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Real Estate Developer Delivers Internet Access to Memorial City Mall Shoppers With Proxim Hotspot Solutions Outdoor Broadband Wireless Solutions also Deployed to Manage Nearby Office Buildings SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Proxim Corporation (NASDAQ:PROX), a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks, today announced that MetroNational, a billion dollar real estate investment, development and management company based in Houston, Texas, has deployed Proxim's AP-4000 Access Points to deliver Wi-Fi hot spots at Houston's Memorial City Mall. The company has also deployed Proxim's Tsunami broadband wireless solutions to remotely manage and monitor three nearby multi-story office buildings and connect the buildings to the company's corporate network. "With the completion of our $300 million redevelopment of Memorial City Mall, MetroNational positioned the mall as a community center where people can shop, dine, play and relax," said Angie Sallee, Marketing Manager for MetroNational. "Now they will also be able to work online. With open and comfortable living room spaces throughout, Memorial City Mall is the perfect place for business people and students. Proxim's Wi-Fi hot spot solution will also let parents connect to work or do their banking while watching their children ice-skate or play at the Milky Way PlayCastle." Working with value-added reseller, CDW, MetroNational implemented four Proxim Tsunami Point-to-Multipoint 20 Mbps wireless Ethernet bridges within a few miles radius to connect the mall and three office buildings located across the street. For the mall hot spots, they deployed Proxim AP-4000s at the facility's skating rink and plan to expand hot spots to the food court area of the mall in the near future. "The Proxim Tsunami bridges delivered the reliability, coverage and central management we were looking for at significantly lower costs than either leased lines or other broadband wireless solutions," said Brian Peterson, PC/LAN Coordinator for MetroNational. "Not only were they easy to install, mount and manage, but they've worked flawlessly from the day we deployed them." "We are excited about the potential of our wireless network," Peterson added. "One of Proxim's key advantages was its ability to offer both indoor and outdoor products." Lynn Lucas, vice president of product marketing for Proxim, commented, "We are seeing a growing trend among many types of enterprises to deploy both indoor and outdoor wireless solutions. Deployments like MetroNational's further point out the unique position Proxim holds as a leader in both the broadband wireless and Wi-Fi markets." About Proxim Proxim Corporation is a global leader in wireless networking equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks. The company is providing its enterprise and service provider customers with wireless solutions for the mobile enterprise, security and surveillance, last mile access, voice and data backhaul, public hot spots, and metropolitan area networks. This press release and more information about Proxim can be found on the Web at http://www.proxim.com/. MetroNational MetroNational, amazing in its diversity and broadness of scope, is a privately held, billion dollar real estate investment, development and management company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Established in 1954, the company is active in commercial, healthcare, residential, restaurant, retail, senior living and telecommunications markets throughout Texas. For more information on MetroNational, please visit http://www.metronational.com/. Safe Harbor This press release may contain forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from Proxim's expectations in these statements. For additional information regarding risks relating to Proxim's business, see Proxim Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and Forms 10-Q for quarters ended April 2, 2004 and July 2, 2004, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other relevant materials filed by Proxim with the SEC. Proxim assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Proxim Corporation CONTACT: Sylvia Clark of Proxim Corporation, +1-408-542-3357, or ; or Lori S. Hultin of LSH Communications, +1-818-879-4651, or , for Proxim Web site: http://www.metronational.com/ Web site: http://www.proxim.com/

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