World’s Largest Municipal Wireless Broadband Network Uses Tropos and Handles Over 4 Terabytes of Traffic Each Month!

Oklahoma City Attains $10,000,000 in Value by Using Tropos Wireless Network and New Mobile Workforce Applications

Three years ago, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma launched the world’s largest municipal wireless broadband network which covers 555 square miles and is based upon Tropos Networks’ market leading products. Since then, the network has been adopted as the primary network used by all city departments with mobile workers and has enabled significant cost savings and efficiency gains.

“Over the past three years, we’ve been impressed with the flexible capacity and solid reliability of the Tropos network,” said Mark Meier, chief technology officer for Oklahoma City. “The network is currently handling more than 4 terabytes of traffic each month, and has easily scaled with the increasing demand. In fact, some of our critical public safety applications required redundant wireless connectivity, but the cellular data cards have remained virtually unused and handle less than 1 percent of our traffic which has resulted in significant cost savings for the City.” As a result of the wireless broadband network plus efficiency gains from new applications enabled, it is estimated the City has derived approximately $10,000,000 in value to date.

City departments using the network include Police, Fire, Transit, Public Works, and IT; more than 200 applications are concurrently running over the network. Endpoint devices include laptops, handheld devices, traffic controllers and video cameras.

Examples of some of the new applications for public safety enabled with the high-speed broadband network which have improved efficiencies include computer aided dispatch (CAD); in-field reporting systems; records management; global positioning system (GPS) tracking systems; Web-based crime database access; street mapping systems; and video monitoring. This field access to critical data has been a force-multiplying technology enabling police officers to remain out on the streets more of the time with access to vital information immediately accessible. As a result, the safety of both the community and officers has significantly increased.

“The multiple municipal applications using the network in Oklahoma City is a great example of how a single wireless IP broadband foundation can be successfully leveraged across city departments, reducing operational costs and building greener, safer, smarter communities,” said Tom Ayers, president and CEO of Tropos Networks. “We applaud the City for its innovation, leadership and foresight.”

About Tropos Networks.

Tropos® Networks is the worldwide market leader in wireless IP broadband mesh networks that enable customers to own and control a smart, affordable, IP foundation for deploying applications and services that build greener, safer, smarter communities. Tropos has more than 750 customers in over 30 countries around the world using the patented Tropos System Architecture to build Smart Cities and Smart Grids that are reliable, scalable and secure. Founded in 2000, Tropos is headquartered in the United States in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit www.tropos.com, or email to info {at} tropos(.)com. Tropos is a registered trademark and Greener, Safer, Smarter is a trademark of Tropos Networks, Inc.

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