DR Telecom Selects RoamAD for Countrywide Wi-Fi Roll-Out.DR Telecom Deploying RoamAD Citywide Wi-Fi Networks Throughout the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. Starting in the Capital Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, pueblo, United States Santo Domingo (sän'tə dəmĭng`gō), pueblo (1990 pop. 2,866), Sandoval co., N central N.Mex., on the Rio Grande; founded c.1700 after earlier pueblos were destroyed by floods. SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- RoamAD, supplier of the most flexible and scalable next-generation converged wireless networks, today announced that DR Telecom has selected RoamAD's quad-band multi-radio solution for its multi-city deployment of metro Wi-Fi networks. DR Telecom has commenced the first phase of its network deployment in Santo Domingo and will deploy multi-spectrum, multi-radio nodes powered by RoamAD's highly-flexible wireless networking platform. "RoamAD is excited to work with DR Telecom to unwire the Dominican Republic," said Martyn Levy, RoamAD's 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. . "This is the first step in a large project to deliver next generation voice and data services to the country," he added. The first phase of the Santo Domingo network is scheduled for launch in February 2007 when DR Telecom will offer fixed and mobile voice and broadband data services on a pre-paid basis. The network will also be used for other applications including video surveillance. "After a long period of due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. , which included assessment of a number of vendors' products, DR Telecom selected RoamAD's platform due to its flexibility, upgradeability, and high-performance," said Felix Rosario, Vice-President, DR Telecom. "We look forward to working with RoamAD to roll out voice and broadband data services across the Dominican Republic," added Rosario. The full network roll-out will include providing coverage to the dense residential and business districts of all major cities in the Dominican Republic Cities in the Dominican Republic, in accordance with the definition of urban population for purposes of the 2002 census [1], are the urban centers and seats (cabeceras literally heads) of municipalities (municipios singular municipio (representing 59% of the urban population (1,170,000 homes passed)). About RoamAD RoamAD supplies next-generation converged wireless networks for the metro Wi-Fi and 4.9 GHz public safety markets. RoamAD networks are unmatched in flexibility, technical functionality and economics. RoamAD's platform supports any combination of 900 MHz (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. , 2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz in a four-radio wireless node configuration. Future software releases will enable support for 3.5 GHz and WiMAX. RoamAD networks are remotely upgradeable and optimized to support mobile broadband data and mobile VoIP/VoWiFi. RoamAD is a trademark of RoamAD Holdings Limited. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder(s). For more information see www.roamad.com or contact press@roamad.com. About DR Telecom DR Telecom, Inc. is Dominican Republic's newest full service wireless Internet service provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . DR Telecom is deploying a nationwide network of metro Wi-Fi networks in the Dominican Republic. DR Telecom will offer its customers pre-pay fixed and mobile voice and data services with various rate plans. DR Telecom was founded by Roberto Luis Jim[c]nez Collie collie, breed of large, agile working dog developed in Scotland during the 17th and 18th cent. It stands from 22 to 26 in. (55.9–66 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 50 to 75 lb (22.7–34 kg). , a pioneer of the cable TV industry and former CEO of Aster, the Dominican Republic's largest cable TV operator (with over 220,000 subs). Roberto Jimenez and the management privately hold the company. For more information, see: www.drtelecom.net. |
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