KURT MACKIE
BROADBAND WIRELESS
October 10, 2005

The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) has extended its network of optical wireless systems using LightPointe's FlightStrata product.

The Gigabit Ethernet FlightStrata system was installed by Speed Wire Inc. for the Cancer Center in less than 48 hours after testing. The system beams through a window to connect with a new office on the campus.

The FlightStrata seamlessly integrates with the existing LightPointe FlightSpectrum optical wireless links that connect other MSKCC campus buildings, including a link that connects with nearby Rockefeller University.

The optical wireless network carries high-speed voice and data, particularly digital imaging, to remote locations on the campus. "More and more organizations, especially many in the healthcare industry, are using optical wireless to transmit a variety of data at ultra high speed," stated Bob Preston, senior VP and chief marketing officer at LightPointe. "In particular, hospitals and medical facilities prefer the inherent security of optical wireless, which uses beams of light and cannot be detected."

In addition to its optical wireless product line, LightPointe also offers its FlightStrata 100 XA system, which combines Fast Ethernet optical wireless with a radio that operates in the license-free 5.8 GHz band.

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