SPECTRALINK AND MERU NETWORKS VERIFY
INTEROPERABILITY FOR WI-FI TELEPHONY APPLICATIONS
Customer deployments validate compatibility of enterprise-grade
wireless voice solution
Las Vegas, NV, Interop 2006 — May 2, 2006
SpectraLink Corp. (Nasdaq: SLNK), the leader in workplace
wireless telephony, and Meru Networks, the global innovation
leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless
Enterprise, today announced that they have completed field
verification of compatibility between SpectraLink’s NetLink
Wireless Telephones and Meru’s Wireless LAN System. Verification
of compatibility was done at multiple customer sites including
PGT Industries, the leading U.S. manufacturer and supplier of
residential impact-resistant windows and doors.
“SpectraLink and Meru both came highly recommended, and we now
have more than 200 handsets running over our wireless LAN,” said
Dave Morley, technical services leader of IT for PGT Industries.
“Our manufacturing line leaders and other key personnel rely on
the wireless voice solution for real-time communications,
resulting in improved uptime on the manufacturing lines,” he
added.
Based on successful customer trials, SpectraLink has joined
Meru’s VoIP Unplugged Partner Program. VoIP Unplugged is an
industry effort led by Meru, designed to facilitate the delivery
of seamless, end-to-end wireless VoIP solutions for enterprises
and service providers.
“Many of our customers use SpectraLink’s Wi-Fi telephony
products because of their enterprise-grade quality and
reliability,” said Jim Ciociolo, vice president of Business
Development for Meru Networks. “Officially verifying
interoperability between our Wireless LAN System and
SpectraLink’s Wi-Fi handsets, and having SpectraLink join our
VoIP Unplugged Program, were both important objectives for us.
We’re excited about the benefits our two solutions have been
bringing and will continue to bring to customers like PGT
Industries.
“Meru’s focus on enterprise voice over Wi-Fi makes them a
valuable partner for SpectraLink,” said Geri Mitchell-Brown,
director of Technical Business Development for SpectraLink. “We
look forward to continuing to work with Meru through our ongoing
commitment to interoperability testing and verification of
enterprise wireless LAN products.”
In addition to their field verification program, SpectraLink’s
VIEW Certification Program provides comprehensive lab testing of
interoperability and performance of NetLink Wireless Telephones
with Wi-Fi infrastructure products to ensure compatibility in
any enterprise environment.
About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in wireless infrastructure
solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry
leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity
for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500
enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local,
state and federal government agencies. Meru’s award-winning Air
Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular
world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is
the only solution on the market that delivers predictable
bandwidth and over-the-air Quality of Service with the
reliability, scalability, and security necessary to deliver
converged voice and data services over a single WLAN
infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale,
California. For more information on Meru Networks and its
products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call 408 215 5300.
About SpectraLink
SpectraLink, the leader in workplace wireless telephony,
delivers the power of mobile voice and messaging applications to
businesses worldwide. Seamlessly integrating with VoIP and
traditional telephony platforms, SpectraLink’s scalable
technology provides instant access to people and
business-critical information. SpectraLink handsets free
on-premises employees to be more accessible, productive and
responsive. For more information, visit www.spectralink.com or
call 1 800 676 5465.
This release may contain forward-looking statements that are
subject to many risks and uncertainties, including new
partnership agreements with SpectraLink may not result in
increased future sales of SpectraLink’s products or services;
adverse changes in economic and business conditions affecting
SpectraLink’s customers; the intensely competitive nature of the
wireless communications industry, and a customer preference to
buy all telephone communications systems from a single source
provider that manufactures and sells PBX or key/hybrid systems;
changes in rules and regulations of the FCC; and the anticipated
growth of the market for on-premises wireless telephone systems.
More information about potential risk factors that could affect
our results is available in SpectraLink’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the year
ended Dec. 31, 2005, and subsequent Form 10-Q filings.