Bluesocket Wins 2004 Mobility Award for Wi-Fi Wireless Gateway

BURLINGTON, MASS.--January 22, 2004--
Bluesocket, Inc., the leading vendor of open-systems Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) management and security solutions, today announced that its flagship product, The Bluesocket Wireless Gateway has been picked for a 2004 Mobility Award, by MobileTrax LLC, a leading source of information on the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry.

About The 2004 Mobility Awards

The 2004 Mobility Awards honor the best and finest mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services that were announced in 2003.

"There's a need to honor the best and finest mobile computing and wireless data communications products and services," said J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D. Principal Analyst with MobileTrax LLC.

In addition to Bluesocket Wireless Gateway, products from a number of Bluesocket's valued partners were also honored with 2004 Mobility Awards. These include:

*** Intel Pentium M processor (NASDAQ: INTC)
*** HP iPAQ h4350 (HP) (NYSE: HPQ)
*** Sprint PCS Vision Service (NYSE:PCS)
*** iPass Wi-Fi Service (NASDAQ: IPAS)

About Bluesocket Wireless Gateways

Bluesocket's Wireless Gateways deliver an open-systems approach to secure and manage WiFi networks and provide authentication, Secure Mobility (tm), policy and bandwidth management through unparalleled interoperability with legacy infrastructure and WLAN standards.

About MobileTrax:

MobileTrax, LLC is a Silicon Valley-based, professional services firm that focuses on the mobile computing and wireless data communications markets. MobileTrax provides market research, executive conferences and consulting services regarding enterprise and consumer markets.

MobileTrax publishes two free industry newsletters. Inside Mobile and Wireless provides editorial analysis and insights regarding important topics in mobile and wireless and is published weekly. Mobile Letter covers insights regarding new products and services and is published on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. A new column, Vendor Viewpoint, provides a visionary message from a senior executive at a vendor.

MobileTrax is headed by J. Gerry Purdy, Ph.D., a globally recognized authority on mobile computing and wireless data communications. Dr. Purdy is also a Venture Consultant at Diamondhead Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. More information can be found at www.mobiletrax.com.

Bluesocket: Wi-Fi Award Leader

In the crowded market for solutions to secure and manage wireless networks, Bluesocket has received more industry awards than any other vendor in the catagory.

Some of Bluesocket's awards include: 'Editors' Choice Award'(Communications News), 'Best Indoor/Campus Wireless' (TiECon 2003), 'Product of the Year' (Mass Telecomm Council), 'Best Security Product' (Networking Industry Awards), 'Readers' Choice Award' (InfoWorld), 'Best Product in Show' (N+I/Sydney), 'Outstanding Product of the Year' (Channel Awards 2003) and 'Top Wi-Fi Startup Company (Heavy Reading).

About Bluesocket

Bluesocket, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of systems to control and secure wireless local area networks (WLANs) for enterprises in 45 countries worldwide. Thousands of Bluesocket Wireless Gateways are deployed by organizations including the National Security Agency, Lehman Brothers, Harvard University and others who require elegant open-systems solutions to secure, manage, and profit from their WLANs. Bluesocket, Inc. is a private, global corporation managed by networking industry veterans.

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