Angelo Lamme, Symbol’s senior manager of product marketing for the EMEA region, said that until now, the San Jose, California-based company’s resellers have done their own ruggedization of other APs such as the AP-4131 and AP-5131, and put them into outdoor cases to resist inclement weather conditions. Now we’ve launched a device that’s fully integrated by us, he said.
Symbol added mesh capabilities in the latter part of 2006 to the 5131, which like the 5181 is part of the company’s Wireless Next Generation, Wi-NG, portfolio, whose main claim to fame is its ability to merge WiFi with RFID via the RFS7000 multi-radio switch launched last November.
Lamme said Symbol’s plan now will be to market the ruggedized AP as the infrastructure to complement its handheld computers, where it has the market leadership with about 20% share.
Lamme said the segments where it will be marketing the new AP include traditional enterprise for use in temporary offices or remote buildings without cable, industrial environments such as refineries, healthcare, transport, and logistics.
