PROXIM EXPANDS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH TECH DATA TO INCLUDE CANADA,
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 6, 1995 -- Proxim, Inc., a leading supplier of
wireless data communications products, announced today that it has
expanded its distribution agreement with Tech Data, a leading personal
computer and networking products distributor, to include Canada, Latin
America and the Caribbean. Under the expanded agreement, Tech Data will
distribute Proxim's entire line of 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) frequency hopping
wireless networking products into these markets, including the
award-winning RangeLAN2 family of mobility-based wireless LAN products.

Tech Data has served as Proxim's primary distribution channel for its
RangeLAN and RangeLAN2 branded products since 1992. "We are extremely
pleased with Tech Data's performance as a marketer and distributor of our
products," said David King, Proxim's president and CEO. "The availability
of Proxim's industry-leading RangeLAN2 2.4 GHz products through Tech Data
in these new markets represents a significant growth opportunity for both
companies."

RangeLAN2 Products

Proxim's RangeLAN2 product family is designed for high-performance
mobility-based wireless LAN applications. Based on highly-secure,
interference-immune 2.4 GHz frequency hopping spread spectrum technology,
the RangeLAN2 family delivers the longest range, highest throughput and
most advanced wireless network architecture of any product in its class.
RangeLAN2 products provide an uncompressed data rate of 1.6 megabits per
second (Mbps) per channel across each of 15 channels, permitting an
aggregate wireless network bandwidth of up to 24 Mbps, with
state-of-the-art features such as seamless roaming, advanced power
management, the IEEE-endorsed high throughput modulation approach and site
survey diagnostics.

The RangeLAN2 product family includes RangeLAN2/PCMCIA for notebook PCs and
handheld computers; RangeLAN2/ISA for desktop PCs and servers; and
RangeLAN2/Access Point, a wireless bridge that provides
protocol-independent access to wired Ethernet LANs.

About the Companies

Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) is a leading distributor of personal
computer products serving more than 50,000 value-added resellers and
retail dealers throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America
and the Caribbean. The company offers comprehensive product lines in
software, networking and communications, mass storage, peripherals, and
computer systems. In addition to distributing more than 20,000 products
from over 600 manufacturers and publishers, Tech Data provides extensive
pre-sale and post-sale training, service and support.

Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Proxim, Inc., (NASDAQ:PROX) was
founded in 1984 to develop and market wireless communications technology.
Since 1989, the company has been an industry-leading supplier of 902 MHz
and 2.4 GHz spread spectrum wireless data networking products. In 1994,
Proxim introduced RangeLAN2, its award-winning second generation frequency
hopping wireless LAN product family. To date, the company has shipped more
than 85,000 spread spectrum radio products.

Proxim Inc
295 North Bernardo Ave
Mountain View, CA 94043
415-960-1630,  fax 415-964-5181

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