Millennial Net Named Among Top 15 Wireless Startups of 2004
FierceWireless Honors Millennial Net in "The Fierce 15" Awards Program
Cambridge, Mass.--March 18, 2003--Millennial Net Inc., the leading developer of self-organizing wireless sensor networks, today announced that it has been selected as a member of FierceWireless' annual "The Fierce 15" awards program, a listing of the top 15 wireless startups of 2004. FierceWireless, an internationally recognized email newsletter covering the wireless industry, evaluated more than 1,200 privately held wireless companies based on company vision, revenue potential, quality of deals and partnerships and competitive position.
"Millennial Net is one of the stars of the emerging machine-to-machine (M2M) market," said Stephen Wellman, editor of FierceWireless. "Millennial Net's i-Bean system enabling pervasive wireless sensor networking will help revolutionize M2M."
Millennial Net's i-Beans are extremely small, ultra-low power self-organizing wireless sensor networking computing devices that enable sensors and other monitoring and control appliances to connect over low data-rate wireless networks. i-Beans have immediate utility in hundreds of industrial, medical, consumer and military applications, and anywhere sensing devices must communicate with each other with limited or no human administration for years at a time and on very low power.
"FierceWireless is recognized for its advanced understanding of wireless trends and businesses," said Tod Riedel, co-founder and vice president of business development, Millennial Net. "Selection to the 'The Fierce 15' is an honor that highlights Millennial Net's growing prominence in the wireless market."
The Fierce 15 celebrates the spirit of being "fierce"--daring to be innovative and aggressive, even in a difficult market. The list of Fierce 15 companies is available in today's issue of FierceWireless and on the FierceWireless Web site at http://www.fiercewireless.com.
About Millennial Net
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in Tokyo, Japan, Millennial Net is the world's leading developer of hardware and software for self-organizing, low power wireless sensor networks. Millennial Net's award-winning networking software and tiny micro-power hardware elements, called i-Beans®, allow instrumentation and sensing devices like gauges, sensors and actuators to connect and communicate with each other over self-organizing, self-healing networks. Patent-pending engineering enables the i-Bean to operate with an extremely low rate of power consumption on the energy of a 3-volt coin-sized battery for years at a time. Wireless sensor networks enable the remote monitoring and management of critical devices while providing continuous streams of previously unavailable data to enable more informed decision-making, better control and increased revenue opportunities. Wireless sensor networks are in use today in the industrial, medical, consumer and military applications. Millennial Net is committed to advancing Wireless Sensor Networking...Anywhere. For more information, please visit www.millennial.net.
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