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Spectrum Wireless, Inc.
Provides Service for 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2001--Spectrum Wireless,
Inc., a leading developer of wireless IP routers, today announced
the provisioning of service for the 2001 Special Olympics World
Winter Games, to take place March 4-11 in Anchorage, Alaska.
The agreement allows Spectrum Wireless to provide broadband wireless
access to a base site and three remote sites at Kincaid Park, site
of the Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing competition. The services
to Kincaid are made possible by Spectrum Wireless’ wireless
IP router and deployment system.
The entire operating area for the 2001 World Games consists of
approximately a 70-mile distance stretching from the north at Harry
J. McDonald Memorial Center in Eagle River, through the Anchorage
Bowl, and to the south at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood. The games’
venue sites consist of six competitive sites, 10 hotels serving
as Olympic Villages, and several non-competitive sites. The vast
expanse of the city and outlying areas ordinarily creates a challenge
in setting up the WAN and LAN and Spectrum Wireless is one important
component in providing broadband connectivity in support of this
goal.
The games’ venue sites consist of six competitive sites, 10
hotels serving as Olympic Villages and several non-competitive sites.
Spectrum Wireless’ broadband wireless service equipment is
a major component in enabling the implementation of a WAN, in conjunction
with Mercury Data Group, Inc., that will bring all venue sites together
in one domain.
"Spectrum Wireless is thrilled to be able to support such a worthwhile
and joyful cause. Our passion for the human spirit is exemplified
by the efforts of these athletes who face daunting competition in
many parts of their lives. As technologists, business people and
members of the community, we look forward to seeing our broadband
access technology further these athletes’ dreams and ambitions,"
said Adam Sewall, Spectrum Wireless’ CEO.
About Spectrum Wireless, Inc.
Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Spectrum Wireless was formed
to develop state-of-the-art wireless IP routing technology
with its wireless IP router and deployment systems. The company
has pioneered the merging of networking and routing with radio
technology in order to provide Internet access to urban and
rural areas, where wire lines are not readily available or
economically viable. Utilizing Spectrum Wireless technology,
broadband providers deploy low-cost business class services
with greater speed of deployment and increased IP functionality.
Spectrum Wireless is the first provider to offer the Integrated
Broadband Operating System (IBOS™) to Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), telecommunications service providers, and
private network operators enabling them to provide voice and
high-speed data services to their clients. Spectrum Wireless
provides the means to the edge and is the leader addressing
solutions in moving IP intelligence and flexibility from the
core of fixed broadband wireless networks to the edge.
The company's design and development of feature-rich wireless
Internet routers for use in fixed wireless local loops (WLLs),
wireless local area networks (WLANs), and wireless wide area
networks (WWANs) integrates multiple radio systems for flexibility
in frequency and performance. Spectrum Wireless' advanced
routing platforms for multiple radio systems allow for deployment
and interoperability with licensed and unlicensed systems,
providing the fastest throughput of any platform tested. Spectrum
Wireless offers a sophisticated feature set with excellent
flexibility for the service operator, delivering unparalleled
performance.
Spectrum Wireless has successfully developed and deployed
its technology during the past two years, and has installed
over 100 units in multiple networks with customers throughout
North America. For more information, visit Spectrum Wireless'
website at www.spectrumwireless.net.
The above information includes forward-looking statements
regarding services. These statements are not guarantees of
future performance. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
and other factors, including without limitation, capital requirements,
need for additional financing and other financial risks, changes
to the strategy and business plan, customer demand, technological
risks, management of growth, satisfying borrowing conditions,
competition and government regulation may cause actual results
to differ materially from the future results implied or expressed
in the forward looking statements. The Company does not undertake
to update or revise its forward-looking statements publicly
even if experience or future changes make clear that any projected
results expressed or implied herein will not be realized.
About Special Olympics
Special Olympics provides year-round sports training
and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for
children and adults, eight years of age and older, with mental retardation,
giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness,
demonstrate courage, experience the joy of sports, and participate
in the sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families,
other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Approximately 7,000 people -- athletes, coaches, officials, family
members, friends and dignitaries -- from more than 80 nations around
the world will arrive in Anchorage in March 2001 to participate
in the 2001 Special Olympics World Winter Games, the largest international
sporting event ever held in Alaska.
The above information includes forward-looking statements regarding
services. These statements are not guarantees of future performance.
Known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including
without limitation, capital requirements, need for additional financing
and other financial risks, changes to the strategy and business
plan, customer demand, technological risks, management of growth,
satisfying borrowing conditions, competition and government regulation
may cause actual results to differ materially from the future results
implied or expressed in the forward looking statements. The Company
does not undertake to update or revise its forward-looking statements
publicly even if experience or future changes make clear that any
projected results expressed or implied herein will not be realized.
Investor Contact
Spectrum Wireless, Inc.
Roger Madison, CFO
425-646-4865
roger.madison@spectrumwireless.net
or
Media Contact
Spectrum Wireless, Inc.
Kim LaPlante, VP of Marketing
425-646-4865
kim.laplante@spectrumwireless.net
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