ARCi and Blue Valley Bring Broadband Access to Rural America; New Wireless Installation Delivers High-Speed Internet to Marysville, Kansas.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Advanced Radio Cells Inc. (ARCi), a leading provider of 5GHz license-free broadband wireless solutions, and Blue Valley Tele-Communications (BVTC), a member-owned rural telecommunications cooperative, announced the availability of wireless high-speed Internet access in Marysville, Kan. The service, based on ARCi's point-to-multipoint wireless solution, is available to all business and residential customers in this progressive community of 4,000 people.

"We're very excited about bringing broadband access to Marysville," stated Terry O'Neil, general manager of Blue Valley. "It is the county seat and it deserves the high-speed Internet access. With ARCi's proven wireless solution, we've made it possible. More importantly, the ARCi equipment will allow us to deliver voice and other services across the same infrastructure. The opportunities for bundled services that will better serve the community are enormous."

"This new installation with BVTC is a real milestone for us," commented Jim Bertonis, president and CEO of ARCi. "Local independent telephone companies like Blue Valley are the foundation for telephone service in much of America. Further, they believe in planning for the long term and appreciate the carrier-class quality and performance that ARCi products deliver. Their confidence underscores the proven reliability of our equipment."

ARCi's innovative point-to-multipoint broadband wireless Internet delivery system is the first commercially available DOCSIS-compatible product to use the uncongested 5 GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) spectrum. ARCi's product uses a Wireless Modem Termination System (WMTS) and a hub transceiver antenna at the base station, along with a subscriber transceiver antenna and modem at the customer site.

About Blue Valley Tele-Communications

Blue Valley Tele-Communications is a progressive member-owned cooperative providing the highest quality, cost-effective telecommunications services using the latest technology for members in the communities it serves and in other areas where beneficial to its members. The forty-one year old, patron-owned company is composed of eleven local telephone companies, consolidated into ten exchanges. More information is available at www.bluevalley.net.

About ARCi

Advanced Radio Cells Inc., headquartered in Campbell, Calif., is a company dedicated to the delivery of innovative, high-capacity, and cost-effective wireless broadband solutions to ISPs, Carriers and System Integrators. Established in 1999, the company has formed critical strategic alliances and has assembled an outstanding team of highly experienced RF and systems professionals.