Ruckus Wireless Steps Up European Expansion to Capitalize on the Growing Demand for Better, Smarter Wi-Fi

By Ruckus Wireless, PRNE
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Strategic Industry Appointments Bolster EMEA Team to Help Meet Demand for Reliable Wireless Connectivity Driven by Surge in Mobile Internet Services and Applications

SUNNYVALE, California, September 27, 2010 - Ruckus Wireless(TM) the smart mobile networking company, today announced
the expansion of its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations with
the appointment of seven industry executives to its European team:

    -- Michael Paparella, Regional Sales Director for Southern Europe
    -- Vincent Larue, Regional Technical Director for Southern Europe
    -- Bryan Hall, Regional Sales Director for UK&I
    -- Graham Owen, Regional Sales Manager for the Middle East
    -- Michael Fletcher, Regional Sales Manager for Africa
    -- Robert Krumm, Regional Technical Manager for Africa
    -- Arnaud Le hung, Director of EMEA Marketing

The strategic appointment of these senior level additions grows the EMEA
team to almost 20 representatives across the entire region. The expansion
reflects the dramatic growth of Wi-Fi within European markets driven by the
migration to higher speed 802.11n technology and the continued demand for
smarter Wi-Fi to meet new enterprise and carrier requirements for longer
range, highly reliable and multimedia-ready wireless, as well as to provide
solutions that meet the expectations of the market when it comes to 3G data
offload.

Since 2006, Ruckus Wireless has realized a 50-fold growth in revenue in
the EMEA region with over one million Smart Wi-Fi units shipped into EMEA
across all product lines. In the most recent quarter, new 802.11n technology
represented 73 percent of AP unit shipments. Between 2006 and 2009, Ruckus
achieved an 83 percent compound annual growth in revenue within the region
alone.

"Across all of our business, the EMEA region continues to dominate," said
Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless. "Having gotten our start in
this market selling in-home IPTV systems to the world's elite broadband
providers, we have since expanded our position to include wireless LANs,
wireless broadband access and Wi-Fi for 3G offload for mobile operators.
There's no question that the demand for better Wi-Fi reaches far and wide
with Europe, the Middle East and Africa."

Due to the simplicity and robustness of Ruckus Wireless Wi-Fi solutions,
it is gaining solid ground and attracting many businesses in the EMEA region,
especially across the education, hospitality, healthcare, public and service
provider sectors. Ruckus' growth throughout Europe, the Middle East and
Africa has come from a wide range of highly diverse carrier and enterprise
customers such as Deutsche Telekom, Fastweb, T-2, Swisscom, Belgacom, CESI,
Helenswood School, Mandarin Oriental Group, Belambra (group Belambra), city
of Bourges, city of Asnières, Womad Festival and many others.

The newly expanded European team will not only help boost Ruckus' sales,
but also enable the team to deliver a higher level of support to enterprises
and service providers across EMEA.

    Media Contacts
    Dana Hashem/Bex Surtees
    Johnson King
    ruckusteam@johnsonking.co.uk
    +44-(0)-20-7401-7968

    Arnaud Le hung
    Ruckus Wireless
    arnaud.lehung@ruckuswireless.com
    +33-6-16-17-02-62

Dana Hashem/Bex Surtees of Johnson King, +44-(0)-20-7401-7968, ruckusteam at johnsonking.co.uk; or Arnaud Le hung of Ruckus Wireless, +33-6-16-17-02-62, arnaud.lehung at ruckuswireless.com

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