June 29, 2001:

• Start selling 11Mbps wireless-LAN card "Wireless Module RZ2002"

ROOT Inc. (head office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, president: Hiroshi Mano) has newly line up the product called "Wireless Module RZ2002", and shipment will be start from July.

RZ2002 is the high-speed wireless LAN PC card used by equipping PCMCIA of a note personal computer. With the wireless card that used 2.4GHz band spread spectrum system based on IEEE802.11b, it is enabled to communicate with the speed with a maximum of 11 Mbps and Cable Ethernet (10Mbps).

To Install the Indoor and Outdoor wireless IP router RGW2400 series, ROOT intend to provide the sufficient service of wireless access line to office, school, public and major hot spot etc.

ROOT already started develop, manufactures, and sell the wireless router in Japan, and offers the service of the first one-mile by the wireless in the practical use to local self-governing, broadband career, and ISP. Also, ROOT provides the abundant introductory actual of Internet wireless access line to approach Yahoo! Cafe (Internet cafe) in Omotesando, Tokyo.

Furthermore, to realize the system of mobile high-speed wireless, ROOT has manufactures and carry out the technical method of mobile career movement. Using the 2.4 GHz wireless solution, ROOT expect to have the expansion market over the future.

The main features of Wireless Module RZ2002

• Enable to combine the various interfaces with Wireless IP router RGW2400 series.
• Enable to change the 14 channels of Frequency band with various connections.
• Carry the encipherment function by WEP system for security measure.
• Unnecessary to acquire the wireless license because the used of Small Electric Power System 2.4GHz Belt.
• Adoption of a spectrum direct sequence system (DS-SS)
• Possible to communicate the distance of Outdoor 305m / Indoor 91m(Outdoor 122m / Indoor 37m for transmitting speed 11Mbps)

Wireless Module RZ2002 of Stayle