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Turkey's largest video surveillance network uses Proxim's WiMAX gear for wireless backhaul

Summary

The City of Bodrum, Turkey's second largest tourist destination, has deployed the largest video surveillance network in the country to help protect tourists, locals and the port that the town rests on. To connect the more than 70 video surveillance cameras, the City of Bodrum Police Department is using Proxim Wireless' WiMAX radios as the wireless backhaul, which saves the city more than $60,000 per month in leased line costs. Not only does Proxim's wireless backhaul network cost much less than wired technology, but it provides the same performance as wired technology, without requiring the city to dig trenches through its historic streets to run wires to each camera

Abstract

Proxim’s WiMAX Provides Wireless Backhaul for Turkey’s Largest Video Surveillance Network

Turkey’s Second Largest Tourist City Protects Tourists, Locals and Port with Ubiquitous Video Surveillance

Silicon Valley, February 19, 2009 – Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, today announced that it has provided the wireless backhaul for Turkey’s largest video surveillance network in the port city of Bodrum. Bodrum is Turkey’s second largest tourist town, with a peak tourist population of over 1.5 million people during the summer months. To ensure the protection of both tourists and locals alike, as well as the port itself, the Bodrum Police Department commissioned the construction of a city-wide wireless video surveillance network, utilizing Proxim’s Tsunami™ MP.16 3500 licensed band WiMAX radios as the wireless backhaul to connect over 70 video cameras.

This deployment is a direct result of an initiative by Turkey’s Department of the Interior to roll out video surveillance across the entire country. Prior to deploying Proxim’s...