BreezeCOM, AirLink and LinkMasters Team to Provide Wireless Internet Services to Florida.Business/Technology Editors CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000 Initial equipment purchase in excess of $1 million with future plans to deploy networks nationwide BreezeCOM (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BRZE), a leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed wireless access solutions, announced that North Carolina-based LinkMasters Inc., a systems integrator serving the U.S. and Caribbean, has placed an initial purchase order for wireless access infrastructure equipment totaling in excess of $1 million dollars. Teaming with AirLink Corporation, a Florida-based 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) supporting fixed and mobile services, the LinkMasters/AirLink partnership plans to deploy networks throughout the US within the next two years. AirLink, which is positioning itself as a high speed wireless local loop provider to businesses, individuals and ASPs, has plans to deploy its "rolling wireless ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. networks" nationwide offering turnkey solutions designed to improve access to e-commerce and other services, including, Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. and bandwidth wholesaling. VoIP and TVIP TVIP Television over Internet Protocol TVIP Tv over Internet Protocol service options will also be offered to overcome dialup limitations and the lack of available high speed wired services such as DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and cable modems. LinkMasters, being RF specialists, will provide the wireless connectivity as AirLink's deployment partner. LinkMasters has been servicing hospitals, schools and other multi-building campus and enterprise environments since 1998. AirLink currently services more than 20,000 business and residential users throughout Florida and the eastern seaboard with plans to expand into 15 states throughout the U.S. "In a partnership such as we have with AirLink, it is critical that deployment be quick, easy and successful," stated Hugh Murphy, 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. of LinkMasters, Inc. "We selected BreezeCOM as our equipment supplier because their product is proven and reliable. The scalability, plug and play subscriber units, system redundancy and network management features made the BreezeCOM solution the right choice for us. In addition, they have the best technical support team in the industry." "The AirLink/LinkMasters partnership represents an innovative and powerful business proposition," stated Bernard Herscovich, president of BreezeCOM, Inc. "Companies teaming together to complement and strengthen their business while adding value to the customer is smart in this dynamic market environment." About AirLink Headquartered in Fort Meyers, Fla., AirLink Corporation is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. offering high-speed wireless Internet access See how to access the Internet. through broadband technology and a wide array of other services and products. AirLink currently operates networks in the 2.4GHz. By operating in the license-free 2.4 GHz space, they are able to overcome wired local loop service limitations by directly connecting to their customers. For more information on AirLink, visit www.goairlink.com. About LinkMasters Headquartered in Wilmington, NC, LinkMasters, Inc. is a systems integrator servicing the US and the Caribbean. Providing a full range of services, LinkMasters to date has installed over 180 corporate sites nationwide servicing over 1,000 subscribers. To learn more about LinkMasters, visit www.linkmasters.net About BreezeCOM BreezeCOM is a leading developer and manufacturer of broadband wireless access products and wireless LANs, targeted to public operators, ISPs and private enterprises. BreezeCOM products employ broadband, narrowband and spread spectrum radios, digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive ) modems and point-to-multipoint wireless packet switching technologies optimized for high-speed Internet access. For more information on BreezeCOM, visit www.breezecom.com. BreezeACCESS is a trademark of BreezeCOM, Inc. All other trade names are the properties of their respective owners. This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the industry, changes in demand for products, the timing and cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in BreezeCOM's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including BreezeCOM's Form F-1. |
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