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Meru Networks deploys largest campus-wide network in Belgium

April 11, 2007

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, has announced that the Brussels Regional Informatics Centre (BRIC), on behalf of the Brussels-Capital Region, has deployed Meru Networks’ Wireless LAN (WLAN) System and its innovative Wireless Backbone System (WBS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Universite libre de Bruxelles (VUB/ULB) in Brussels, making it the largest mesh network in Belgium.

Designed by Multicap, Meru’s distribution partner in Belgium, the mesh network provides broadband Internet access to all students and campus visitors. Meru’s 4th generation WLAN provides reliable application delivery for high density data, toll-quality voice, and streaming video Wi-Fi applications. WBS extends these services to outdoor areas and remote locations through an innovative wireless backbone and mesh repeating scheme that provides end-to-end QoS and security. Additionally, Meru’s network enables wireless VoIP to all VUB/ULB university staff.

“We see this as a revolutionary step forward for the University,” said Guy Vanhengel, Brussels’ Informatics Minister. “This impressive wireless network provides a fine example that other institutions will be able to emulate. To achieve such a sophisticated solution and to make such significant cost savings at the same time is remarkable.”

Meru’s Air Traffic Control technology automatically balances network traffic among the wireless Access Points located throughout the campus. WBS allows the Access Points to be installed in locations without access to a wired network, including on light poles, rooftops, and exterior walls

“Meru’s Wireless Backbone System provides 100 percent reliability and security. Their mesh network enabled us to install Access Points in locations where it would have been very difficult and expensive to string cabling, so WBS saved VUB/ULB a significant sum of money,” said Glenn De Haes, System Engineer of Multicap. “Meru delivered everything we needed - scalability, low installation cost, and superior Quality of Service.”

Meru Networks Inc.

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