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Northwood and Siradel Announce Software
Interoperability Agreement
Mobile Business Solutions Booth #M599 - London, UK - November 7, 2000 - Northwood
Technologies Inc. and Siradel S.A. today announced that they have agreed to make their respective
networking planning technologies interoperable. As a result, the Northwood deciBel Planner®
wireless network design software will be fully compatible with the Siradel Volcano® propagation
software.
“Working together, deciBel Planner and Volcano will enable RF engineers to deploy complex
UMTS/3G and fixed wireless networks in dense urban areas by exploiting the precision accuracy
and speed of Siradel’s unique propagation engine,” said Bernard Breton, director of wireless
development at Northwood. “Moreover, Volcano complements the versatile prediction models
already included with deciBel Planner and allows Northwood and Siradel to build innovative indoor
solutions.”
Recognized worldwide for its multi-environment propagation software, Siradel provides a suite of
deterministic propagation models that are operational from 100 MHz to 60 GHz. “The Volcano
model takes into account all propagation phenomena for any confined, urban and rural environment
and quickly generates accurate predictions for all types of wireless cellular networks, including
UMTS/3G networks.” said Jean-François Legendre, scientific director of Siradel S.A. “Due to its
unique and powerful propagation capabilities, Volcano has been adopted by leading European
mobile service providers including Telefonica, France Telecom and Pannon GSM.”
About deciBel Planner
deciBel Planner is a Windows-based wireless network design software application fully integrated
with MapInfo Professional®. deciBel Planner seamlessly combines RF prediction capabilities and
spatial analysis, enabling companies to efficiently build and optimize complex wireless networks.
RF engineers can quickly pull together various types of data, such as terrain and clutter maps, streets,
towers and demographic boundaries, in order to accurately design wireless networks and achieve
optimal coverage at the lowest cost.
deciBel Planner offers built-in capabilities for cellular/PCS networks and supports UMTS, fixed
wireless (WLL, LMDS & MMDS), CDMA and paging technologies. Extensions are also available
for Assisted Frequency Planning and Urban Cellular applications.
About Volcano
A propagation software component developed by Siradel, Volcano is the result of nearly 10 years
of dedicated research and development in meeting the demanding requirements of wireless
telecommunications operators. Volcano can be integrated with any type of radio planning software
tool, and offers deterministic propagation models that include UMTS-ready functions and powerful
algorithms such as optimized ray-tracing / UTD (Uniform Theory of Diffraction) as well as outdoor
and indoor propagations. Moreover, Volcano is unrivaled in its ability to generate highly accurate
and fast calculations, which are essential for many radio planning tasks.
About Northwood (www.northwoodtec.com)
Northwood is a leading developer and provider of wireless telecom software solutions. Its flagship
network design software deciBel Planner enables service providers and equipment manufacturers
to efficiently plan, build, maintain and operate next-generation, high-speed mobile and fixed wireless
networks. As part of its complete solution, Northwood offers specialized data sets, technical support,
implementation services and custom development.
About Siradel (www.siradel.com)
Siradel offers a highly innovative range of products and engineering services in the field of radar and
radio communications. As one of the world’s leading developers of radio propagation models,
Siradel provides solutions that are aimed at the requirements of wireless telecommunications
operators. They include high-resolution databases, which can be adapted to any radio planning tool
on the market; the Volcano calculation kernel, which can be adapted to any type of database; and
consulting services that range from specific application studies to complete engineering solutions.
deciBel Planner is a registered trademark of Northwood Technologies Inc. MapInfo is a trademark of MapInfo Corporation. Volcano
is a registered trademark of Siradel S.A. All other products and services names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contact:
Jane Frarey Wark
Northwood Technologies Inc.
jfrareywark@northwoodtec.com
(613) 224-2020 x331
Contact:
Carole Vinérier
Siradel S.A.
cvinerier@siradel.com
00 33 (2) 99 234 234
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