BreezeCOM Ltd. In Agreement With Lina.Net To Provide High Speed Wireless Internet In Iceland.Business Editors TEL AVIV Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000 $1.3 Million Agreement Calls for BreezeACCESS 3.5 Broadband Wireless Access Equipment BreezeCOM Ltd. (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) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Lina.Net, a competitive local exchange carrier (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) ) in Iceland, to provide its BreezeACCESS 3.5 broadband wireless See wireless broadband. access system to high speed wireless Internet coverage in Iceland. The contract, valued at $1.3 million, follows the successful trial of the BreezeACCESS 3.5 system which has been deployed for the past six months. Lina.Net will use BreezeACCESS 3.5 to build a wireless network over Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, as well as over the surrounding areas. Lina.Net will provide Iceland's Internet Service Providers 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. with the infrastructure to enable them to offer their customers high speed Internet access. In addition, Lina.Net will provide both the residential and the small and medium enterprise ("SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. ") markets in Iceland with high-capacity, "last mile" wireless connectivity to the Lina.Net fiber backbone. Lina.Net will also deploy an additional 1,000 BreezeACCESS 3.5 subscriber units and increase the capacity in the 7 base station sites in the Reykjavik area. Built in a ring topology, the wireless infrastructure consists of 7 sites (base stations) in the Reykjavik area, each of which has the capability to offer services to up to 9,000 subscribers, providing committed data rates of 128 kbps to 512 kbps per subscriber. In order to serve smaller communities in Iceland, Lina.Net will utilize the 2.4GHz unlicensed band, a novel implementation of a hybrid license/unlicensed frequency band solution. In addition, a combination of wireless 155MB cross-connections and 34MB microwave rings will be used as a redundant system. Lina.Net has already wirelessly connected Domino's Pizza branches and Shell Gasoline stations. Lina.Net purchased the wireless infrastructure and license from a private conglomerate of investors put together by IceCom, the leading provider of wireless access solutions in Iceland and a value-added reseller of telecommunications equipment. Eirikur Bragason, Managing Director of Lina.Net, said, "We want to offer our broadband services to both residential and business customers in Iceland. With the huge demand for Internet connectivity, we chose BreezeCOM's BreezeACCESS system, as it enables us to offer high capacity data independently of the incumbent carrier." Michael Rothenberg, founder and 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 BreezeCOM, commented, "This contract is an example of how BreezeCOM is leading the broadband wireless revolution. As rapidly as deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. is occurring, BreezeACCESS is being simultaneously deployed. BreezeCOM offers new operators the platform to offer a truly competitive broadband/wireless Internet access service." About Lina.Net Lina.Net, a competitive telecommunications operator, was established by Reykjavik Energy in June 1999 to provide telecommunications services, in particular data services and Internet access, within the residential areas of Iceland. Lina.Net has developed its infrastructure in the Reykjavik metropolitan area and has expansion plans to cover the larger population centers in other regions of Iceland. 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 point-to-multipoint wireless packet switching technologies optimized for high-speed Internet access, spread spectrum radios and 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. 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. This release and prior releases are available on the KCSA KCSA Krannert Center Student Association KCSA Kentucky Crushed Stone Association (Frankfort, KY) KCSA Kyiv City State Administration KCSA Kalamazoo Christian School Association KCSA Kentucky-Canadian Studies Association Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Worldwide website at www.kcsa.com. |
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