LXE Equips Mobile Computers with Summit Wi-Fi

Sept. 17, 2009
LXE Inc., the rugged mobile computer business of EMS Technologies Inc., announces it will equip all of its rugged handheld, voice-ready and wearable computers and most of its vehicle-mount computers with Wi-Fi capabilities from Summit Data Communications.

All Summit-embedded Wi-Fi solutions are certified for Version 4 of Cisco-Compatible Extensions (CCX). With the new partnership between LXE and Summit, LXE has achieved CCX V4 compliance on its line of Windows CE-based handheld, wearable and vehicle-mounted computers. Future LXE computers will include Summit Wi-Fi.

“Summit has been a key Wi-Fi solutions provider to LXE since 2006,” says William (Bill) H. Roeder, vice president of business development and marketing at LXE. “Summit understands the challenges of the rugged, highly mobile environments in which LXE customers operate, and Summit Wi-Fi solutions deliver the security, coverage, and reliable connectivity that our partners and customers demand. Our new strategic alliance ensures that existing and new LXE products can take advantage of Summit Wi-Fi innovations as soon as they are available.”