Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX Press Releases

Phoenicia Group Rolls Out BGAN Satellite Internet Technology In Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenicia Group Libya LLC, (www.phoenicia.ly), the leading US-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, today announced plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the deployment as the first time the technology will be used in the country. *(LOGO: Send2Press.com/mediaroom/07-0213-Phoenicia_72dpi.jpg) Phoenicia Group, through its affiliate Al-Waha IT & Telecommunications, is the sole licensed private satellite Internet and telecommunications provider in Libya, by virtue of General People's Committee Decision 88/2004, and offers military, government, and corporate clients in Libya a range of services, including VSAT, IT Consultancy, Disaster Management, VHF&HF, Microwave, Security, Wireless, and VOIP solutions.

Hughes Signs Contract with TerreStar to Develop, Manufacture and Install Turnkey Satellite Base Station Subsystem

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today announced the signing of a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), under which it will design,  develop, and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and satellite air interface protocol. The contract includes installation at TerreStar's two satellite gateway facilities along with related services.

The S-BSS will interface with the integrated satellite ground based beam forming (GBBF) subsystem, which is also being developed by Hughes under a separate contract, and will be a key component of the satellite network portion of TerreStar's integrated satellite and terrestrial network.

WildBlue High-Speed Internet Via Satellite Triples Capacity With New Satellite

(Now, I think, we're finally going to see what satellite-based Broadband Internet Access can really do now that a satellite specifically designed for that challenges is in orbit. - SKS)

03/20/2007

Denver, Colorado —  WildBlue announced that it began offering high-speed Internet via satellite service through its new satellite, WildBlue-1, earlier today.  WildBlue provides broadband Internet access via satellite to homes and small businesses not currently served, or underserved, by other high-speed providers.  WildBlue launched commercial service via the Anik F2 satellite in June of 2005, and currently has over 130,000 customers nationwide.

WildBlue-1 will allow WildBlue to more than triple its customer capacity, making high-speed Internet service available to more than 750,000 rural consumers throughout the continental United States. WildBlue expects that the additional capacity accessible on WildBlue-1 will be available to all areas of the contiguous United States by the second quarter of 2007. WildBlue will also continue to utilize its capacity on Anik F2, alongside WildBlue-1.