MagiNet Welcomes G8 Summit 2000 (Japan) with Wireless Internet Connectivity
Wireless Internet Access at speeds up to 11mbps available to the Japanese Ministry of Finance at Hotel Okura Fukuoka
Fukuoka -- Members of the Japanese Ministry of Finance convening at the Hotel Okura Fukuoka for the G8 Summit are benefiting from MagiNet Laptop Connect Broadband WLAN (MLC Broadband WLAN), a powerful, high-speed and "always on" wireless network solution.
The members of the Ministry of Finance currently in Fukuoka, are participating in the Meeting of Finance Ministers, one of the main events in the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000. Japan is the only Asian country to attend the Summit meeting with other G7 Finance Ministers from France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada and the European Commission.
In the Hotel Okura Fukuoka, laptop users from the Japanese Ministry of Finance are accessing real-time information on the Internet in the G8 Summit meeting rooms at speeds up to 11 mbps, up to 200 times faster than a modem dial-up connection.
According to M. Saitoh, Vice President of Marketing for MagiNet, "It is our sincere hope that the honorable members of the Ministry of Finance are finding benefits in the mobility, flexibility, and productivity our wireless Internet solution offers. In addition, the heightened security features built into MLC Broadband WLAN ensure the Ministry's sensitive data is fully protected at all times."
MLC Broadband WLAN is MagiNet's new wireless Internet access solution that enables laptop users "Internet Anywhere", powered by the industry standard IEEE 802.11b. Users can connect with either a standard Ethernet LAN card, or a WLAN card.
MLC BB WLAN offers Internet users multiple benefits, including high speed data transmission for large files; mobility-driven productivity increases for travelers; a standards-based solution supported by major PC and networking vendors; the ability to use standard laptops, LAN cards, browsers and applications and tighter security than with traditional wired networks through the "wired equivalent privacy" (WEP) encryption algorithms and military-invented spread-spectrum radio transmission techniques; and ease of use.