<A> Winstar Completes Point-To-Multipoint Commercial Deployment in Six U.S. Markets
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instar on Track for Worldwide Rollout; Technology Reduces
Network Deployment Costs, Reaches More Buildings and
Customers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1999-- WINSTAR
COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (NASDAQ: WCII - news) today announced that it
has completed the commercial rollout of point-to-multipoint (PMP) technology
in six major U.S. markets: Washington, DC; Phoenix; Oakland; San Jose; Seattle
and Salt Lake City. Winstar will continue the integration of PMP technology into
its nationwide, 60-market network throughout 2000.
Winstar expects to reap significant benefits from the combination of PMP
technology and point-to-point technology in its network, including reduced
network deployment costs, more efficient use of spectrum and the ability to serve
more buildings from each local hub site. Customers will realize significant
benefits from PMP technology, including the option of bandwidth on-demand,
which allows users to receive a wide range of services - from voice and
videoconferencing to high-speed data and Internet - on a ''pay-per-use'' basis.
''We're right on track with our point-to-multipoint deployment,'' said David
Ackerman, group executive, Winstar Network and Systems Services. ''Coupled
with our current deployment of ATM-based local network infrastructure, PMP
technology enables unparalleled network provisioning, configuration
management and control capabilities, resulting in the highest possible network
quality of service.''
Winstar's commercial deployment of PMP is the culmination of a four-year
research and development collaboration with leading telecom equipment
providers to design, develop and manufacture the technology.
Winstar also deployed PMP technology in Amsterdam during the third quarter of
1999, and will integrate the technology into its network in other international
markets during 2000.
About Winstar
Winstar Communications, Inc. (www.winstar.com) helps companies around the
globe engage in Frictionless Businesssm through the use of seamless
communications and technology. Winstar provides its customers with a
comprehensive set of high-quality, digital-age broadband communications
services including high-speed Internet access and data transport, Web hosting,
Web-based information and local and long distance services.
Winstar offers its services in more than 70 markets throughout the U.S. and in
Europe, Asia and South America. It is the largest holder of broadband fixed
wireless spectrum, with licenses in the top 60 U.S. markets and in 10
international markets. Winstar's broadband fixed wireless capabilities
complement and extend the reach of its extensive fiber network. The company's
long-haul fiber network, which supports IP (Internet Protocol), ATM
(Asynchronous Transfer Mode) and frame relay, will extend more than 16,000
route miles and connect the top 60 U.S. markets. Winstar's intracity fiber
network will consist of nearly 6,000 route miles in over 60 major domestic and
international markets.
Winstar's Tier 1 Internet backbone and enhanced Web service offerings,
including Web hosting and design, make Winstar one of the largest Internet
companies in the U.S. The company's innovative applications enable businesses
to take advantage of the new Internet economy. Recently, the company launched
Office.com, A Service From Winstarsm, (www.office.com) a premier Internet
destination site designed to bring the best of the business Web to the desktop. |
