh architecture and use of optimized open-standard radios dramatically reduce the need for wired backhaul while eliminating expensive proprietary clients and complex software. Using the patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol, Tropos solutions deliver maximum bandwidth to the user regardless of conditions, at unprecedented Wi-Fi network scale.

Ruby Sponsors

Trend Micro, Inc. is a leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services. The Tokyo-based corporation has business units worldwide. Trend Micro products are sold through corporate and value-added resellers and managed service providers. For additional information and evaluation copies of all Trend Micro products, visit our Web site, www.trendmicro.com.

Emerald Sponsors

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information - anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Our next-generation technologies, for both service providers and enterprises, span access and core networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications, and help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people with information. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com.

Event Sponsors

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $81.8 billion

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PacketHop is the leader in instant broadband mobile-mesh communications systems. The PacketHop Communications System delivers the freedom to network on-the-fly, and securely operate with or without access points. PacketHop also provides server-less applications including real-time multicast video, GPS positioning, instant messaging, and white boarding, in addition to supporting other Internet-based applications. PacketHop's technology and products are covered by more than 20 issued and pending patent applications. For more information on PacketHop, please visit www.packethop.com.

Siemens, headquartered in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world’s largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. Siemens provides innovative technologies and comprehensive know-how to benefit customers in 190 countries. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is active in the areas of Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical, and Lighting.

SR Telecom is a leading provider of broadband fixed wireless access (BFWA) technology. For over two decades, the Company's products and solutions have been used by service providers to deliver advanced telecommunications services to both urban and remote areas around the globe. SR Telecom's product have been deployed in over 130 countries.

ThinLinc is a fast and versatile terminal server system. It is based on open protocols such as TightVNC and SSH. The ThinLinc server software runs on Linux or Solaris, and can be used to distribute Linux/Unix desktops to thin clients. The system also supports additional application servers, such as Windows Terminal Server. This makes it possible to mix applications from different environments on the same desktop. ThinLinc supports redirection of sound, local printers, disk drives, and serial ports, on top of SSH. Clients for Windows, Linux, and Solaris are available.

WazMetro operates the various municipal networks owned and operated by NeoReach Wireless, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of MobilePro Corporation, a publicly traded company [NASDAQ symbol = MOBL]. NeoReach Wireless is a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company focused on the deployment of wide-area Wi-Fi and pre-WiMAX networks. NeoReach's collective group of networks function through joint partnerships with government municipalities and private-sector relationships.

Event Exhibitors

Airpath Wireless, Inc. is “Clearing the way,” enabling providers to easily manage their wireless broadband networks and roaming. Using its powerful hosted-software applications, Airpath enables providers with the flexible tools and services to manage their Wi-Fi networks and roaming activities, offering seamless, global access to wireless broadband services across disparate networks on a global scale. Founded in 2001, the company is a privately held, venture-funded corporation with lead investments from Boston Millennia Partners. It is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with additional support offices in Toledo, Ohio and customer representation in Singapore.

Audible Magic Corporation provides content management and anti-piracy services to the media and entertainment industries, as well as governmental and educational institutions. The company’s offerings utilize patented digital fingerprinting technologies and an extensive reference database of copyrighted content. Its digital technology is designed to monitor, track, manage, and in some cases filter copyrighted multimedia content in all of its forms, including radio and TV analog broadcasts, Internet and satellite streams, physical media files, as well as P2P and private network file transfers. Audible Magic has agreements with UMG (Universal Music Group), Sony Music, EMI Recorded Music, Loudeye Technologies, performing rights organization SESAC.

The Cloud is Europe’s leading wireless network operator, at the forefront of telecommunications mobility and convergence. Our secure, high-speed, wireless networks connect customers and service providers, enabling exciting applications, at thousands of locations across Europe every day.

Firetide is a privately held wireless mesh technology company that develops networking equipment to deploy high performance, scalable wireless mesh networks quickly, easily and affordably. Firetide's Instant Networking solution is ideal for building backbone infrastructure for Wi-Fi networks, video surveillance, and temporary networks in a variety of environments, such as Internet access HotZones, airports, hotels, campus environments or other locations where wiring is too difficult or expensive to install. Investors include Menlo Ventures, HMS Ventures, Hawaiian Electric Industries, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners.

Front Porch, a global Internet services company founded in 1998, provides innovative solutions for Network Service Providers to improve communications with online subscribers, to increase revenue and reduce customer service costs. The Front Porch Subscriber Communications Platform offers web-based Customer Service Messaging, Online Marketing and Advertising, Subscriber Redirection, Security Services, and a suite of Network and Subscriber Reports. For more information, see Front Porch’s website at frontporch.com.

GO Networks provides carrier-grade broadband wireless access solutions for large-scale, high-capacity indoor and outdoor deployments. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, U.S.A., with additional operations in Israel, China and Europe, GO Networks provides Telcos and carriers complete, cost effective, carrier-class broadband wireless-access solutions for voice, video and data based on 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and 802.16 (WiMAX) standards. For more information please visit www.GoNetworks.com or e-mail info@GoNetworks.com.

InfiNet Wireless is a leading global vendor of Last Mile connectivity solutions utilizing Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (FBWA) and emerging WiMAX technologies. InfiNet Wireless’ products represent over 10 years of engineering efforts by our world-class Russian development laboratories coupled with extensive field experience in design and deployment in many countries of Europe, Russia, China, SE Asia and the Middle East.

NextPhase Wireless is a connectivity company that specializes in delivering integrated Internet, voice and data communication solutions to its customers. The company designs, deploys and operates its own wireless networks and also provides wireless technology solutions to businesses and municipalities. Leveraging its full-service capabilities and world-class infrastructure, NextPhase Wireless offers a comprehensive portfolio of broadband solutions that meet customers' needs today, and can anticipate and grow to meet their needs of tomorrow.

Nomadix is the leading provider of intelligent network devices and interconnect services that make nomadic computing easy. The company offers the Nomadix Service Engine^™ (NSE), which allows the public access service operators and venue owners to deploy a cost effective, secure and easy to use high-speed Internet access offering. Nomadix Interconnect Services^TM are a suite of services that provide intelligent roaming connectivity, content and application delivery in conjunction with the NSE and other public access networks.

PerfTech, Inc. brings to Internet providers a high-performance, unique communications tool whose applications include insertion of advertising, promotions, and subscriber care messaging in both wired and Wi-Fi environments. All applications run on PerfTech’s proprietary, plug-and-play hardware platform. This technology serves as an interactive component for new, network-based, revenue-generating applications and transforms the provider’s traditional role as an anonymous transport operator to one of a personalized service provider. Founded in 2001, PerfTech is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. For over 25 years, core members of the founding team have developed leading edge products in networking technology and have generated numerous awards, patents and patent applications.

Pronto Networks provides carrier-class Operations Support Systems (OSS) that enable network operators to deploy and manage large public hot spot networks. The company's software handles provisioning, configuration, authentication, access control, security, pre-paid and post-paid billing, and roaming settlement for large public WLAN networks, in addition to remotely managing and updating multi-vendor hardware and Wi-Fi switches.

Redline Communications is a technology leader in the design and manufacture of standards-based broadband wireless access solutions. Redline is a principal member of the WiMAX Forum™, and was first in the world to market an 802.16 compliant product.

Synetrix is the premier provider of managed broadband services and bespoke solutions to public sector and academic customers in the UK. Synetrix has capability in data communications and broadband services and is experienced in the delivery of converged multi-service applications such as video conferencing, video streaming, IP telephony, content management, and broadband enabled CCTV solutions.

Founded in 2003, Telabria is an award-winning privately-held developer of next-generation wireless products, solutions and services for ubiquitous broadband and network access in digital communities. Telabria products based on its multi-radio mSystem platform include the APM-300 dual-radio outdoor mesh access point and router, designed for metro-scale Wi-Fi networks; and the MobilAP, a portable wireless device targeted at public transportation and mobile workgroup markets that bridges Wi-Fi access with 3G, HSDPA, TD-CDMA and WiMAX backhaul. Telabria’s services division, So Broadband, operates the UK’s largest wireless broadband network for fixed, carrierclass symmetrical broadband and voice. Telabria is an active member of the WiMAX Forum and UMTS TDD Alliance. For more information, please visit www.telabria.com.

Winncom Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. (OTCBB:ARCS), is a value-added distributor providing wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi(R)) and broadband wireless products and services, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), virtual private networks (VPNs) and other wireless networking related products and services to resellers and partners throughout North America and Europe. Winncom has established a reputation as a leader in distributing wireless networking, with highly qualified sales, engineering and technical support personnel focused on these solutions.

Showcase Participants

DIVONA , a subsidiary of the MONACO TELECOM manages an IP-based multimedia platform, offering corporations a range of satellite-borne data transfer services. Divona offers services throughout the W1 coverage area: from Norway to Morocco and from England to Ukraine as well as in the Middle East. Divona works on projects in other coverage areas according to the needs of its clients (Africa, Asia, etc.).

Wifi-Company started as a research facility inside wireless technologies’ scope and, more generally, aimed to solution development against digital divide. Wifi-Company has a primary attitude to design, aimed at developing advanced solutions for services optimisation (broadband, video- surveillance, IP telephony etc.) through the integration of diverse technologies (wireless, satellite, cable).

Social Event Sponsors

Founded in 1931, Stone & Youngberg is a fixed-income securities firm headquartered in San Francisco, with regional offices in Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Diego, Sherman Oaks, CA, and Richmond, VA. As one of the leading underwriters of tax-exempt local government debt in the West, Stone & Youngberg underwrote over 190 new municipal bond issues in California, Arizona, Nevada, and four other states in 2004. In addition to underwriting, the firm provides investment services to individuals and institutions and offers a variety of tax-exempt and taxable securities.

Media Sponsors

Broadband Properties is the leading source of information on digital and broadband technologies for buildings and communities. Our editorial aims to accelerate the deployment of Fiber-To-The-Home and Fiber-To-The-Premises while keeping readers up to date on the available solutions capable of serving their practical needs. BP offers in-depth news, expert insights, and practical know-how on the technical, business, financial, and legal aspects of outfitting properties and communities with broadband solutions. With a focus on residential buildings, developments, and municipalities, BP helps the large-scale and wholesale buyers and users of broadband technologies, equipment, and services competitively distinguish their properties and communities in a rapidly changing marketplace. http://www.broadbandproperties.com/

Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine, which is the largest web site in the world dedicated to the broadband wireless industry, is an online publication that publishes news and many reference materials, such as news, white papers, tutorials, business directories, a trade show calendar and many other sources of information that are related to the Broadband Wireless industry. BWE's content enables readers, investors and businesses to find the information they need to do business in the broadband wireless industry.

The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. A private organization based in Folsom, Calif., the Center’s advisory services, online resources and special reports provide public- and private-sector leaders with decision support, knowledge and opportunities to help them effectively incorporate new technologies in the 21st century.

E-Government Bulletin (formerly Internet Intelligence Bulletin) is the email service covering electronic government, teledemocracy and the information society in the UK and worldwide. The Bulletin is a free, independent publication, aimed at internet users across government, local government, the social sector and their private sector partners.

FierceWiFi is a free weekly email service covering business and technology developments in WiFi and the WLAN industry. Our mission is to contribute to your success by providing a high-quality, "presidential" email briefing that helps you save time and get ahead.

FierceWireless is the wireless industry's daily monitor - a free daily email service that helps you stay on top of the wireless and mobile Internet market. Our mission is to help executives save time and get a competitive edge by providing a high-quality, "presidential" email briefing every business day.

MetroNetIQ.com is a resource-rich website whose two goals are to promote industry cohesion and to stimulate more rapid deployment of metropolitan broadband networks. The site provides Networking Orientation materials for newcomers, promotes Public Private Partnerships with a Vendor Directory, and tracks Regional Collaboration first-hand in Central Texas, and elsewhere.

Telecom Gear magazine has been the Nation's largest marketplace for buying and selling Telecom equipment for 22 years. By combining conventional, proven print advertising and cutting edge electronic technology, Telecom Gear and TelecomGearOnline.com now provide the most cost effective multi-media mix for buying and selling Telecom equipment. Telecom Gear and TelecomGearOnline.com have teamed up to become the single source for all of your worldwide advertising needs. http://www.telecomgearonline.com/

TelecomWeb is the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis on the global communications industry. TelecomWeb links all facets of the market (broadband, wireless data, satellite, pricing, enterprise, policy and fiber optics) through one portal, providing users with a complete information tool. Backed by a team of award-winning editors and analysts, TelecomWeb delivers instant access to the actionable news and information services of Access Intelligence. From breaking news to in-depth market intelligence reports to a searchable archive of thousands of news stories, TelecomWeb delivers the global industry…directly to your desktop, 24-hours a day. http://www.telecomweb.com/

WiMax.com (WiMax.com Broadband Solutions, Inc.) is the preeminent, unbiased online destination providing value added content and solutions related to WiMAX technology implementation and deployment. Through its offering of both original content and collaboration forums, WiMax.com is helping to shape the vision and real world implementation of IEEE 802.16 based technology.