What about the unlicenced spectrum?Adaptive Broadband seems to be drumming up business in these frequencies>>>>>U-NII contains three frequency bands that each consist of 100 MHz in the 5 GHz range. ``Because no FCC action is required to
use the band, it will instantly allow carriers both large and small to compete for voice and data services,' said Dr. Daniel Scharre,
Adaptive Broadband's chief technology officer. ``Over the next several years, we expect this opportunity to dramatically change
the landscape of the telecommunications industry. We estimate, based on feedback from customers, that the U-NII band
represents a $10-billion potential market in this country for wireless data networking equipment.' <<
On July 27, Adaptive Broadband announced that I3S, an Irving, Texas high-speed data services provider,
signed a contract initially valued at $100-million over five years for AB-Access equipment to be used in multi-tenant residential
buildings across 48 U.S. states. Once installed, it will provide ultra high speed Internet access for 20 to 30 million residences.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1999-- ADAPTIVE BROADBAND(TM) CORPORATION (Nasdaq
National Market:ADAP - news) announced today it has signed an initial $20-million contract with Fuzion Technologies, Boca
Raton, FL., for AB-Access(TM) wireless data networking equipment.
It will be deployed over the next three years, beginning in Florida, for business users of the Internet. Fuzion is the first carrier in
the industry to commercially install this new wireless equipment, which provides Internet access at speeds up to 25 Mbps. It has
successfully tested the equipment during the past five weeks and said it will have its first customers on-line by September 30.
Fuzion will use the Qwest fiber optic network as a backbone, thereby relieving potential bottlenecks in their system which could
decrease the AB-Access delivered capacity.
``This is just the first step in the national and international deployment of AB-Access by Fuzion,' said Dave Frank, Fuzion Chief
Operating Officer. Fuzion has entered into discussions with potential joint partners for a nationwide network deployment, and has
already signed on several Fortune 100 customers in Florida. |
