NextNet's Broadband Wireless Operator Partners Discuss NLOS Markets, Deployments, and Expansion Plans in the U.S., Mexico, Latin America and the Philippines at WCA '03 July 8-11, Wash DC
Minneapolis, MN USA - July 3, 2003 — NextNet Wireless, the industry's most widely deployed provider of non line-of-sight (NLOS) broadband wireless access systems, announced today that several of its broadband wireless operator partners have been invited to speak at the Wireless Communications Association's 16th Annual Industry Conference and Expo in Wash DC, July 8-11 (www.wcai.com). NextNet's operator partners MVS Net and iMAX will discuss nationwide NLOS broadband wireless deployment and expansion plans for Mexico and the Philippines, including coverage in the densely populated world capital cities of Mexico City and Manila. U.S. Operator Infolink will discuss its plan to deliver broadband wireless service to underserved rural communities in America's Heartland. NextNet's Caribbean operator partner Eutel Communications, will discuss the business plan it has adopted to meet numerous requests for modern telecommunications services in the Caribbean, including facilitating distance learning and distance medical service where such services were never before available.
Speaking Schedule details include:
Tuesday, July 8 - 2:55 p.m., Latin American Forum: Planning & Connecting New Wi-Fi & WISP Networks
Jose Antonio Abad, CEO of MVS Net (Mexico)
(www.igo.com.mx)
Wednesday, July 9 - 11:00 a.m. - What Does the Customer Want? (Business Track)
- Guy J. Kelnhofer III, President & CEO, NextNet Wireless
(www.nextnetwireless.com)
- Ken Rausch, General Manager, Infolink - (Operator - Minnesota)
(www.info-link.net)
- Gerald Berkel, Managing Director, Eutel (Operator -The Netherlands Antilles)
(g.berkel@uts.an)
Friday, July 11 - Keynote Address - 8:45 a.m. - Creating a Nationwide NLOS Broadband Wireless Deployment
Mel Velarde, President & CEO, Next Mobile, Inc. (Operator - The Philippines)
(www.imx.ph)
"We are honored that broadband wireless operators in rural, suburban and urban International markets have adopted NextNet's Expedience™ platform as their technology of choice, and we are pleased that our operator partners have been invited to share their success stories and market plans at WCA '03," stated Barbara Heine, NextNet Director of Marketing Communications.
About NextNet Expedience™
NextNet's Expedience NLOS broadband wireless system is an IP-based network that supports delivery of all IP compatible broadband applications. These applications include the delivery of both voice and data services such as IP telephony and video streaming and conferencing. Expedience OFDM system products are available to address the needs of SOHO, SME, and MDU broadband markets.
The Expedience system is currently deployed in cities throughout Asia, Africa, North America, Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean. NextNet provides wireless carriers with proven superiority in the critical areas of coverage, capacity and capital cost, allowing for rapid penetration into the untapped business and residential markets. The company's flexible OFDM-based platform delivers consistent broadband speeds across NLOS cell radiuses of up to 30 km, using indoor, plug-and-play (self-installable) subscriber units, as well as convenient outdoor (bracket-mount) NLOS subscriber units. The flexible Expedience™ base station weighs just 16 kg, and mounts easily to a pole, tower, building rooftop or standard indoor rack.
About NextNet™Wireless, Inc.
NextNet Wireless is the industry's most widely deployed provider of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) plug-and-play broadband wireless access systems. NextNet's OFDM-based Expedience™ system provides telecommunications carriers with turnkey solutions for rapid, low-cost deployment of high-speed, two-way voice and data services over the "last mile" of the communications network. The Expedience system is deployed in over 20 markets globally, including the world's largest NLOS plug-and-play deployment in Mexico, covering 70 million potential business and residential subscribers nationwide.
NextNet is the recipient of seven industry technical awards for delivering NLOS service to under-served urban, suburban and rural markets. NextNet's primary investors include DCM-Doll Capital Management, Enterasys (NYSE: ETS) (formerly Cabletron Systems), Globespan Capital Partners, Star Ventures and others. Contact: Barbara Heine, Director, Marketing Communications; heineb@nextnetwireless.com;Tel: 952-967-1116; Fax: 952-929-4080 or visit www.nextnetwireless.com.
About WCA
Founded in 1988, the Wireless Communications Association (www.wcai.com) is the world's largest principal non-profit trade association representing the wireless broadband industry. WCA's mission is to foster the growth of such services worldwide, including voice, data, Internet, e-commerce and video applications. Its membership is comprised of leading carriers, vendors and consultants on six continents who use broadband spectrum bands below 2 GHz to beyond 100 GHz in both licensed and license exempt bands.
