Citizens Wireless to Launch Commercial Mobile Broadband Services in Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford VA.FLOYD, Va. & BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- FLASH-OFDM(R) Network Deployed in 700MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Spectrum To Business and Residential Consumers, Education, Local Public Safety and Security Organizations Citizens, a full-service communications, and entertainment provider headquartered in Virginia, and Flarion Technologies, the architect of FLASH-OFDM(R) for 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. communications services, today announced that Citizens Wireless has initiated deployment of a new broadband network service to cover Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Radford Virginia and the surrounding area. "We're pleased to provide our communities with a mobile broadband network that's the first of its kind in Virginia," said Gerald Gallimore, General Manager of Citizens. "We have chosen Flarion's technology based on network coverage, mobility, and spectral efficiency Spectral efficiency or spectrum efficiency refers to the amount of information that can be transmitted over a given bandwidth in a specific digital communication system. . With FLASH-OFDM, our customers will be equipped with the world's fastest mobile broadband network." Citizens will offer fully-mobile broadband voice and data services to business and residential consumers, State Universities, and local public and safety organizations, utilizing its 700MHz licensed spectrum. Access devices will include FLASH-OFDM PC Cards for mobile services and Netgear(R) Mobile Broadband Router for FLASH-OFDM-to-Wi-Fi broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. . The first phase of the network service will commence in early Fall, 2005. "Citizens is mobilizing its communities by building a broadband bridge between Southwest Virginia and the rest of the world," said Michael Gallagher Michael Gallagher is the name of several different people:
The average speed of a FLASH-OFDM network is 1 to 1.5 Mbps in the downlink, with peak rates of 3.2Mbps, and 300-500 Kbps in the uplink. With FLASH-OFDM, users do not need to make any modifications to user settings, applications, protocols, content or devices to experience mobile broadband. With Flarion's IP-friendly FLASH-OFDM(R) technology, mobile operators can seamlessly connect corporate LANs with a wireless Wide Area Network with the speed and low packet latency that exceeds stringent corporate network requirements. 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. , FLASH-OFDM has been deployed by Cellular-One of Amarillo/Texas, Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , and the city of Washington D.C. for public safety services (700MHz). Global operators conducting trials include T-Mobile, Telstra, and Vodafone. Most recently, Digita of Finland chose Flarion for a countrywide deployment of FLASH-OFDM in the 450MHz band. About Citizens Wireless Citizens Wireless is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Citizens, a regional, full-service communications and entertainment provider headquartered in Floyd, Virginia with a satellite office in Fort Chiswell Virginia. Citizens provides video, voice and data services to numerous rural areas throughout Southwest Virginia. www.citizens.coop About Flarion Technologies Flarion Technologies is mobilizing broadband communication with its innovative mobile broadband technology. Flarion's FLASH-OFDM(R) technology enables licensed mobile operators to profitably offer voice and data broadband services. FLASH-OFDM Flexband works in licensed frequencies between 400MHz and 3.6GHz. Flarion Technologies is based in Bedminster, New Jersey (USA). www.flarion.com Note to editors: Flarion is a trademark and FLASH-OFDM and RadioRouter are registered trademarks of Flarion Technologies. Other trademarks and registered trademarks referenced herein remain the property of their respective owners. |
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