Airpath and Ubiquitair Bring Municipal Wireless to Maine's Casco Bay Region; Wireless Management Leader Provides Back-End Platform for WISP to Create A Multi-Island ''Hot Zone''.WALTHAM, Mass. & YORK, Maine
York is a town located in York County, Maine, United States at the southwest corner of the state. -- Airpath Wireless, Inc., the leader in enabling management and roaming for wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 networks, today announced that Wireless Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (WISP) Ubiquitair has deployed broadband wireless See wireless broadband. across several islands in Maine's Casco Bay Casco Bay (kăs`kō), deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 200 sq mi (518 sq km), SW Maine. The bay, with its more than 200 wooded, hilly islands, has many summer estates and resorts. Portland, Maine, is the principal harbor. using Airpath's WiBOSS Metro solution. The islands, including Chebeague, Cliff, and Long Island, host thousands of visitors per year and are home to hundreds of year-round residents. Ubiquitair is using WiBOSS Metro to simplify back-office operations such as authentication, billing, end-user self care and reporting. "Even with the technological ability to roll out hardware, the back-end challenges of setting up a metro wireless network are daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin ," said Stuart Santoro, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Ubiquitair. "The ability to easily manage subscribers, service plans and venues, as well as the creation of custom portal See personal portal. pages helped us ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale much more quickly than would have been possible otherwise. Airpath is our 'back office'." While there was considerable demand for wireless broadband in the area, it was not being offered by incumbent providers. Ubiquitair, which is rolling out wireless networks all along Maine's busy southern coast, is also providing Wi-Fi service to numerous hospitality venues and Metro hot zones. Additionally, Ubiquitair is providing wireless Ethernet service to Southern Maine residents and businesses at speeds up to 10 Mbps. "Wireless providers understand that a large amount of deployment time could be spent setting up and testing the complex administration and billing systems that support revenue generation," said Olivia Hecht, director of marketing for Airpath. "WiBOSS Metro provides a tried-and-true platform for these critical components so that metro networks like this one can be up and running in minutes, once the hardware infrastructure has been deployed." WiBOSS Metro is a hosted, hardware-neutral, web-based platform that helps operators manage hot zones and retail metro networks. WiBOSS Metro performs all critical business tasks for WISPs such as subscriber management, provisioning, billing, authentication, authorization, accounting, report generation, and network management within a single application. Full customer support for providers and end users is available via Airpath's 24x7x365 carrier-neutral facility. Additionally, if a wireless provider using WiBOSS Metro decides to shift from a purely retail model to a retail and wholesale model, the migration path to Airpath's RoamBOSS Metro- the only such solution in the industry - is easy. About Airpath Wireless, Inc. Airpath Wireless, Inc. is "clearing the way," enabling providers to easily manage their wireless broadband networks and roaming. Using its powerful hosted-software applications, Airpath enables providers with the flexible tools and services to manage their business, offering seamless, global access to wireless broadband services across disparate networks on a global scale. Founded in 2001, the company is a privately held, venture-funded corporation with lead investments from Boston Millennia Partners. It is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with additional offices around the globe. For more information, visit Airpath on the web at www.airpath.com. About Ubiquitair Founded in 2005, Ubiquitair is headquartered in York, Maine and is privately funded. The Ubiquitair team brings decades of experience in telecommunications, CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) transport networks, international interexchange carrier transport networks and gateways. Learn more at: www.ubiquitair.com. |
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