Wireless Facilities Awarded Contract by Advanced Radio Telecom for Network
Deployment Services
Business Editors
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2000--Wireless Facilities
Inc. (WFI) (Nasdaq:WFII) announced today that it has signed a
three-year contract to provide Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. (ART)
(Nasdaq:ARTT), the first broadband wireless Internet Protocol service
provider (IPSP), with comprehensive network deployment services in
support of its build out of high-speed, metropolitan area Internet
Protocol (IP) networks nationwide.
WFI was selected as ART's preferred vendor to support its planned
40-market network build out with full-service network development and
deployment services. These services include overall program
management, radio frequency (RF) engineering, fixed network
engineering, installation and construction management.
"ART has tremendous confidence in selecting WFI as our preferred
provider of outsourcing services related to nationwide deployment of
broadband wireless metropolitan networks," said Robert McCambridge,
president and COO of ART. "Our commitment to WFI expands the
strategic relationships already established with Qwest, Cisco and
others, and will allow ART to accelerate our build out plans."
The demand for wireless Internet access and other data services
is accelerating with the deployment of new technologies such as those
embodied in emerging third-generation (3G) standards. High speed fiber
networks are being integrated with wireless broadband technologies to
deliver enhanced capabilities and features to new customers and
markets. ART is the first company to integrate fiber-optic and 100
Mbps wireless broadband technologies into a reliable, carrier-class
quality, packet-switched data communications network.
"WFI is playing a key role in fulfilling the growing demand for
high speed Internet access as the leading provider of wireless
broadband network deployment services," said Masood Tayebi, president
of WFI. "WFI's demonstrated capability and extensive knowledge of the
wireless broadband market will be instrumental in supporting ART's
overall long term deployment and operational plans."
About Wireless Facilities
A global leader in telecommunications outsourcing, Wireless
Facilities Inc. designs, deploys and manages wireless networks for
some of the largest telecom carriers and equipment suppliers
worldwide. Specializing in network architecture and dimensioning of
mobile and high speed wireless data systems, WFI provides a complete
range of network services -- from business and market planning to RF
engineering, fixed network engineering, site acquisition and
development, installation, optimization and maintenance. Headquartered
in San Diego, WFI has grown to more than 800 employees and has
performed work in 26 countries since the company was founded in late
1994. The company has offices in Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Sao
Paulo, New Delhi and London. News and information are available at
www.wfinet.com.
About Advanced Radio Telecom
Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. (Nasdaq:ARTT), headquartered in
Bellevue, Wash., is a provider of local Internet Protocol (IP)
services at speeds up to 100Mbps. ART currently owns and operates
broadband wireless metropolitan area networks in San Jose, Calif.,
Seattle, Portland, Ore. and Phoenix. ART has a strategic relationship
with Qwest Communications International Inc. (Nasdaq:QWST), which
includes Qwest Private Line, ART Broadband Services, co-marketing and
co-location agreements.
ART investors include Qwest and a number of high tech investment
funds including Oak Investment Partners, MeriTech Capital Partners,
Accel Partners, Brentwood Venture Capital, Worldview Technology
Partners, Columbia Capital, Advent International, GE Equity, KPN,
Sonera, Bessemer Venture Capital, and Adams Capital Management. ART
has a nationwide footprint of 38GHz spectrum licenses in the United
States, and owns 26GHz and/or 38GHz spectrum licenses in the United
Kingdom and several Scandinavian countries.
For more information, please visit ART's Web site at
art-net.net. |
