Wired Environments enters commercial the high-speed Internet access field.Datatone Communications Inc., in joint-venture partnership with Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund IV L.P., a $1. billion real estate equity fund, announces the formation of Wired Environments, a company focused on providing high-speed Internet See broadband. access and broadband connectivity solutions to the commercial office market. Wired Environments will partner with property owners to enhance existing building infrastructure to achieve advanced, high-speed telecommunications capabilities for individual building tenants of all sizes. "Our venture is the result of a natural convergence between commercial real estate and technology, which has been rapidly progressing over the last few years," says Jason Krauss, president of Datatone Communications. "Our objective in creating Wired Environments is to outfit property owners with the most demanded amenity a·men·i·ty n. pl. a·men·i·ties 1. The quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness. 2. Something that contributes to physical or material comfort. 3. today -- high-speed Internet access -- in order to help retain and increase their existing tenant base." "We had been searching for a telecommunications provider that could supply both the high-speed Internet access and network support that our tenants need and demand," said David Bender David Bender is a political activist and host of the radio show "Politically Direct" on Air America Radio. Bender has been involved in politics since he was twelve, when he suspended his involvement in the 7th grade to volunteer for Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. of Apollo Real Estate Advisors. "Wired Environments is a one-stop solution for the data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. requirements of our tenants." Wired Environments is a fully operational 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. focused on meeting the technology infrastructure needs of multi-tenant commercial office properties across the country. From infrastructure installation to network maintenance and troubleshooting, Wired Environments offers property owners a complete data/telecommunications solution that can be used to market their properties to America's fastest growing companies. Wired Environments offers its infrastructure and installation services at no cost to the property owner, along with a revenue sharing revenue sharing Funding arrangement in which one government unit grants a portion of its tax income to another government unit. For example, provinces or states may share revenue with local governments, or national governments may share revenue with provinces or states. option. "Wired Environments creates value through the services we provide for the building tenant. Once the property is wired, all tenants are candidates for our service, regardless of size," said Jared Morgan, real estate specialist and operating partner at Wired Environments. "We are truly a service amenity and marketing tool that enables building owners an additional instrument to attract and retain tenants." Through the installation of fiber backbones that transmit on cables ranging from T-l to T-3, Wired Environments can transform any office property into a high-tech office facility. Wired Environments makes services such as remote access, video-conferencing and Internet faxing Using the Internet to send faxes. Fax servers accept an incoming fax message and route it to a fax server in the same locality as the destination fax machine. The fax server then makes a local telephone call to send the fax. , as well as telephony, a convenient communication option for all building tenants. Wired Environments provides Internet access See how to access the Internet. at speeds 50 to 100 times faster than regular analog dial up service. |
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