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East West Mortgage Sets Precedent for Industry By Deploying LightPointe's Cutting-Edge, Outdoor Wireless Links for Building-to-Building Connectivity

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 06:00 CDT

SAN DIEGO, July 26 /PRNewswire/ -- LightPointe, a designer and manufacturer of high-speed outdoor wireless products, today announced that East West Mortgage, the nation's 7th largest mortgage broker, has deployed LightPointe FlightLite(TM) 100 Fast Ethernet optical wireless products to provide high-speed, redundant connectivity to a new facility.

Aggressive business growth led East West to acquire 13,000 square feet of additional office space across the street from its headquarters in the Tysons Corner area of McLean, Va. In seeking a reliable, high-speed method for linking the two facilities, East West first considered leasing either fixed line T1 or fiber-optic cable access from local carriers. The company ultimately selected LightPointe's FlightLite 100-Mbps product as the most effective point-to-point connectivity solution to deliver maximum bandwidth at an affordable price.

"Our growth required us to expand, but we needed to go outside our current headquarters building to do so," said Doug Bui, East West Mortgage's CEO. "It's impossible to lay fiber optic cable across the busy route separating our two buildings and since T1s are too slow, LightPointe's wireless solution provides us with the best possible solution for our needs. LightPointe's FlightLite 100 gives us more than 60 times the bandwidth of a T1 while eliminating the installation challenges of fiber."

To assist with the FlightLite implementation, East West Mortgage enlisted the help of JenRic Technologies, LLC, a Chesterfield, Va.-based reseller specializing in optical wireless and data cabling installations. According to Rick Mitrovich, president of JenRic, LightPointe's FlightLite products provide an optimum solution for a variety of applications, including building-to-building connectivity. "FlightLite offers Fast Ethernet bandwidth at a highly competitive price, which enables East West to extend its corporate network economically as well as create redundancy through both primary and secondary optical wireless links."

A pioneer in the development of optical wireless solutions based on free-space optics (FSO) technology, LightPointe has deployed thousands of systems in more than 60 countries. The FlightLite 100 is well suited for a variety of applications and industries with a growing need for high-capacity bandwidth free of the licensing, interference and security concerns associated with other wireless technologies.

According to Bob Preston, senior vice president and chief marketing officer for LightPointe, East West Mortgage's FlightLite deployment reinforces a rising trend in enterprise connectivity. "More and more organizations are turning to optical wireless as a more cost-effective and convenient alternative to carrier-based, leased access options such as T1 and fiber optic cable," he said. "With increasing demand for high-speed data, voice and video transport, optical wireless continues to gain significant traction as the optimal building-to-building connectivity solution in urban settings around the world."

LightPointe's enterprise products provide full-duplex transmission speeds of 100 Mbps (Fast Ethernet) to 1.25 Gbps (Gigabit Ethernet) at distances from 500 meters to 5,000 meters. In May, LightPointe unveiled the FlightStrata 100 XA, the first integrated Fast Ethernet optical wireless link combined with license-free 5.8 GHz radio frequency (RF) technology. Using patented DualPath(TM) architecture, LightPointe provides intelligent network switching between optical wireless and RF functionality for unparalleled capacity, availability and distance.

About East West Mortgage

Headquartered in the Tysons Corner, Va. area of the metro-D.C. region, East West Mortgage has grown from three employees in 1986 to more than 400 employees. They were recently named Broker Magazine's 7th largest mortgage company and handled more than $1.2 billion in loans last year. East West Mortgage is a leading-edge broker and works with hundreds of banks to offer customers the most competitive rates on thousands of loan programs. With licensing in 44 states, East West Mortgage helps a variety of consumers nationwide, regardless of credit history or financial status, by providing 24/7 service via the Internet or phone. And, East West Mortgage reaches out to a diverse consumer base by offering loan services in seven languages. Committed to customer service, East West Mortgage strives to be their clients' mortgage consultant for life and gives credit counseling and guidance throughout the home buying process. From a customer's first contact with a loan professional to closing, East West Mortgage is dedicated to the mission: Your best mortgage, guaranteed. For more information or to apply for a loan, go to http://www.ewmortgage.com/ or call 1-800-844-1015.

About LightPointe

LightPointe designs and manufactures high-speed outdoor wireless products for cost-effective bridging in enterprise and carrier networks. LightPointe's outdoor wireless solutions have earned high marks in enterprise networking installations for linking two or more buildings in classic LAN-to-LAN backbone connectivity with extraordinarily high-bandwidth from 100Mbs up to 1.25 Gbps. LightPointe outdoor wireless solutions are unique in that they use optical wireless based on free-space optics (FSO) technology and are license-free worldwide. The company's patented DualPath architecture integrates auto-switching optical wireless as a primary path and license-free 5.8 GHz radio frequency (RF) wireless as a secondary and redundant data path for industry-leading 99.999% network availability and uptime. LightPointe products have been deployed in more than 60 countries, and the company is recognized worldwide for the highest standards of quality and service. For more information, contact http://www.lightpointe.com/.

LightPointe

CONTACT: Jeff Bean of LightPointe, +1-858-643-5319,jbean@lightpointe.com, or Sue Hetzel, +1-760-434-9927, sue@hetzelmeade.com,for LightPointe; or Heidi S. Cobert for East West Mortgage, +1-440-309-5703,heidi@cobertpr.com, or Brent van de Graaf of East West Mortgage,+1-703-891-4509

Web site: http://www.lightpointe.com/http://www.ewmortgage.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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