MVS Comunicaciones Selects NextNet for World's Largest NLOS Broadband Wireless Access Deployment
Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey Top List of 9 Mexico Cities Slated for 2002-03 Rollout
MEXICO CITY & MINNEAPOLIS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 8, 2002—MVS Comunicaciones,
the leading producer of television and radio programming in Mexico and
Latin America, and NextNet Wireless, developer of the industry's first
commercially deployed non line-of-sight (NLOS) broadband wireless access
system, announced today that MVS has selected NextNet's Expedience™
NLOS system to deliver high-speed Internet access to over 28 million potential
subscribers in Mexico's three largest cities. MVS will deploy broadband
wireless services in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey beginning
this summer, and plans a 9-city nationwide rollout covering 50% of Mexico's
population by the end of 2003. MVS holds the MMDS (2.5 - 2.686 GHz) spectrum
covering 70% of Mexico's 97 million residents.
"Mexico City is the second largest city in the world, with 20 million
residents living in an 1,800 sq. km. metropolis among dense tropical foliage,''
stated Ernesto Vargas, President of MVS Television. "After rigorous
testing of multiple vendors and platforms, we selected NextNet's powerful
NLOS Expedience™ system because of its proven superiority in the areas
of critical concern to us, namely -- coverage, capacity, and capital cost.
The Expedience system will strengthen the leadership position that MVS
has forged over three decades in bringing Mexico the best options for
information, culture, commerce, and entertainment,'' Vargas concluded.
Guy Kelnhofer, NextNet CEO, stated, "We are pleased and honored to
join with MVS in a partnership for prosperity that generates new market
expansion in Mexico, and growth for the broadband wireless industry as
a whole. Together, we are setting the pace for practical competitive commercial
broadband wireless deployments worldwide,'' Kelnhofer concluded.
NextNet's Expedience broadband wireless access system offers wireless
service providers a means to deliver consistent LAN-like access speeds
to residential and business subscribers across the industry's greatest
NLOS coverage area. The Expedience system utilizes indoor, plug-and-play
subscriber units for cell radius' up to five miles, and convenient outdoor
(bracket-mount) subscriber units for businesses and extended range cell
radius' up to 20 miles.
The Expedience NLOS system has been commercially deployed in Northern
Iowa, since December 2001.
About MVS Comunicaciones
MVS Comunicaciones, parent of MVS Television and MVS Radio, is a diverse
communications company with operations that span many media, and encompass
both the production and distribution of news and entertainment content.
Founded in 1967 when Don Joaquin Vargas Gomez began Mexico's first FM
radio station, MVS has undergone exponential growth and diversification
over the years, yet remains family owned and operated. Today a proven
leader in radio broadcasting, cable television, and Internet services,
MVS sees its future in further use of digital technology and increased
expansion into the United States Hispanic market.
Contact: Jose Antonio Abad, CEO, MVS Net, S.A. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico,
5255 55 50 05 90. Email: jabad@mvs.com
or for more information visit www.mvs.com.
About NextNet Wireless
NextNet Wireless is a privately held company that develops non-line-of-sight
broadband wireless access platforms that provide telecommunications carriers
with solutions for rapid deployment of high-speed, two-way voice and data
services over the "last mile'' of the communications network. NextNet's
primary investors include Cabletron Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CS), DCM-Doll
Capital Management, Globespan Capital Partners, Star Ventures, ZAMBA Corporation (Nasdaq:ZMBA),
and others.
