CORRECTING and REPLACING Firetide Introduces New Non-Line-of-Sight, `Smart Adaptive` Wireless Infrastructure Mesh Product for Challenging Environments

Highest Performing 900 MHz Solution Brings Mesh Benefits to Non-Line-of-Sight
Utility, Public Safety andOpens up New Market Opportunities in Smart Grid
Applications
LOS GATOS, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Throughout the release all references to "site" should read "sight."

The corrected release reads:

FIRETIDE INTRODUCES NEW NON-LINE-OF-SIGHT, `SMART ADAPTIVE` WIRELESS
INFRASTRUCTURE MESH PRODUCT FOR CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS

Highest Performing 900 MHz Solution Brings Mesh Benefits to Non-Line-of-Sight
Utility, Public Safety andOpens up New Market Opportunities in Smart Grid
Applications

Firetide, Inc., the leading provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks,
today announced the new HotPort 6000-900 non-line-of-sight wireless `Smart
Adaptive` infrastructure mesh solution - the company`s first product to operate
in a 900 MHz spectrum to enable high bandwidth applications in challenging
environments. Target markets include utilities, public safety, transportation
and industrial, wherever clear line-of-sight cannot be obtained.

"The new 900 MHz solution addresses the need for non-line-of-sight applications
in our core public safety, transportation and industrial markets. It also opens
up a new market opportunity for us with utilities that can now use the Firetide
infrastructure mesh architecture in difficult environments," said Bo Larsson,
chief executive officer of Firetide. "This is our first step in addressing Smart
Grid opportunities where we see Firetide`s unique infrastructure mesh providing
an attractive price and performance network for Smart Grid applications."

With the new HotPort 6000-900, users with non-line-of-sight locations can now
deploy multi-hop, fully meshed networks and receive its benefits of redundancy
and load balancing, thereby improving the reliability of their network and
avoiding any single points of failure. The product enables bandwidth intensive
applications such as video surveillance and broadband access traffic and extends
mesh reliability, performance and services into these difficult environments.The
HotPort 6000-900 also delivers the industry`s highest throughput - up to 26
Mbps, depending on line of sight conditions.

HotPort 6000-900 mesh is uniquely designed for noisy 900 MHz spectrum and
introduces Firetide`s Smart Adaptive Mesh technology to mitigate the effects of
interference that typically bring down wireless throughput and reliability in
this band. For example, Firetide`s noise-aware data path and noise filtering
algorithms enable mesh to better handle interference from other 900 MHz devices,
as well as from adjacent frequency bands taken up by cellular and 3G
traffic.Tools such as the spectrum analyzer, which is integrated into the
product, allow a network administrator to remotely monitor the health of the
network and take actions to further optimize the network performance.

For public and private utilities, the new product addresses the needs for
reliable, high-bandwidth communications in remote and rugged terrains where it
can increase the backhaul capacity of their existing SCADA monitoring networks
and also be used for security. "Providing all the benefits of mesh and
Firetide`s unique architectural approach, the Firetide 900 MHz mesh is a great
solution for the utility market. Not only will they have a much higher bandwidth
than they are used to, but they can deploy a single infrastructure mesh network
for their SCADA and security needs. Local communities are generally sensitive
about the aesthetics of adding tall antenna poles to get a clear signal
necessary for the higher bandwidths. The Firetide 900 MHz mesh can use the
existing antenna infrastructure to reach through the tree canopy. This provides
installation and cost savings to the utilities while adding the benefits of
voice and video," said Ken VandeVeer, Southern California sales manager, of Sage
Designs, Inc.

"In the public safety space, the 900 MHz connection can be used for the `last
hop,` to connect an outlying camera, for example, around obstructive tree
canopies or buildings. Another application is for covert surveillance where law
enforcement agents may not be able to get clear line of sight without causing
undue attention to themselves," said Mark Jules, president of Avrio RMS Group.

The HotPort 6000-900 mesh is part of and fully compatible with the HotPort 6000
series of mesh nodes that provide reliable Ethernet connectivity over a
high-performance, self-forming wireless mesh backbone. All HotPort nodes have
multiple Ethernet ports for connecting network devices or other networks to the
wireless mesh. With HotPort 6000 nodes, users can build a single infrastructure
for voice, video and data traffic, dramatically reducing capital investment in
the wireless backbone.

The 900 MHz product features a dual radio solution with the capability of
operating in the 900 MHz spectrum on one of the radios, while operating in the
2.4 GHz, 5 GHz or 4.9 GHz (public safety) frequency bands on the other. The
solution is available immediately in both indoor and outdoor configurations.

About Firetide Inc.

Firetide is the leading provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks that
enable concurrent video, voice, and data for municipal, public safety, and
industrial applications. Firetide provides reliable high performance wireless
infrastructure mesh and access solutions for video surveillance, Internet
access, public safety networks and temporary networks wherever rapid deployment,
mobility and ease of installation are required. Headquartered in Los Gatos,
Calif., Firetide is a privately held company with worldwide product
distribution. http://www.firetide.com

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Scott Green, 650-679-9044
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or
Firetide
Ksenia Coffman, +1-408-317-8985
kcoffman@firetide.com

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