BroadBand Wireless International Initiates Relationship With Cisco
Systems For Fault-Tolerant Broadband Services Throughout Midwest
and Southwest US
Certified as Cisco Powered Network Provider
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2000-- BroadBand Wireless International Corporation (OTC BB: BBAN - news), today announced that it
has become a newly Certified Member of the Cisco Powered Network program. The Company is also teaming up with Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO - news), the
worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, to offer, under the program, a scaleable carrier-class network using Cisco's Vector Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (VOFDM) broadband, wireless technology and BPXT(TM) 8680-IP IP+ATM multiservice switch for business and residential customers in Texas, Oklahoma,
Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
BroadBand Wireless International, and its joint venture partner, BroadBand Wireless Communications Corporation, will utilize Cisco broadband, wireless and IP+ATM
technology in their carrier-class, Cisco-based infrastructure to provide broadband, wireless connectivity, traditional dedicated circuit, dial access, and DSL services.
Further, BBAN will offer its customers New World services such as unified messaging, streaming video, content services, and IP telephony using its Cisco network.
``Cisco shares our vision that the IP network is the foundation for delivering intelligent and customer-centric business solutions that will provide our customers with a
strategic competitive advantage,' said Ron Baker, President of BroadBand Wireless' Domestic Division.
``By working with a market leader such as Cisco, we are able to quickly bring advanced, reliable and secure networking solutions to the marketplace,' states Baker.
Because of its unmatched ATM and IP scalability, reliability, and quality of service (QoS), BBAN selected Cisco's BPX(TM) 8600 series IP+ATM switches as the basis
for its new network. Cisco's MPLS implementation unites industry-leading IOS(TM) IP capabilities with carrier-class ATM. In addition, by deploying Cisco's VOFDM
solutions, BBAN can offer broadband, wireless access in obstructed line-of-sight conditions, which greatly increases capacity and customer penetration.
BroadBand Wireless' participation in the Cisco Powered Network program demonstrates its ability to provide industry-leading technology solutions and services that are
based on Cisco solutions. The Cisco Powered Network designation allows BBAN the use of joint-marketing and development opportunities with Cisco and recognizes that
BroadBand Wireless has met stringent criteria for quality of service and support. |
