Nice contract for BRZE in Japan - anyone know
if they are deploying the same systems anywhere in the US?
BreezeCOM Penetrates Japanese Market with a Multi-Million Dollar Order from SpeedNet
Business Editors
TEL AVIV, Israel & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
April 26, 2001--
ISP to Deploy BreezeACCESS for Japanese Residential Users
BreezeCOM (NASDAQ: BRZE), the world leader in the design and
manufacture of high-speed wireless access solutions, announced today
that it has received an initial order of twenty thousand subscriber
units from Japanese Internet Service Provider, SpeedNet Corporation
("SpeedNet"). Operating through BreezeCOM's Japanese distributor
CTCSP, SpeedNet is set to become the world's largest wireless ISP.
Using BreezeCOM's BreezeACCESS II wireless access solution, SpeedNet
plans to offer high-speed wireless Internet services to Japanese
residential users, with initial installations scheduled for Tokyo,
Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba.
This wide distribution heralds the introduction and establishment
of the fixed wireless access (FWA) market in Japan. SpeedNet is a
joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Softbank and
Microsoft. Leveraging on TEPCO's existing fibre optic backbone and
content provided by Softbank and Microsoft, SpeedNet is set to offer a
variety of high-speed Internet services.
BreezeCOM provides the last mile broadband solution, enabling
access services to residential users beyond the reach of wireline
broadband technologies. By deploying BreezeACCESS Access Units on
TEPCO's electricity poles, SpeedNet is able to supply Internet access
to subscribers within the selected area. SpeedNet looks forward to
commercial success, delivering "always-on" Internet services at prices
competitive to alternative technologies, such as ADSL and cable
modems.
The SpeedNet order comes in the wake of extensive testing and
comprehensive trials that included a pilot study of hundreds of
subscribers in a residential area north west of Tokyo. The resulting
customer satisfaction survey showed that 92 % of subscribers were
satisfied with the wireless Internet service and the same number would
subscribe to the service.
BreezeACCESS II utilizes Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
radio technology - an ideal solution for dense and highly populated
environments. While providing unlimited capacity in terms of cell
overlay and seamless integration between cells, FHSS does not require
capacity planning or suffer from degradations in performance each time
additional subscribers are added. In addition, FHSS is not susceptible
to interference from other technologies operating in the same 2.4GHz
ISM band, such as microwave ovens and medical equipment.
About SpeedNet
SpeedNet Corporation is a joint venture between TEPCO, one of
Japan's ten major power companies, Softbank, and Microsoft. SpeedNet
provides dedicated low cost, high speed Internet access based on an IP
network, and using an integrated combination of optical fiber, metal
and wireless technologies.
About BreezeCOM
BreezeCOM is the leading provider of broadband wireless access
(BWA) solutions used by service providers and enterprises. Its
products provide a wireless alternative to wired access solutions,
such as DSL and cable modems, and facilitate indoor and outdoor, as
well as fixed and mobile wireless LAN connectivity. BreezeCOM products
are based on a packet switching point-to-multipoint wireless platform,
optimized for high-speed Internet and intranet access. Core
technologies include spread spectrum radio, digital signal processing,
modems, networking protocols and VLSI. For more information on
BreezeCOM, please visit www.breezecom.com. |
