Tropos® Networks, the market leader in
wireless IP broadband mesh networks, today announced that it is
providing the broadband wireless network for Houston’s
Gulfton Super Neighborhood, the first Wireless Empowered Community
Access Network (WeCAN) neighborhood and part of the City’s
Digital Inclusion Initiative to improve the quality of life for
underserved communities. The announcement that Tropos is deploying its
MetroMesh™ system in the initiative’s
first neighborhood to be served is being made at the official ceremonial “ribbon
cutting” event here with Mayor Bill White, the
Director of the Digital City Inclusion Initiative and other partners,
including HP, Microsoft, and Verizon Wireless.
“We are grateful for Tropos’
participation and interest in helping our underprivileged communities
grow and prosper. Their support is a critical element as the Tropos
system provides the wireless broadband foundation for the WeCAN pilot
network,” said Nicole H. Robinson, Director
of the Initiative.
“Houston’s Digital
Inclusion Initiative is a significant benefit for the community and we
are proud to be a contributor,” said Tom
Ayers, President and CEO of Tropos Networks. “I
have seen the educational and learning benefits that digital access can
provide to communities with other Tropos customers around the world, and
look forward to working with the City in the future as they expand the
WeCAN program.”
Through the support of the Houston Public Library and its partners,
Gulfton Super Neighborhood is the first of ten neighborhoods to benefit
under WeCAN over a two-year period. WeCAN will eventually be 25
neighborhoods covering approximately half a million people.
About the Houston Public Library
The Houston Public Library (HPL) operates 36 neighborhood libraries, a
Central Library (reopening May 31, 2008), the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, the Parent Resource Library located in the Children’s
Museum of Houston, and the Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical
Research. Serving 4 million customers per year, HPL is committed to
excellent customer service and equitable access to information and
programs by providing library patrons with free use of a diverse
collection of printed materials and electronic resources, Internet,
laptop and computer use, and a variety of database and reference
resources with live assistance online 24/7. For further information
visit the Houston Public Library at www.houstonlibrary.org
or call 832-393-1313.
About Tropos Networks, Inc.
Tropos® Networks is the market leader in
wireless IP broadband mesh networks enabling cities and other
organizations worldwide to own and control smart, affordable, IP
infrastructures for deploying high-value applications that improve the
efficiencies of its mobile workers while reducing operational costs.
These applications include mobile public safety (for police, fire and
EMS vehicles), video surveillance, utility automation and industrial
deployments. The patented Tropos MetroMesh™
system delivers the ultimate reliability, scalability, and security at
low cost that is required for business critical and
life saving wireless applications and is installed in over 30 countries.
Founded in 2001, Tropos Networks is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com,
call 408-331-6800 or write to info@tropos.com.
Tropos is a registered trademark and MetroMesh is a trademark of Tropos
Networks, Inc.
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