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Technology Stocks : CellularVision (CVUS): 2-way LMDS wireless cable. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Night Writer who wrote (836)	1/9/1998 12:12:00 PM
From: Elliot W	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2063

4 3/4 - What's Up! What is happening. Yikes! Elliot

To: Night Writer who wrote (836)	1/9/1998 4:28:00 PM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2063

Night Writer, Here is a very interesting turn of events. This company called Formus/Jato with an experimental license for LMDS to be deployed in February in Denver. They are using NN for ATM,STII and HP for LMDS equipment,and Millitech technology for radio transmission equipment. What a perfect place to deploy LMDS,a large city,in a dry area,fairly flat. I still think further southwest would be ideal,like Phoenix,Arizona. They are bidding at the auctions also. Friday January 9, 2:09 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: JATO Communication Corporation Formus Communications and JATO Communications To Run LMDS-Based High-Speed Internet Trial DENVER, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- International service provider Formus Communications and JATO Communications Corp. today announced a pilot program to provide two-way, high-speed data, voice and Internet access and Web services via a first-of-its kind wireless broadband network using Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS) technology. Working in conjunction with Stanford Telecommunications Inc. [Nasdaq: STII - news], which will provide the subscriber terminal units and the network interface units, Formus and JATO will deploy the LMDS network in Metro Denver under an experimental Federal Communications Commission license beginning in February 1998. The system will initially connect Formus and JATO offices, and selected service partners. ''This trial brings LMDS out of the lab and into the realm of commercial reality,'' said Vern Kenley, President of Formus Communications. ''We have been exploring, advocating and developing the concept of LMDS wireless broadband service throughout the world. With our finalization of commercial operating licenses in Poland and Ecuador, we felt it was time to go ahead and make such a network a reality here at home.'' The Formus/JATO system will use two-way point-to-multipoint technology via multiple overlapping radio nodes to multiple subscriber locations. The system will operate using a 30/1.8 Mbps multipoint access link based on the Digital Audio Visual Council (DAVIC) standard. ''We believe that DAVIC will emerge as the standard for distributing two-way data services over broadband wireless,'' said Gary Flood, Director of Broadband Marketing for Stanford Telecom in Sunnyvale, California. ''We have been a long-time leader in the development of this worldwide standard, and this pilot project with Formus represents one of our first product introductions. We're very excited about helping to create this important milestone toward full-scale production and deployment of LMDS systems.'' The pilot project network incorporates radio transmission equipment provided by millimeter-wave technology products leader Millitech Corporation and is supported by an ATM/Frame Relay backbone from Newbridge Networks Corporation [NYSE:NN - news]. Formus and JATO plan to also invite additional LMDS vendors to participate in the upcoming trial. Internet links will be provided by Verio Colorado, an affiliate of Denver- based national Internet provider Verio Inc. ''This landmark demonstration of LMDS equipment is important to establish the substantial progress made in the development of point-to-multipoint technology and to facilitate continued development of this high-capacity, low- cost equipment,'' said JATO Chief Executive Officer Brian Gast. ''Having several suppliers and a national Internet provider like Verio involved will contribute significantly to the technical and operational benefits that the trial produces.'' Formus and JATO are also currently completing an additional field trial of LMDS technology with Hewlett Packard Company at its Wireless Systems Group facilities in Cupertino, California. Formus Communications, Inc. was formed in 1996 to pursue high-frequency, wireless broadband licensing and investment opportunities in targeted regions around the world. The company will begin commercial implementa licensing and investment opportunities in targeted regions around the world. The company will begin commercial implementation of high- speed data and Internet service in early 1998 in countries in which it holds operating licenses. Formus is owned by its management and a group of venture capital fi JATO was formed in 1997 to acquire wireless broadband licenses in the U.S. and become a leading operator of such systems. The company will participate in the U.S. LMDS auctions scheduled to begin in February by the FCC. The principal corporate founder of JATO is Formus Communications.