Firetide, a provider of wireless mesh networking technology, announced a marketing and sales partnership with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., one of the largest trading companies in Japan and its U.S. subsidiary Mitsui Comtek Corp. Mitsui will become the master distributor for Firetide products in Japan.
Firetide’s HotPoint Wireless Mesh Routers replace Ethernet cabling and form a Wireless Instant Network, eliminating the need for trenching and laying fiber or cable. The network self-configures by simply plugging HotPoint routers into standard AC power outlets. http://www.firetide.com
- In May 2004, NETGEAR and Firetide announced a co-marketing agreement targeting large-scale WLANs in locations otherwise too difficult or costly to reach with wires. The partnership combines NETGEAR’s access points and Firetide’s Hotpoint Wireless Mesh Routers, which provide a wireless backhaul solution.