NY3G Partnership and ADAPTIX Announce Mobile Broadband Deployment for New York City; Pre-WiMAX Trial in Manhattan to Commence in Early 2006.SEATTLE & 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 -- ADAPTIX, Inc., a leader in software defined, all-IP Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA OFDMA Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access OFDMA Ofdm Access ) wireless mobile broadband access technologies, and the NY3G Partnership, a Broadband Radio Services (BRS BRS - Big Red Switch. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line. ) spectrum licensee in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , today announced a trial of ADAPTIX' line of broadband fixed and mobile OFDMA/TDD pre-WiMAX systems. The trial, to commence in early 2006, will be deployed over several locations on the island of Manhattan. "As the largest market in the U.S., New York City offers the opportunity for ADAPTIX and NY3G to show the robustness of the OFDMA/TDD platform in a challenging environment for any wireless technology," said Vern Fotheringham, president and 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 ADAPTIX. "Now fixed and mobile multi-megabit applications such as Voice over IP, data downloads and transfers, full-length movies and music downloads and multiplayer video games, can finally fulfill the promise of a truly connected Internet, whenever and wherever." ADAPTIX recently demonstrated mobile WiMAX capabilities in its GMC Yukon Denali at the WiMAX Forum event on July 15, where it simultaneously received mobile Voice over IP calls, played video content such as feature-length movies and transferred large files, at throughput of up to 2.5 Mbps traveling at vehicular speeds through the coverage area. The technology is based on the forthcoming 802.16e wireless standard, expected to be ratified by the WiMAX Forum and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e (IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. ) later this year. "This trial commences at a very exciting time in the evolution of mobile broadband wireless," said Bradley Holmes, 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. of NY3G. "NY3G's spectrum is capable of providing a variety of New York City-wide broadband services to businesses, residents, public safety organizations, community groups and schools. The scalability, flexibility and resource efficiency of the ADAPTIX platform appear to be an ideal fit for our deployment strategy." About ADAPTIX ADAPTIX is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with product development and manufacturing facilities in Shanghai, China. To meet the exploding demand for integrated mobile voice, video, and data applications, ADAPTIX has developed a dynamic software-defined, hardware enabled infrastructure platform for service providers globally. The ADAPTIX OFDMA/TDD operation system gives service providers the highest level of special and resource flexibility and efficiency to deploy applications such as mobile VoIP, multimedia messaging, and other multi-megabit, QoS dependent services quickly and cost effectively. For more information please visit, www.adaptix.com. About NY3G Partnership NY3G Partnership is one of two BRS spectrum licensees in New York City, the nation's number one market. The partners of NY3G have significant telecom, media, and technology interests and have decades of experience in providing new and innovative wireless services in New York City. They include several founders of the cellular telephone industry who played key roles in the design, construction and operation of the non-wireline cellular system in New York City. Another provided wireless cable and information services See Information Systems. to colleges, hospitals, and assisted living facilities in New York City. All product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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