> That may be, but Aperto did issue a press release for one customer. And, > it turns out that customer only has one radio authorization. Further, you > mention Tolly Marcus, but what about you? Did you not represent yourself > at WiMAX World as a Zing employee? > > What are people supposed to think given the situation? Did Zing pick > Aperto based on merit or an employee relationship? Does Zing have more > than one Aperto radio deployed? Either they haven't deployed many radios > or they have done so illegally. Both possibilities seem to make them a > poor choice for Aperto to use as a representative customer. This is > especially true given both Patrick and your statements regarding how > little Aperto issues press releases. Shouldn't that mean the press > releases actually issued are more important? > It turns out I made a mistake. In further reading it appears that Zing is not the only customer Aperto issued a press release for. There was also a press release issued for NextPhase Wireless now called MetroConnect. Interestingly, MetroConnect has zero radio authorizations. Also of interest is the following quote from the Aperto press release:
"This is the first of many significant wins we expect to announce this year in the 3.65 GHz band in the U.S.," said Manish Gupta, Vice President of Marketing & Alliances for Aperto Networks and WiMAX Forum Board Member. The above quote seems to suggest to the reader that MetroConnect is a significant win and that Aperto would announce additional significant wins in the future. To date the only other announcement was Zing. Now maybe MetroConnect bought a bunch of radios and didn't bother to register them with the FCC. Of course, you have to wonder how significant of a win MetroConnect could be when during the quarter the press release was issued MetroConnect's SEC filings state they had $2k of cash on hand. Since that time MetroConnect's revenue has declined each quarter and now they state their cash on hand is $0. -Matt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
