PROXIM'S RANGELAN/PCMCIA SPREAD SPECTRUTM-BASED WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER
COMPATIBLE WITH IBM THINKPAD

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 4, 1993 -- Proxim, Inc., the world's leading
supplier of spread spectrum wireless networking products, announced today
that its RangeLAN/PCMCIA wireless LAN adapter is compatible with the IBM
ThinkPad 710T and 720.

Proxim's RangeLAN and RangeLAN2 families of wireless LAN adapters provide
low cost wireless solutions for LAN environments and the industry's only
PCMCIA-based capability for wireless networking of mobile computers.
Proxim conducts in-house compatibility testing at its lab in Mountain
View, Calif

"Proxim's RangeLAN/PCMCIA provides a seamless, wireless LAN interface for
mobile computing environments," said David King, president and CEO of
Proxim. "IBM ThinkPad users will now be able to harness Proxim's
innovative wireless technology with our RangeLAN/PCMCIA, the industry's
first and only shipping spread spectrum-based wireless LAN adapter for
PCMCIA slots."

ID June 1993, Proxim introduced RangeLAN2, a family of high performance
wireless systems designed for the corporate LAN market. Based on frequency
hopping spread spectrum technology in the 2.4-2.483 GHz band, RangeLAN2
offers the longest range and lowest power consumption of any wireless LAN
product in its class. RangeLAN2 delivers an uncompressed data rate of 1.6
Mbps per channel over 10 independent channels. RangeLAN2's data rate
exceeds the performance requirements of most standard PC applications,
making it an ideal wireless system for high speed LAN environments. The
RangeLAN2 family includes RangeLAN2/PCMCIA for notebook and handheld
computers, RangeLAN2/ISA for desktop PCs and servers, and
RangeLAN2/BridgeTIA for plug-and-play network access to standard wired LAN
environments. All RangeLAN2 systems come bundled with Proxim's unique
RangeLAN2/Roaming software, a breakthrough capability developed for
Proxim's original RangeLAN family of adapters. RangeLAN2/Roaming allows
mobile computer users the unprecedented ability to move seamlessly from
one LAN access point to another without ever losing connection to the
network, effectively creating "microcellular" in-building wireless
networks.

Proxim's original award-winning RangeLAN family of products, which began
shipping in early 1992, is designed for less data-intensive LAN
applications such as Email, printer-sharing and file transfer, as well as
many industry-specific mobile computing applications. Operating at a data
rate of 242 Kbps per channel across three independent channels, the
original RangeLAN family has a range of 300-500 feet in normal office
environments and 800-1000 feet in outdoor or open space environments. The
RangeLAN family includes RangeLAN/PCMCIA for portable computers,
RangeLAN/ISA for desktop PCs and servers, RangeLAN/LT for Compaq
Computer's Contura and LTE notebook computers, RangeLAN/Parallel for
connection to the parallel port of any PC, and RangeLAN/Roaming, which
allows mobile computer users to automatically switch from access point to
access point within a Novell network.

Founded in 1984, Proxim, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif, is
the world's leading supplier of spread spectrum wireless networking
products for end users, systems integrators, VARs and OEMs. The company
designs, manufactures and markets an industry leading family of
off-the-shelf wireless LAN adapters for desktop and portable systems, as
well as spread spectrum radio modules and wireless RF modems for custom
applications. To date, Proxim has shipped over 50,000 spread spectrum
radio products.

Proxim, Inc.
295 North Bernardo Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043
(415) 960-1630,    Fax: (415) 964-5181

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