7th June,2004

TerraWave Solutions, a value-added distributor of Wi-Fi® Solutions, announced today that it has been selected by the Wi-Fi Alliance as an official Alliance test bed fulfillment source. As demand for authorized testing of 802.11 products increases, TerraWave will assemble, configure and ship test beds as a service to Wi-Fi Alliance members that want to certify Wi-Fi products for interoperability.

More than 200 of the Wi-Fi industry's leading companies have certified over 1,250 products. Moving forward, TerraWave will provide pre-packaged test beds required for certification throughout the world. The test beds will be available exclusively to members of the Wi-Fi Alliance and to authorized Wi-Fi laboratories.

Formal Wi-Fi certification testing remains the responsibility of authorized Wi-Fi laboratories. TerraWave's provision of test beds to Wi-Fi Alliance companies will now facilitate their internal pre-testing prior to submission for formal certification, thereby further promoting interoperability within the industry.

The beds consist of a number of access points and station cards which are bundled into a single kit, loaded with specific versions of firmware and drivers. TerraWave will ensure that each test bed is in full compliance with the Alliances' specifications. Each kit package will undergo a quality and control review prior to shipping to guarantee test bed consistency required to obtain the Wi-Fi Alliance Certification.

A single source to provide standardized test bed fulfillment and a clearly defined process for ordering and obtaining professionally kitted test beds supports the Wi-Fi Alliances' efforts to promote the interoperability of IEEE 802.11 family of standards. In the past, test beds were assembled by individually contacting each product vendor. As the number of different test beds and test benches increases, it has become necessary to formalize the test bed process.

"Based on the growing number of requests we receive throughout the world for test beds, the Wi-Fi Alliance and its members recognize the continuing need to support a highly-evolved testing program," said Wi-Fi Alliance Managing Director, Frank Hanzlik. "We engaged TerraWave based on their extensive wireless networking knowledge and their ability to manage logistics, distribution as well as the set-up and configuration of 802.11 technologies."

"We're looking forward to working with the Wi-Fi Alliance and its members to optimize the test bed fulfillment process and to make it easier for member companies and test labs to order and receive test beds for Wi-Fi certification," said Chris Marco, President of TerraWave Solutions.