Super Bowl Utilizes P-Com's Wireless Routers for Security and Surveillance

Super Bowl Utilizes P-Com's Wireless Routers for Security and Surveillance

CAMPBELL, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- P-Com, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: PCMC) , a worldwide provider of broadband wireless access products and services to carriers, systems integrators and value added resellers, today announced that its SPEEDLAN 9200 wireless router product line was implemented to provide security and surveillance during the Super Bowl XXXIX game hosted in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, February 6, 2005.

The Super Bowl is a nationally telecast football game with a variety of surveillance and communications challenges. The large-scale event, which drew more than 85,000 spectators, also included many special activities in various locations throughout the city of Jacksonville, outside and beyond the football stadium. The City required a highly reliable communications network that could be quickly deployed and that was capable of transmitting full motion, real-time video from many locations. The need for this flexibility and functionality led the City's contractors to choose P-Com's SPEEDLAN family of wireless routers as its solution for high quality, high availability wireless networking.

By utilizing SPEEDLAN's secure wireless routers as the infrastructure for the entire project, the organizers of the Super Bowl were able to thoroughly monitor and secure the various game-related events.

"P-Com's SPEEDLAN wireless routers provided the mission-critical surveillance connectivity we needed to implement a complete security and surveillance solution. We chose SPEEDLAN over many competitive products because of its high level of functionality and ease of use," said Steve Haney, Regional Manager of Quality Communications, Fire and Security, Inc., one of the wireless installation contractors for the City of Jacksonville's event.

"We have been searching for the best company to provide the wireless component for a variety of our projects," said Andre Bachmann, Lead Sales Engineer from Communications Supply Corporation (CSC), a key provider of security and surveillance solutions for the event. "We are very happy with our choice of P-Com to round out our team. From the quality of the network, including their innovative mesh technology, to the outstanding customer service and support, P-Com has proven to be the right choice to bring our wireless capabilities to new levels."

P-Com's SPEEDLAN wireless routers allow seamless integration of surveillance cameras at disparate sites and remote locations. From a central command center, security personnel and local emergency services will be able to perform real-time monitoring and conduct post-event evaluations and assessments.

"We are delighted that our SPEEDLAN products are providing critical support for various applications worldwide," said Sam Smookler, P-Com CEO. "The recent Super Bowl event was just another successful example of our product's ability to enable superior solutions for a variety of security and surveillance needs."

SPEEDLAN 9200 represents the next generation in self-healing mesh technology by giving network owners and operators enhanced capabilities to route signals around obstructions to deliver wireless broadband services. SPEEDLAN 9200 facilitates use of 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz OFDM technology up to 54Mb/s signaling rate, idea for data and video applications.

About SPEEDLAN 9200

SPEEDLAN 9200 is the next generation in self-healing mesh technology, gives network owners and operators enhanced capabilities to route signals around obstructions to deliver highly available wireless broadband services. SPEEDLAN 9200 delivers a 54 Mb/s signaling rate at 5.8 GHz and 2.4 GHz utilizing OFDM modulation.

About P-Com, Inc.

P-Com, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets point-to-point and spread spectrum wireless access systems to the worldwide telecommunications market. P-Com broadband wireless access systems are designed to satisfy the high-speed, integrated network requirements of Internet access and private networks including Security & Surveillance requirements. Cellular and personal communications service (PCS) providers utilize P-Com point-to-point systems to provide backhaul between base stations and mobile switching centers. Government, utility, and business entities use P-Com systems in public and private network applications. For more information visit http://www.p-com.com/ or call 408-866-3660.

For more information on Quality Communications, Fire and Security, Inc. log onto www.qcfsi.com.

For more information about Communications Supply Corporation log onto www.gocsc.com.

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Contact: media, Chris Toth of EVC Group, Inc., +1-415-896-6820, or ctoth@evcgroup.com; or investors, Dan Rumsey, General Counsel and Acting CFO of P-Com, +1-408-866-3666, or dan.rumsey@p-com.com; or Doug Sherk, dsherk@evcgroup.com, or Jennifer Beugelmans, both of EVC Group, Inc., +1-415-896-6820.


Source: P-Com, Inc.

CONTACT: media, Chris Toth of EVC Group, Inc., +1-415-896-6820, or
ctoth@evcgroup.com; or investors, Dan Rumsey, General Counsel and Acting CFO
of P-Com, +1-408-866-3666, or dan.rumsey@p-com.com; or Doug Sherk,
dsherk@evcgroup.com, or Jennifer Beugelmans, both of EVC Group, Inc.,
+1-415-896-6820

Web site: http://www.gocsc.com/

Web site: http://www.qcfsi.com/

Web site: http://www.p-com.com/


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