Black & Veatch Selected to Support Wireless Broadband Network Deployment in the U.S. Northeast.OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- Horizon Wi-Com has selected Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, construction and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , to provide turnkey wireless site development services to support its high-speed 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 network deployment, the companies announced today. The new network represents the initial deployment of Horizon Wi-Com's wireless network in the U.S. Northeast region as the company moves to secure new customer subscriptions for wireless broadband services in this growing market. "Our plan to be the first commercial deployment of WiMax technology in the Northeast required comprehensive site development and construction support in order to meet our aggressive deployment schedule. Black & Veatch was selected to provide the necessary support and program management due to their experience and past success with other wireless projects," said Ron Olexa, of Horizon Wi-Com. "We have been impressed with the capabilities and support provided by Black & Veatch on the project so far and look forward to a long-term relationship." The initial broadband network deployment will include nine markets: Boston, MA; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY; Philadelphia, PA; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. ; Pittsburgh, PA; Baltimore MD; Washington, D.C.; Virginia Beach, VA; and Richmond, VA. "This project represents a wonderful opportunity to develop a partnership with Horizon Wi-Com as we assist them in developing their competitive footprint in the Northeast marketplace," said Tim Cummings, Black & Veatch Project Manager for the company's telecommunications division. Cummings added that Black & Veatch's work includes providing site acquisition, engineering, permitting, material procurement, construction contracting, construction and installation services. About Horizon Wi-Com Horizon Wi-Com is a Wireless System Operator headquartered in Alexandria, VA, which owns 10 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. of WCS See Windows CardSpace. A Block spectrum in MEA MEA Multiple endocrine adenomatosis. See Multiple endocrine neoplasia. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 and 13. These MEA's include the cities Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. , Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Richmond, and Cincinnati-Dayton. Horizon Wi-Com is currently deploying systems in these markets which will provide a wireless broadband service to customers. Service is planned to commence in the second quarter of 2007. About Black & Veatch Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients' needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black & Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning. With more than $2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents. The company's Web site address is www.bv.com. |
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