LightPointe Communications develops optical wireless solutions designed to help deploy last-mile connections across campuses. The company's products are based of free-space-optics technology. With facilities in California, Colorado and Germany, Lightpointe designs carrier-class optical transmission equipment using free-space optical technology to deliver high speed communication solutions. LightPointe Communications, Inc. provides hybrid laser/microwave systems that enable businesses in metropolitan areas tquickly and cost-effectively to connect to fiber-optic infrastructure. The firms free-space optical networking products are platform independent, reliable and in use in 23 countries. The core technology of LightPointe Communication's interconnectivity solutions is based on wireless optical laser communications. The current generation of point-to-point products supports data rates up to1.25 Gbps (in advanced beta test) using the short wavelength infrared spectral range in the 850 nm atmospheric window. This technology is protocol-transparent in order to be able to transport commonly used telecommunications, data communications and multimedia protocols.
