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To: limtex who wrote (8365)	9/28/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Mazman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

L and thread, not sure if this has already been posted.. Teligent Point to Multipoint Wireless Coming NewsBytes, September 25, 1998 / by Ron Gustavson VIENNA, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., 1998 SEP 25 Teligent, Inc., [NASDAQ:TGNT] should be on track to offer commercial point to multipoint voice and data services in Los Angeles by next Wednesday. The initial service is the first step in a planned rollout of alternative voice and data services in fifteen US markets by the end of the year. Aimed at small to medium-sized businesses, Teligent's wireless service can connect twenty to thirty buildings, using 12" microwave dishes, which connect to a Teligent Base Station hub, the company says. Robert Stewart, Teligent vice president of communications, told Newsbytes, "We want to deliver assured bandwidth, at lower cost, to small and medium-sized businesses. Most small businesses want T-1 data throughput, or 1.544Mbps. We can deliver this to small business, using our IP over ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) network, which provides an alternative public switched phone network as well." Point to multipoint wireless, which operates at the 24GHz spectrum, is a new technology that extends the older point to point wireless repeater service. Stewart notes, "For smaller companies, we can combine point to point with point to multipoint." While T-1 speeds are the most common data requirement, wireless transmitters are capable of up to DS-3 (Digital Signal Level 3) speeds, or 44.736Mbps, Newsbytes notes. Teligent's service will come just about a month after Winstar Communications [NASDAQ:WCII] first demonstrated its Wireless ATM service in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Regarding Teligent's focus Stewart adds, "Two thirds of all businesses don't have fiber connections to the Internet. We can serve these customers, offering a full range of voice and data options."