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3COM DELIVERS STANDARDS-BASED, POWER OVER ETHERNET PRODUCTS
3Com Corporation has announced a new Power over Ethernet (PoE)-enabled switch, new NBX® IP telephones and wireless LAN access points. Combined with 3Com’s innovative Network Jack family, these solutions offer Power over Ethernet networking equipment based on the IEEE P802.af draft specification. Now a single cable can provide both standards-based, intelligent power and data connectivity. Any combination of these products can be ubiquitously deployed throughout a network, providing network managers with intelligent detection of powered devices, centralised management and enhanced availability. Combining these capabilities with standards-based power assures customers that 3Com® products can be seamlessly deployed with any other IEEE P802.af compliant products, providing the lowest total cost of ownership. 3Com has also announced a new line of modular wireless LAN access points and upgrade kits that offer customers the ability to bring the newer 802.11a wireless standard into their network while preserving their investment in existing wireless technology. www.3com.com