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Cellular One of Amarillo Launches Market Trial of Flarion's FLASH-OFDM Technology for Mobile Broadband Services; Amarillo, Texas, Unwired for Business-class and Residential Broadband.


BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Flarion Technologies, the architect of the FLASH-OFDM(R) mobile broadband Description
Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi.

Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path.
 system, and Cellular One of Amarillo, a licensed cellular provider of voice and Internet services, today announced that Cellular One of Amarillo will deploy commercial services of mobile broadband using Flarion's FLASH-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas “Amarillo” redirects here. For other uses, see Amarillo (disambiguation).
Amarillo is the 14th-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County.
.

The new service called Mobile Broadband Amarillo (MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
) is being deployed in the 1.9GHz licensed spectrum. The network is up and running and paying customers are expected to use the MBA service later this month. The first phase of the network will cover approximately 100 Square miles, with expansion of the network planned for a later date. Cellular One of Amarillo is the third licensed operator in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  to announce deployment of Flarion's technology.

"We're very pleased to offer our customers in Amarillo with one of the most advanced IP networks for ultra, high-speed Internet See broadband.  access," said Ken Iscol, Chairman of Cellular One of Amarillo." With Flarion, we can now offer the most reliable mobile services at the highest speeds and lowest prices in Amarillo."

With FLASH-OFDM, Cellular One of Amarillo can improve network coverage and offer mobile broadband services in licensed frequencies, avoiding interference issues associated with unlicensed bands and fixed wireless.

"Flarion is very pleased to work with Cellular One of Amarillo to offer advanced IP services to its customers," said Mike Gallagher

For other people named Michael Gallagher, see Michael Gallagher (disambiguation).


Mike Gallagher (b. April 7 1960, Dayton, Ohio) is a popular conservative American radio talk show host.
, president of Flarion Technologies. "Cellular One has brought mobile broadband to Texas, giving its customers immediate access to information which has a positive impact in the way people conduct business and live their lives."

Cellular One of Amarillo's customers will be able to take full advantage of FLASH-OFDM's average downlink speeds of up to 1 Megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576).

E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps.
 (Mbps) with burst rates of up to 3.2 mbps and average uplink rates of 300-500Kbps with average latency of 50ms, making the network service competitive with wired 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. Cellular One of Amarillo will provide customers with mobile broadband access on laptop and desktop computers, pocket PCs and other similar devices.

About Cellular One of Amarillo

Cellular One of Amarillo is the leading wireless carrier in the Texas Panhandle. The first company to bring analog cellular to Amarillo over 17 years ago; Cellular One continues to offer the latest in wireless technology. It liberates consumers by offering innovative ways to communicate. With products like GSM with camera phones, EDGE for data services to cellular handsets, an extensive Hot Spot footprint for Wi-Fi Internet access See how to access the Internet. , and now Mobile Broadband, the possibilities are endless. www.cell1amarillo.com

About Flarion Technologies

Flarion Technologies is mobilizing the Internet with its innovative mobile communications network technology. Flarion's FLASH-OFDM(R) technology enables mobile operators to profitably offer mobile broadband communication IP services. Flarion's RadioRouter(R) base station product may be overlaid onto an operator's existing network and radio spectrum, and provides a seamless routing interface to the operator's existing IP network. Flarion Technologies is based in Bedminster, New Jersey (USA). www.flarion.com
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