BOSTON, MA - November 12, 2002 - Newbury Networks Inc., the first and only supplier of 802.11-based Location-Enabled Network™ solutions (LENs), today announced a series of free webcasts this month and next that address the needs of enterprises, network operators, healthcare organizations, universities, museums and other industries.

The first Webcast of the month, Deploying and Managing Location-Based WLANs, is slated for Nov. 21, 2002 at 2:00 pm EST. The webcast addresses the challenges and opportunities that CIOs, VPs or directors of information technology and information technology analysts and staff from almost any industry face when implementing wireless LANS (WLANs) and location-enabled technologies.

Deploying and Managing Location-Based WLANs will cover topics for enhancing WLAN deployments such as:

• Application and network provisioning
• Proximity access to network services and devices
• WLAN "perimeter" security
• Location tracking and monitoring
• Logging and analysis of network traffic patterns and usage

The next webcast will be Implementing Location-Enabled Networks for WLANs in a University Setting. This is set for December 10, 2002 at 2:00 EST. It is designed for CIOs, VPs or directors of information technology, information technology analysts and staff as well as faculty members.

Newbury has already implemented its location-enabled network solutions in some of the world's most prestigious colleges and universities. These educational institutions are using Newbury's solutions to enhance their existing WLAN deployments as well as improve student and faculty productivity on campus. Newbury Networks has created a specific webcast to address the benefits that a location-enabled network can bring to an educational campus.

Topics covered will include the following:

• Why WLANs should be more than just an extension to a local area network (LAN)
• Location-enabled networks' value in an educational campus
• Using location-enabled networks to:
• Provision content and network access in classrooms, labs, libraries, student centers, etc.
• Enable network access by location for in-classroom peripherals such as printers, projectors, etc.
• Deploy student and faculty locators for e911, enhanced security and virtual "post it" notes.

The third webcast, Deploying Location-Based Services in a Museum Setting, is scheduled for December 12, 2002 at 2:00 EST. By attending this interactive webcast, CIOs, VPs or directors of information technology as well as IT managers and staff will come away with practical insights and practices for enhancing the visitor/patron experience in their museums, including the following:

• Delivering interactive tours with location-sensitive information and access - all for enhancing the visitor experience with dynamic content based on location.
• Integrating the visitor experience with personal network connectivity - providing access to specific content in relevant galleries and exhibits.
• Implementing an improved visitor or guest services offering - with up-to-the-minute proximity-driven data including facilities information, maps, restaurants, gallery shops, etc.
• Managing visitor metric information including enhanced security with location tracking capabilities and visitor traffic analysis - helps to determine most frequented galleries, visitor traffic patterns, etc.

Those interested in participating in any of these webcasts, should go to www.newburynetworks.com to register.

About Newbury Networks 
Newbury Networks (www.newburynetworks.com) is the first and only supplier of Location-Enabled Networks, which enable IT professionals at universities, museums, public hotspots and enterprises to manage wireless local area networks (WLANs) by location. Newbury?s LocaleServer? is a software platform for enabling wireless Location-Enabled Networks that provides a superior user experience, allows for better management of WLAN space and enhances revenue opportunities. LocaleServer also includes packaged applications for organizations to rapidly build location-based applications for digital tours, hotspot management, user tracking and analysis.

Unlike traditional network management solutions, LocaleServer provides capabilities for managing WLANs ultimately resulting in better system performance and security. And unlike other location-based offerings, its server-based approach enables content and network provisioning, tracking, monitoring, logging and analysis. Newbury Networks was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston.