Byers Engineering Company and bandwidth.com Announce Launch of New Telecommunications Carrier-to-Carrier Co-Construction Matchmaking Service.Business Editors ATLANTA/SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 Byers Engineering Company and bandwidth.com(R) today announced a strategic alliance to offer the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry a unique matchmaking Matchmaking Matricide (See MURDER.) Kecal marriage broker whose plans are foiled by a pair of lovers. [Czech Opera: Smetana The Bartered Bride in Osborne Opera, 32] Levi, Dolly service aimed at reducing the cost of constructing new fiber routes, wireless networks, and central offices throughout the US and internationally. Under the terms of the agreement, Byers Engineering Company and bandwidth.com will co-manage the new service jointly designed by both companies. The co-build matchmaking service is specifically targeted to provide the telecommunications industry a new and innovative tool to identify potential partners interested in the co-construction of a variety of network facilities and infrastructure. Initially, several very specific co-construction and partnering opportunities will be targeted. This will include partnering on inter-state, intra-state, and intra-city fiber routes, wireless infrastructure, and co-construction of central offices. This service will create more attractive business models for large scale network projects through co-construction, co-ownership, and by identifying potential partners who have similar needs through one centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. pooling point. The more partners that can be identified for co-builds, the greater the opportunity to reduce a carrier's cost of construction through the sharing of capital expenditures. There are additional services planned in the near future that include cooperative building entrance opportunities and other services designed to reduce engineering and construction costs for the carrier market. The co-build matchmaking service will be accessed through bandwidth.com and will be an addition to bandwidth.com's already successful online brokering service of wholesale high bandwidth (T1's to OC192's) for carriers and large corporate clients and 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 services for the small business and residential market. The service will be open to all carriers worldwide, but the initial focus will be domestic alliances and partnerships. Because bandwidth.com and Byers provide very different services to the same markets, they share a number of large clients including some of the nation's largest communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . This diversity in service offerings is the primary formula that made the co-build matchmaking service possible. Initially, neither company will charge any fees associated with offering this service. &uot;Together we are offering a simple, comprehensive, and confidential service for carriers to negotiate among themselves,&uot; said Jay Morris, Director of Business Development for Byers Engineering Company. &uot;Once a match is found, the potential partners negotiate among themselves. We plan to help further enable the process, not to intervene intervene v. to obtain the court's permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit. or complicate com·pli·cate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing. 2. To twist or become twisted together. adj. 1. it. Bandwidth.com's proven success offering value-added carrier services was a perfect fit for Byers Engineering. Our clients either match or complement one another, and we share a common vision to assist our clients in building, marketing, and managing their network assets,&uot; said Morris. &uot;I am very pleased with our relationship with Byers Engineering Company,&uot; said David Morken, President of bandwidth.com. &uot;With Byers' 29 years of experience in carrier builds and bandwidth.com's success in marketing carrier bandwidth, I am confident that we will add tremendous value to the carrier-to-carrier market. Clearly what separates us from other carrier-to-carrier e-service providers is our unmatched list of affiliated carriers and our strong focus on US markets. In addition, we offer significant resources to help facilitate these types of complex transactions both internally and through our partner Byers Engineering,&uot; said Morken. Byers Engineering Company 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. with 500 employees headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. . Byers Engineering Company provides consulting, turn-key engineering services, technical services, staffing solutions, and a complete suite of AM/FM/GIS software products and services to the telecommunications and utility industries. For additional information about Byers Engineering Company, visit the company web site at http://www.byers.com. Bandwidth.com is a privately held company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . Bandwidth.com offers end-users a unique level of high bandwidth purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. through a special bid process and through agreements with all of the nation's largest communications companies. In addition, bandwidth.com offers a suite of business and consumer solutions that include real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. competitive analysis, circuit availability, and order processing for DSL products and services. For additional information about bandwidth.com and to experience this new service, visit the company web site at http://www.bandwidth.com. |
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