YDI Wireless to Change Corporate Name to Terabeam, New Ticker Symbol To Be ''TRBM''
October 31 2005 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Terabeam Wireless, the business name of YDI Wireless, Inc.
(NASDAQ:YDIW), a leading developer and supplier of broadband
wireless solutions, today announced that it will change its
corporate name to "Terabeam, Inc." In connection with that name
change, the company will also change its ticker symbol from "YDIW"
to "TRBM." The company's stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq
Capital Market. These changes will be made prior to the open of
markets on Monday, November 7, 2005. The company will continue to
be known as YDI Wireless, Inc. and its ticker symbol will remain
"YDIW" through the close of markets on Friday, November 4, 2005.
The company's capital stock and business and operations will not be
affected by this name change. Terabeam will continue to be the
publicly-traded parent company with two primary operating
subsidiaries - Proxim Wireless Corporation and Ricochet Networks,
Inc. The company conducts its wireless equipment business through
Proxim Wireless Corporation and its wireless service provider
business through Ricochet Networks. The equipment business of
Proxim Wireless Corporation is the combination of the business
acquired from Proxim Corporation and the former YDI Wireless
equipment business. No vote of the company's stockholders is
necessary in connection with these changes. The company's
stockholders will not be required to exchange their YDI Wireless
stock certificates for Terabeam stock certificates. The YDI
Wireless stock certificates will continue to represent shares of
stock of the company. Stockholders who receive stock certificates
after November 7 will receive new Terabeam stock certificates.
After November 7, stockholders with YDI Wireless stock certificates
may exchange those certificates for Terabeam stock certificates
through the company's transfer agent, Registrar and Transfer
Company, if they so desire. "The name Terabeam has always signified
a company which will revolutionize communications through
next-generation technology," said Robert Fitzgerald, Chief
Executive Officer. "This company is fulfilling that vision via the
broadest portfolio of wire-free technologies in the industry --
including Wi-Fi, WiMAX, mesh, millimeter wave, and free-space
optics -- while also delivering results to maximize shareholder
value." About YDI Wireless / Terabeam YDI Wireless, Inc. has been
using Terabeam Wireless as a business name. The company's
subsidiary Proxim Wireless Corporation is a global leader in
providing Wi-Fi and other broadband wireless solutions to meet the
performance, scalability, and security requirements of enterprises,
government, and service providers. The company's subsidiary
Ricochet Networks, Inc. is a leading portable Wireless Internet
Service Provider (WISP) with operational markets in Denver and
Aurora, Colorado and San Diego, California. Additional information
about the company can be found at the company's website located at
http://www.terabeam.com or by contacting the company by telephone
at 413-584-1425 or by email at IR@terabeam.com. Safe Harbor
Statement Statements in this press release that are not statements
of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Terabeam Wireless' actual
results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these
forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that could contribute to such differences
including those relating to the downturn and ongoing uncertainty in
the telecommunications industry and larger economy; the intense
competition in Terabeam Wireless' industries and resulting impacts
on its pricing, gross margins, and general financial performance;
difficulties in predicting Terabeam Wireless' future financial
performance; difficulties or delays in developing and supplying new
products with the contemplated or desired features, performance,
cost, price, and other characteristics; risks arising from and
relating to Terabeam Wireless' recent acquisition of Proxim
Corporation's operations, assets, and relationships; and the
impacts and effects of any other strategic transactions we may
evaluate or consummate. Further information on these and other
factors that could affect Terabeam Wireless' actual results is and
will be included in filings made by Terabeam Wireless from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in its other
public statements.
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