Concourse Communications Announces WiFi Phone Service Trial at Airports; Newark Liberty is Initial Site, JFK and LaGuardia to Follow.HOUSTON -- Concourse Communications Group, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , today announced an agreement with a national telecommunications service provider A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. to conduct a trial of WiFi phone A WiFi phone is a wireless telephone that looks similar to a mobile phone but places calls via a combination of voice over IP and WiFi rather than via a cellular network. Current WiFi phones use Skype or Vonage for their voice over IP service. service at selected major U.S. airports. Newark Liberty has been chosen as the initial site. The two other New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of airports have been selected as subsequent sites. Concourse is a leading provider of WiFi services to airport travelers at several major US airports. According to the terms of the agreement, the WiFi phone service will use Concourse's WiFi network to connect Concourse customers to the telecom company's platform. Calls will be routed via their Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network and terminated on their worldwide telecommunications network and infrastructure. The trial is scheduled to begin this month. The deployment at Newark Liberty Airport will allow WiFi calls to be placed via a range of communications devices. Participants in the test will be able to make calls with wireless VoIP handsets, and laptops or Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) equipped with special client software referred to as a Softphone. "Concourse is constantly looking at new service offerings to bring more value to our WiFi systems and believes that VoIP has that potential," said Joe Beatty, 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 Concourse. "The experience gained from these trials will allow us to be better prepared to commercialize these offerings in the future," he adds. About Concourse Communications Group, LLC As the leading developer of neutral host Wireless Access Systems, Concourse Communications Group is redefining wireless communications services at major North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. airports and other commercial venues, including LaGuardia, JFK, Newark Liberty, Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, Nashville International Airport Nashville International Airport (IATA: BNA, ICAO: KBNA) is an airport in southeastern Nashville, Tennessee. The IATA Airport Code BNA is descended from one of the city's early aviation facilities—Berry Field, NA and Ottawa International. These systems support wireless voice, data and video services offered by commercial wireless service providers, airport operators and their tenants. For more information, please visit www.concoursecommunications.com. |
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