Felix,
Thanks for the follow up post. It sheds some additional light on what its
all about.
I wonder if that GSA contract (Networx Universal) has a small business set
aside portion included. Required of the winners to subcontract to?
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix A. Lopez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Verizon in the Fixed Wireless business
Tom: I'm glad you posted the weblink. The
Verizon/FibreTower announcment is part of the large
GSA RFP Networx Universal and Networx Enterprise RFP,
whereby "AT&T, Qwest Communications and Verizon won
spots on Universal. The same three companies also got
places on Enterprise, along with Sprint and Level 3
Communications. Sprint bid unsuccessfully for a place
on Universal. Bechtel, is an AT&T partner for AT&T¡¦s
Networx offerings.
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_15/44523-1.html
The only thing I did not see here is the convergence
of wireless witih mission critical radio (two way
radio) that emerged on the scene with Katrina.
FiberTower will operate under a fixed-wireless
subcontract agreement with each carrier as they
compete for telecommunications business from
government agencies.
I think it will be interesting to follow our taxpayers
dollars spent on this program in the next ten ot tweny
years. And an opportunity for our federal government
to updrade our federal systems.
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_15/44523-1.html
From a technologies point of view, the CEO of
FibreTower is from Flarion who got purchased by
Qualcomm. The co-founder of Flarion was Lars
Johannson. Lars is a very sharp engineer who went on
to Beceem Communiations as executive in the
development of Mobile WiMax 802.16(e) chipsets and
frontrunner of WiMAX for OEMs and ODMs. For those
following Beceem.. Intel was a big investor in BeCeem,
both based here in the Silicon Valley. And Intel
developed the new mobile Centrino platorm called
Montevina which offers WiFi/WiMax enabled laptops.
http://www.wimax.com/commentary/blog/blog-2007/intel-montevina-wimax
(plz pardon the self-promotion but it is a good
summary)
Here are some refererence links:
Fibertower Earnings Statement - take a look at EBITDA
http://www.fibertower.com/corp/downloads/press_releases/FT_Q107_Earnings_Release.pdf:
Networx Universal & Sprint Vs Verizon
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/04/03/sprint_to_meet_gsa_soon_on_telecom_bid/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Technology+stories
BeeCeem:
http://www.lightreading.com/insider/document.asp?doc_id=85629
Felix
--- Tom DeReggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A couple months late posting. But interesting to
see Verizon working its
way into Fixed Wireless.
http://www.fibertower.com/corp/solutions-government-networx.shtml
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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