Ruckus Wireless has been selected by Telenor to supply Smart Wi-Fi 802.11g systems for the wireless distribution of its popular IPTV service, offered to subscriber homes throughout Sweden through the wholly owned subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget.

Under the agreement, Ruckus Wireless is supplying Telenor with its award-winning MediaFlex 802.11g Smart Wi-Fi systems. The Ruckus MediaFlex systems are being made available to consumers in Sweden through Telenor retail outlets, and can be easily self-installed by subscribers.

Ruckus-patented Smart Wi-Fi technology was selected by Telenor to reduce installation costs, speed subscriber acquisition and give customers greater freedom and flexibility over the installation and distribution of its IPTV service within the home.

Ruckus Wireless unveiled a comprehensive Wi-Fi strategy for service providers and introduced an extensive range of provider-purposed products for applications across their hotspot, commercial and residential businesses.

The new strategy and solutions help telecommunications carriers, multi- service operators, hotspot operators and managed services providers meet growing demand for reliable, ubiquitous Wi-Fi connectivity while minimizing capital expenditure and operating costs. Easily integrated into existing provider infrastructures, the new Ruckus multi-service multimedia Wi- Fi solutions allow operators to scale capacity as needed and monetize their high-performance Wi-Fi networks through new revenue-generating services.

Ruckus Wireless inks landmark deal with T-Home a division of Deutsche Telekom. Ruckus Wireless has been selected by T-Home to supply 802.11a Smart Wi-Fi systems to enable in-home wireless distribution of its Entertain Comfort IPTV service. Available immediately, Deutsche Telekom is private-labeling the Ruckus system as the Speedport W 100 Bridge under its popular T-Home brand. The Speedport W 100 is becoming available to consumers throughout the more than 700 Telekom shops and the online portal www.t-home.de. T-Home is offering the Ruckus Wireless Smart Wi-Fi system as the only in-home wireless distribution option for its IPTV service. The SpeedPort W100 Bridge (a Wi-Fi access point and Wi-Fi adapter) is provided to T-Home customers at a one-time cost of €149.99.

Ruckus Wireless announces that Portugal Telecom has selected and is now offering the Ruckus MediaFlex "Smart Wi-Fi" system as the wireless standard for IPTV distribution to over three million Portuguese households.

Smart Wi-Fi is a patented and incredible technical advance that enables delay-sensitive traffic, such as streaming digital IP-based video or voice, to be reliably transmitted over standard 802.11 frequencies using sophisticated Wi-Fi best path selection and interference avoidance techniques.

BT and FON promise to transform the UK's market for wireless broadband by launching BT FON, the world's largest Wi-Fi community. BT's more than 3 million consumer Total Broadband customers will be invited to join the global community of people sharing their broadband.

At launch, new members will be part of an existing community of 500,000 members and will have access to more than 190,000 FON hotspots worldwide. Anyone joining in will be able to use those FON hotspots across the world and all the new BT FON hotspots free of charge.

Ruckus Wireless announces that it has been selected by Sonaecom to supply its award-winning MediaFlex multimedia wireless systems for Sonaecom's fast growing Clix SmarTV IPTV service.

Launched in April of 2006, Clix SmarTV was the first IPTV service offered in Portugal. It remains the only IPTV service available to Portugal's 3.6 million households.

With the Ruckus MediaFlex, Portuguese consumers will now be able to extend the location freedom that they enjoy with Wi-Fi technology to their television viewing experience. The Ruckus MediaFlex allows Clix and its customers to place televisions virtually anywhere within their home without running cumbersome and costly cabling to each TV.

Ruckus Wireless introduced the MediaFlex USB Dongle, designed to provide stable, wireless connectivity to in-home multimedia devices such as set-tops and media center systems. The company will demonstrate at CES the first of several integration efforts of this new technology with an IPTV set top box from Motorola.

Unlike other USB Wi-Fi adapters, the Ruckus MediaFlex USB Dongle is the only video-grade wireless USB adapter on the market to leverage patent-pending BeamFlex smart antenna technology.

Ruckus Wireless announced today at TelcoTV that the company has joined Orca's Interactive partner program, the "Interactive Alliance." Orca is a global market leader in developing middleware and applications for IPTV. The combination of Ruckus' MediaFlex NG smart Wi-Fi system with Orca's RiGHTv middleware and service delivery platform for IPTV provides a certified, pre-tested and proven response to market demands for a new model of delivering IPTV services, and addresses the last 30 meters of the IPTV experience in the home.

ZyXEL Communications Inc. announced its MIMO-N product line; a new series of Draft 802.11n-compliant wireless networking products. The MIMO-N series features throughput speeds of up to 300mbps and includes StreamEngine technology powered by Ubicom, as well as Network Magic's personal network management features from Pure NetworksTM.

ZyXEL's MIMO-N product line delivers ultra fast wireless speeds to support multiple bandwidth-intensive applications, stability for high-definition video streaming, and extended range to provide consistent connectivity throughout the LAN.

Ruckus Wireless has been selected by Belgium's national telecom provider, Belgacom, to supply in-home "smart Wi-Fi" systems to support its popular digital broadband TV service -- Belgacom TV.

The Ruckus smart Wi-Fi system, MediaFlex NG, is the-first-of-its-kind in-home wireless platform that uses patent-pending technology to increase the reliability of Wi-Fi signals, extend their range and automatically steer them around interference in real-time.