CAIS Internet Expands Relationship with Hilton to Include All Brands and Additional Services.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 CAIS CAIS - Common APSE Interface Specification Internet, Inc. (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 : CAIS) announced today they have signed a letter of intent to expand its current relationship with Hilton Hotels Corporation Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) is one of the leading global hospitality companies. As of April 2007 there are 2,645 hotels and 485,000 rooms employing 105,000 people in more than 80 countries. . Under the new agreement CAIS would provide high-speed Internet See broadband. access and wide area network (WAN) data services to all the properties in the Hilton portfolio; which include Hilton, Garden Inns, Embassy Suites, Doubletree Suites and Hampton Inns. "CAIS has demonstrated that our data network can support mission critical corporate information, and have created for us incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. revenue opportunities on our existing capital investment. This represents a new deal prototype for CAIS", said William Caldwell, President of CAIS Internet. "Incumbent voice and data providers could not provide these types of services to Hilton under similar terms. We are proud to expand the relationship that we began with Hilton 22 months ago." This is a broad expansion of the previous CAIS/Hilton accord, which limited service to only 200 guestrooms in the Hilton and Garden Inn brands. CAIS will also derive additional revenue opportunities from the replacement of Hilton's existing intra-company data network at all hotels and will be the exclusive bandwidth provider to a newly formed Hilton interactive television venture. About CAIS Internet CAIS Internet, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAIS) is a leading broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions company providing comprehensive high-speed Internet solutions to business and residential customers in hotel guest and meeting rooms, apartments, small-to-medium size businesses, airports, travel plazas, cruise ships This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have since ceased to operate. Both cruise ships and cruiseferries are included in this list. (Ocean liners are not included on this list, see List of ocean liners. , and retail stores. CAIS installs low cost, convenient in-building networks and offers content service for multiple users with proprietary and patented technologies. CAIS also provides public area Internet kiosks and gives businesses high-speed connectivity with 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 ; satellite and leased-line dedicated access. The customer experience is the result of a one-stop, integrated solutions package of innovative CAIS technologies, customer support, portal content and systems. CAIS Internet currently is preferred vendor for more than 1.1 million hotel rooms, or 9,900 properties, which will also carry CAIS meeting room and IPORT kiosk access solutions. CAIS is also the leader in agreements to deliver Internet solutions to more than 700 apartment communities, or more than 240,000 apartment homes. CAIS Internet operates a Cisco-powered, clear-channel Internet and ATM Network, and peers with public and private partners, and at national exchange points. CAIS is also partnering with Microsoft to deliver a jointly branded CAIS/MSN portal, which is available to users of CAIS's high speed Internet access See how to access the Internet. . Headquartered in Washington, DC, CAIS Internet has two subsidiaries in California, CAIS Software Solutions and Business Anywhere. |
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