14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola recently announced that it will offer two supplementary configurations for its MOTOMESH product series of municipal wireless networks. The additional configurations are the 2.4/4.9GHz and 2.4/5.4GHz versions of MOTOMESH Duo (formerly named HotZone Duo). Their purpose is to broaden Motorola's two radio meshed WiFi product available until now only in 2.4/5.8GHz configuration.
The 2.4/4.9GHz configuration offers safe and dedicated mesh networking for a convenient price while the 2.4/5.4GHz configuration comes to meet the needs of international customers. The new radio alternatives will give network providers and municipalities an increased flexibility as well as more choices in order to offer better services for users.
"The ability to choose the best combination of meshed WiFi radios allows service providers and municipalities to cost-effectively address all of their customers' needs. MOTOMESH Duo is ideal for cities, big and small, that are looking to enable next generation solutions for public access, public safety, public works and enterprise," declared Roberta Wiggins from the independent technology research and consulting firm Yankee Group.
Some of MOTOMESH Duo's appreciated features are its spectrum flexibility, the small form factor and the customization characteristics. With the release of the new configurations, Motorola brings an extended set of features, including dual-meshing capability, flexible and adaptable internet gateways to minimize service interruptions and advanced management tools providing access to configuration parameters anytime and anywhere.
Dustin Jurman, president of Rapid Systems, a municipal wireless service provider, said: "Meeting the needs of a wide variety of municipal wireless customers can be challenging. The ability to choose from a portfolio of cost-effective, customizable networks from one vendor is the right answer. MOTOMESH Duo's new hardware coupled with its new features enables complete customization and scalability regardless of network size, location or application."
The MOTOMESH products are included in Motorola's MOTOwi4 portfolio of wireless broadband services and solutions for IP networks. MOTOwi4 delivers IP coverage to basically all spaces and includes wi4 Mesh, wi4 WiMAX, wi4 fixed and wi4 Indoor solutions for public and private networks.