Flarion CEO Will Present at Lehman Bros. Wireless Conference.Business/High-Tech/Internet and Calendar Editors BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2002 - Ray Dolan to Describe Flarion's Approach for Profitable 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. Data: "Focus on the User Experience and Carrier Economics" - Ray Dolan, 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 Flarion Technologies, will present Flarion's approach to profitable mobile broadband data as a featured presenter at Lehman Brothers' Third Annual Global Wireless Conference this week at 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 City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Dolan's presentation will focus on the capital economics, user experience, and other business case assumptions necessary to drive immediate revenue growth and sustained profitability for operators providing wireless data services. Results of Flarion's recent trials will also be reviewed. This year's conference has been designed to offer attendees a global perspective with operator and vendor speakers representing each of the world's major wireless regions. More information about the conference is available at http://www.lehman.com/conferences/wireless02std/static_savethedate.htm Dolan has been president and CEO of Flarion Technologies since its inception in 2000. Prior to that, he held positions as the Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for NextWave Telecom and Executive Vice President of Marketing for Bell Atlantic NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange Mobile. Dolan was also an officer in the United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with where he served as a tactical jet pilot. The industry's recent excitement about WiFi will also be addressed, specifically the importance of seamless LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network interoperability for user acceptance and operator profitability. "Operators are struggling with the gap between WiFi and 3G technologies. While WiFi enjoys tremendous user acceptance due to its simplicity and cost, it clearly won't scale to carrier grade on a wide area basis. At the same time, 3G misses the mark on cost as well as user-friendliness. Flarion bridges this gap while addressing the critical need for 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. ", said Dolan. "Since our keynote demonstration of our mobile handoff capabilities at the recent CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Show in Orlando, we've had tremendous interest from operators that are working through strategies to address user requirements from the view of the enterprise CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. . Our approach streamlines the issues which are required for CIO's to embrace mobile data and provides an experience to the user that feels like it's on a wired link. This is essential for the mobile data market to truly emerge." Dolan's presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 4:10 p.m. More About Flarion's flash-OFDM Flarion's flash-OFDM mobile broadband system is a packet-switched radio access network that seamlessly transports Internet Protocol (IP) services over-the-air between the network and devices. Flarion's flash-OFDM user modems are plug-and-play compatible with existing IP devices, operating systems, applications and broadband content -without any changes. The system's IP Quality of Service (QoS) feature allows service providers to offer tiered pricing prioritized by user class or applications. About Flarion Technologies Flarion Technologies is mobilizing the Internet with its innovative mobile communications network technology, flash-OFDM(tm). This technology makes seamless mobile broadband access to the Internet truly affordable for the mass market - anytime, anywhere. Flarion's flash-OFDM technology, which originated in Bell Labs, enables mobile network operators to profitably offer Internet Protocol (IP)-based broadband services. Flarion's mobile broadband network unwires the Internet at a lower cost than any other mobile system in the world. Flarion's RadioRouter(tm) base station product easily overlays onto an operator's existing network and radio spectrum, and provides a seamless routing interface to the operator's existing IP network. Flarion's flash-OFDM-based devices provide users mobile Internet access with a true broadband experience. Flarion Technologies is based in Bedminster, New Jersey (USA). Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Charles River Ventures, Cisco Systems, Equitek Capital, New Venture Partners II LP, Nassau Capital, and Pequot Capital. The Company was recently named by Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: Magazine as one of the Top Ten to Watch for 2002. More information about Flarion can be accessed at www.flarion.com Note to editors: Flarion, flash-OFDM and RadioRouter are trademarks of Flarion Technologies. Other trademarks and registered trademarks referenced herein remain the property of their respective owners. |
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