BelAir Networks Provides TESSCO Customers with Market-Leading Wireless Mesh Products

TESSCO Becomes Your Total Source® for BelAir Networks Products

Kanata, Ontario, July 2008 - BelAir Networks, the market leader in broadband wireless mesh networks, has signed a distribution agreement with TESSCO Technologies, the leading provider of the product and supply chain solutions needed to build, operate and use wireless networks and systems. The distribution agreement provides easy access to BelAir Networks best of breed wireless mesh products for TESSCO’s wireless system operators, program managers, contractors, resellers, and self-maintained utility, transportation, enterprise and government organizations. It also enables current BelAir Networks resellers to leverage TESSCO’s complementary products, valued-added services, technical support and world-class customer service.

“BelAir’s unique carrier-grade approach to wireless mesh products, both hardware and software, have made us the market leader and the trusted brand of major service providers and system integrators,” said Susan Masek, Director of Sales Channels, BelAir Networks. "This distribution agreement makes our products more accessible to TESSCO customers and BelAir resellers to address the huge demand for BelAir Networks high-performance wireless mesh for video security, VoIP, enterprise data, high-speed internet access, point-of-sale systems and location-based services.”

TESSCO Chairman, President and CEO Robert B. Barnhill commented, "The addition of the BelAir Networks high-performance wireless mesh portfolio reflects TESSCO’s commitment to expanding its total-source solutions focus and offering with superior product choices from world-class manufacturers. We are very pleased and excited about our new partnership with BelAir and are confident that the addition of their portfolio represents significant new wireless system opportunities for our customers.”

BelAir Networks award-winning wireless mesh network solutions deliver industry-leading broadband performance and scalability as well as carrier-class capacity and reliability for a wide range of environments including public safety networks, municipal networks, port security, mass transit and ITS installations, hotel and venue networks, defense applications, and industrial plant deployments around the world. BelAir Networks was recognized as the worldwide wireless mesh node market leader based on revenue for the third consecutive quarter, according to Dell’Oro Group’s Q1 2008 Wireless LAN quarterly report. The company also maintained its leadership position for units shipped in the first quarter of 2008.

Stephen Rayment, CTO, and Dave Park, VP, BelAir Networks will be hosting a live webcast: “Mesh Technology ‘Deep Dive’: Everything you ever wanted to know about mesh, but didn’t get a chance to ask” on Tuesday, July 8 at 2:00 pm EDT, and on Thursday, July 10 at 2:00 pm EDT. For more details or to register go to www.belairnetworks.com/webcasts.

Driven by the BelAirOS operating system software and managed by BelViewNMS, BelAir Networks offers the industry’s most comprehensive product portfolio with the highest capacity, lowest latency and fastest roaming speeds. Supporting Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 4.9 GHz Public Safety, 5.9 GHz ITS, and 4.4 GHz Military spectrum bands, the portfolio includes the flagship four-radio BelAir200 Wireless Multi-service Switch Router, the BelAir200D for Defense applications, the three-radio BelAir100T Wireless Mesh Node, the BelAir100M Mobile Mesh Node, the dual-radio BelAir100 Multi-service Node and BelAir100D, the single- or dual-radio BelAir100C Multi-service Node, and the strand-mounted BelAir100S.
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