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PC Telcom Offers Bolder Faster Wireless Broadband in Northeast Colorado

Holyoke, Colorado - December 16, 2011

About PC Telcom

In Northeast Colorado, agriculture is the main economic force. The irrigated dry land is excellent for growing wheat, corn, dry edible beans, popcorn and alfalfa. The area is sparsely populated and the population density outside of the small towns is less than one resident per square mile. Phillips County Telephone Company has been serving this type of rural area for over 100 years. As the company moved into other lines of business, it established PC Telcom and its subsidiaries to provide voice, video and data.

The Challenge

PC Telcom has a number of competitors that serve the small communities in their area but they are the only provider willing to serve the more rural areas. They currently serve their subscribers with a mix of broadband solutions including DSL, cable modem, fiber to the home and high-speed wireless. They need to stay ahead of any potential competitors by replacing their aging unlicensed wireless product with a newer technology that will increase their bandwidth capacity, reduce their maintenance costs and not be affected by interference.

The Solution

After examining a number of solutions, PC Telcom selected the Alvarion BreezeMAX Extreme 3650 for the licensed 3.65GHz frequency. The wireless broadband solution was implemented by Alvarion’s partner, Wireless Connections, an Ohio-based system integrator that specializes in building rural networks.The new commercial network will include more than 20 base stations and provide wireless broadband connectivity to the rural towns of Holyoke, Ovid, Paoli, Haxtun, Amherst, Julesburg, and the northern portion of Yuma County. Service plans with VoIP are also being designed for rollout in the near future.

The Benefits

Alvarion’s BreezeMAX Extreme 3650 lets PC Telcom capitalize on the business opportunity of the 3.65 GHz spectrum. This licensed spectrum — with very low licensing fees — gives PC Telcom exclusivity on its airwaves for maximizing their level of service as well their rate of return. Compared to other solutions, the BreezeMAX Extreme solution allows PC Telcom to more cost effectively serve their area and to support 20% more users. In addition, the Alvarion solution will let PC Telcom provide very robust and affordable connectivity-on-the-go to their technicians in their service vehicles.

“Alvarion’s wireless solution improves how we serve our existing customers and lets us serve new customers over a larger wireless footprint,” says Pete Markle, Director of Operations at PC Telcom. “We are very excited to soon offer VoIP in a number of areas. Until now, these areas have been served by other LECs. VoIP will make our offering very competitive and let us become the provider of choice throughout northeast Colorado.”

About Wireless Connections

Wireless Connections is the leader in providing expertise needed for proper design, equipment purchases, implementation and maintenance of wireless networks in both licensed and unlicensed frequencies. The company’s typical clients include ISPs, utilities, telcos, emergency management agencies, municipalities and resellers across the country in need of a wireless solution (www.wirelessconnections.net).

NewStreets Selects Wireless Connections to Provide Wireless Broadband Solutions

February 1, 2006 [Springfield, IL]-- NewStreets, Inc., the Internet Division of Associated Network Partners, Inc. (ANPI), is pleased to announce an agreement with Wireless Connections Inc. to provide wireless broadband solutions to its members. Wireless Connections will provide ANPI members with vendor neutral system design services and first-level technical support for all products sold by Wireless Connections to ANPI members. The agreement will enable the members to deploy Airspan Network’s WipLL broadband wireless systems, which are distributed by Wireless Connections.

ANPI members will have access to the complete line of services offered by Wireless Connections, including but not limited to turnkey system installation, remote system monitoring, wired and wireless system design, server design and support, remote billing, onsite engineering and support including emergency support, and bandwidth provisioning.

Jamie Blakley, manager of NewStreets, states, “In our ongoing effort to enhance the solutions we provide our members who are bringing new technologies like VoIP to rural America, we have searched for a partner who has the skills and experience that will enable our members to connect to their customers using wireless broadband solutions. We are pleased to announce our selection of Wireless Connections to provide those solutions.”

According to Mike Cowan, president and CEO of Wireless Connections, “We are honored that an organization of ANPI’s stature has chosen us to provide wireless broadband solutions to its members. Wireless Connections has helped many telephone companies successfully implement wireless broadband networks to better serve their customers. Our distributor relationship with Airspan Networks, combined with our radio planning, network design and implementation skills, uniquely positions us to support ANPI members in their broadband wireless deployments. We look forward to providing many more successful wireless broadband implementations with those members.”

About NewStreets, Inc.
NewStreets, the Internet division of ANPI, offers rural and Independent ISP’s custom-branded Internet products and services. NewStreets products include a custom branded Internet Portal, Security Services, Email Spam and Virus filtering, Dial-up Internet Accelerator, 24x7 Technical Support and Fixed Wireless. Additional company and product information is available at www.newstreets.net.

About ANPI
Associated Network Partners, Inc. (ANPI) is a consortium owned by 350+ Independent Telephone Companies spanning 42 states within the U.S. ANPI serves nearly two million access lines and carries over one billion LD minutes of use per year. ANPI also provides Independents with other valuable services such as marketing services, a real-time online marketing metrics tool set, toll-free service, one-plus calling, national directory assistance, calling cards, debit cards, and VoIP telephony. For more information, interested parties can visit www.anpi.org.

About Wireless Connections
Wireless Connections provides high quality broadband wireless communications solutions and services for markets including education, businesses, utilities, telephone companies and government agencies. Wireless Connections is a division of Advanced Computer Connections, Inc., which provides system design services, computer hardware and software sales, hardware maintenance and repair, and software application training. For more information, visit www.wirelessconnections.net.

About Airspan Networks Inc.
Airspan Networks provides fixed and wireless voice and data systems and solutions, including Voice Over IP (VoIP). Its wireless products serve operators around the world in both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands between 700 MHz and 6 GHz, including both PCS and 3.5GHz international bands. Airspan’s wireless systems are based on radio technology that delivers excellent area coverage, high security, and resistance to fading. More information on Airspan can be found at www.airspan.com.

Business and Media inquiries should be directed to:
Wireless Connections/ Advanced Computer Connections, Inc:
Jim Stoner
Business Development Director
Tel: (419) 660-6100 ext.2275
Fax: (419) 668-4077

Last Updated ( Thursday, 10 July 2008 )

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