Ruckus Wireless and Slim Devices Combine to Help Consumers Distribute Digital Music throughout the Home

October 12, 2006 – Slim Devices, makers of the Squeezebox wireless streaming audio players, and Ruckus Wireless, providers of “smart Wi-Fi” technology, have announced a marketing partnership under which the companies will offer the first in-home wireless digital music system that effectively eliminates audio artifacts, extends the range and ensures the highest reliability of digital music distribution within the home.

The companies also announced that they are demonstrating the new system in their joint “Digital Domicile” (Stand 447) and will begin offering a bundled solution at the Digital Life Exhibition this week in New York City.

The new digital music distribution system pairs the Ruckus MediaFlex multimedia Wi-Fi router with the Squeezebox from Slim Devices.

 “Moving any kind of streaming multimedia over Wi-Fi is plagued with problems,” said Rick Thompson, senior analyst at Heavy Reading. “Consumers love and want Wi-Fi for all their digital content but have no way to deal with the vagaries of Wi-Fi, such as RF interference, that can ruin music playback. Slim Devices and Ruckus have really focused on helping consumers solve these problems with an affordable and easy-to-use system.”