LONDON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ --

The Frost & Sullivan '2009 European Wireless Mesh Networking Technology 
Innovation Award' is presented to Coronis, an Elster Group company, in 
recognition of its Wavenis technology that has played an enabling role in 
wireless networking technologies.

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"The sophisticated Wavenis technology complements Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, 
while offering a perfect balance of power consumption, range, reliability, 
and robustness," notes Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Avanti Chitnis. "The 
company has made significant progress by providing valuable functionalities 
such as network connectivity for devices that form part of inherently 
resource-constrained wireless sensor networks."

Wavenis is an ultra low-power, long-range capable, low-cost wireless mesh 
networking technology which can support different network topologies like 
star, tree, and mesh. Geared with self-configuration capabilities and dynamic 
routing algorithms, it addresses all the requirements of a wireless sensor 
network, from the hardware to the communication protocol stack.

In addition to the long-range capability that spreads up to a distance of 
about 1 km within line of sight and about 200 metres indoors, the Wavenis 
technology also offers lower power consumption for devices that adapt to 
Wavenis. This technology operates in the sub-1 GHz band, avoiding the 
overcrowding that plagues other networking technologies operating in the 
global 2.4 GHz band.

"Coronis's unique solution addresses the special requirements of 
applications such as automatic meter reading, home & building automation,
radio frequency identification tracking systems for assets as well as 
personnel, remote data monitoring systems, industrial automation, and food
chain monitoring systems," states Chitnis. "The Wavenis technology can be
easily integrated into surveillance and monitoring systems as well as
healthcare applications, wherein warnings have to be issued on time and where
adherence to strict regulatory constraints is important."

Medical devices that have wireless capability can also adapt the Wavenis 
technology as a communication standard. Coronis serves a range of other 
applications such as remote water and energy monitoring, temperature and 
environment monitoring and even security and control.

In line with the Coronis's original strategic plan, supported by
continuous evangelization efforts and millions of Wavenis-enabled devices
deployed in the field, the Wavenis Open Standard Alliance was launched in
June of 2008. Coronis and Orange are now a Board of Director members of this
independent, non-profit organization. Coronis aims to capitalize on its
technical and market expertise across the value chain to develop and promote
its Wavenis-enabled product line, thus expanding the addressable market.

"With industry partners like Elster Group, Saur, Sensus Metering, Radix 
International Corp, GT&T Engineering, Orange/France Telecom, Wavecom, Novacom 
Services, Schneider Electric, Coronis is well poised for wide-scale 
deployment of its Wavenis technology," comments Chitnis. "With the aim of 
promoting greater adoption of this technology and greater standardisation, 
the company's Wavenis Open Standard Alliance looks to establish links with 
international standardisation bodies such as the Institute of Electrical and 
Electronics Engineers, HART, ISA-SP100 and also other technology groups like 
Bluetooth, Konnex and ZigBee alliance."

Since its inception, Coronis has exhibited consistent growth and its 
revenues have doubled every year. The company has an aggressive R&D programme 
that is now designing a system-on-chip solution to incorporate the Coronis 
Wavenis RF transceiver along with a microcontroller into a single integrated 
circuit. An ongoing R&D programme is focused on developing enhanced self 
healing algorithms for ultra-low power networks along with a dual mode 
master, single chip Bluetooth-Wavenis solution.

Frost & Sullivan's Technology Innovation Award is bestowed upon a company 
(or individual) that has carried out new research, which has resulted in 
innovation(s) that have or are expected to bring significant contributions to 
the industry in terms of adoption, change, and competitive posture. This 
award recognises the quality and depth of a company's research and 
development programme as well as the vision and risk-taking that enabled it 
to undertake such an endeavour.

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About Coronis

Coronis is a leading global designer and developer of ultra-low-power 
(ULP) and long-range wireless solutions. Based on the Wavenis(R) wireless 
connectivity platform, the company offers a complete line of products and 
services for OEMs and system integrators. Coronis products meet the 
technical, operational and cost requirements of ultra low-powered, long-range 
track and trace, Wireless Sensor Network, Smart Metering and other M2M 
applications. The company has been acquired by the Elster Group, the world's 
largest metering company and supplier of high quality integrated metering and 
utilization solutions. Coronis has millions of products deployed in diverse 
applications worldwide. For more information please visit www.coronis.com.

Coronis is member of the Wavenis Open Standard Alliance.
Please visit www.wavenis-osa.org

Coronis Contact:
    Christophe Dugas                          Geoffrey Riggs
    Director of Marketing                     Communications Manager
    Coronis                                   Coronis
    Tel. +33-4-67-22-66-70                    Tel. +33-4-67-22-66-70
    christophe.dugas@coronis.com              geoffrey.riggs@coronis.com



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