Claim: BBN Technologies marketed eight of the world's first mobile ad-hoc networks, including PRNET and SURAN, which were sponsored by ARPA.
Evidence: PRNET First mobile ad hoc network, sponsored by ARPA. SURAN Follow-on to PRNET experiments, also sponsored by ARPA. Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) Tactical Internet for the US Army Iris Digital Communications System Tactical voice + data Internet for the Canadian Army Near-term digital radio (NTDR) First fielded mobile ad-hoc network High-capacity data radio (HCDR) NTDR version for the British Army Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Wideband Networking Waveform Wireless Network after Next (WNaN) Experimental tactical ad-hoc network, sponsored by DARPA