Press Release
PacketHop "Swings for the Fences" at Home of the Colorado Rockies
VIP Attendees Will Participate in a Hands-on Simulation of the Highly Anticipated AWARE™ Communications Suite and Aware for Public Safety Application Suite, Enjoy Tours of the Ballpark, Batting and Pitching Practice
APCO CONFERENCE, DENVER - Aug. 22, 2005 - PacketHop, Inc., the leader in mobile mesh networking software and multimedia applications for instant wireless group communication, today announced that it will hold an invitation-only event celebrating the launch of its first products -- the AWARE™ Communications Suite and the Aware™ for Public Safety suite of multimedia applications -- on Monday, August 22 during the APCO International 71st Annual Conference & Exposition at Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.
Guests will partake in a search and rescue simulation using the AWARE™ Communications Suite, which is the public safety industry's first autonomous mobile mesh networking solution that provides first responders with standards-based, secure wireless broadband communications with or without infrastructure, and the Aware for Public Safety multimedia application suite, which delivers mission-critical information to first responders via multicast video, white boarding, resource location tracking on localized electronic maps and multimedia instant messaging.
After the search and rescue simulation, attendees will be treated to dinner and drinks at homeplate, followed by tours of the home and away team's dugouts. Finally, attendees will be able to "swing for the fence" and "throw a heater" using Colorado Rockies batting and pitching cages.
For more information regarding the AWARE™ Communications Suite and Aware for Public Safety multimedia application suite, please visit: www.packethop.com. For more information regarding PacketHop's Coors Field event please contact John Aquino, PacketHop's marketing and communications manager, at: jaquino@packethop.com or (650) 292-5058.
About PacketHop
PacketHop, Inc. develops mobile mesh networking software and multimedia applications which enable instant wireless group communication for commercial enterprises, government organizations and consumer markets. AWARE™ Communications Suite software enables 802.11 standards-based devices to create extended Wi-Fi hot-zones on the fly - known as autonomous mobile mesh networks - which can securely operate with or without wireless access points. By making infrastructure completely optional, PacketHop delivers coverage whenever and wherever instant wireless broadband communication is needed - with greater resiliency, reliability and robustness than any other comparable technology. Along with the company's device agnostic mobile mesh networking solution that facilitates rapid and cost-effective deployments, PacketHop offers the Aware™ for Public Safety multimedia application with capabilities such as real-time multicast video, resource tracking, instant messaging and white boarding. Founded in 2003 and based in Silicon Valley, Calif., PacketHop is funded by venture firms U.S. Venture Partners, Mayfield, ComVentures and GF Equity Partners, as well as SRI International. For more information on PacketHop, please visit www.packethop.com.