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1/14/04
RESTON, VA - XO Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: XOCM.OB), one
of the nation’s leading providers of broadband
telecommunications services, today announced successful trials
of its fixed wireless broadband access to dozens of customers
in San Diego and Irvine, California.
Taking advantage of the company’s extensive broadband
wireless spectrum, XO Fixed Wireless Access provides
businesses and carriers with a cost-effective, high-speed
access solution to deliver all types of data and voice
services including Internet connectivity, Ethernet, and voice
over IP (VoIP) services. These services are provisioned more
quickly than traditional wireline-based services by
eliminating the “last mile” of Regional Bell Operating
Companies (RBOCs) to reach business and carrier customers
directly.
XO is the licensee of the largest U.S footprint of fixed
wireless spectrum, covering 95 percent of the population in
the top 30 U.S. cities. This technology works by connecting
the end user through fixed wireless access to points of
presence on the XO metro fiber network, thus eliminating the
need for the RBOCs’ last mile infrastructure. With direct
access to businesses and carriers, the widespread deployment
of this wireless technology can significantly reduce the
multi-millions of dollars in access charge payments that XO
makes each year to the RBOCs. This third generation fixed
wireless broadband access, in conjunction with XO’s long haul,
IP and metro fiber network, also allows XO to offer a wide
range of metro, national and global connectivity solutions.
Carl Grivner, CEO of XO Communications, said, “These trials
could be a very meaningful breakthrough for XO. In that XO can
reduce “last mile” costs, XO can become even more price
competitive than it is today for business customers.
Additionally, this will allow XO to compete in the
multi-billion dollar “last mile market” for carrier customers
that now use the local RBOC.” Mr. Grivner stated that while
initial trials have been successful, there will need to be
additional trials before a national rollout can be undertaken.
XO Fixed Wireless Access has significant advantages over
incumbents’ wireline based access solutions. It can be used to
provision both Internet and Ethernet services to customers in
just days, in contrast to the weeks or months typical of
provisioning through RBOCs. In addition, XO Fixed Wireless
Access is a more cost-efficient solution offering as much as
three times more bandwidth for the cost of a traditional
dedicated T-1 circuit. Using local multipoint distribution
system (LMDS) technology, XO successfully tested fixed
wireless access with burstable bandwidth capabilities from one
Mbps up to 20-plus Mbps.
About XO Communications
XO Communications is a
leading broadband telecommunications services provider
offering a complete set of telecommunications services,
including: local and long distance voice, Internet access,
Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Ethernet, Wavelength, Web
Hosting and Integrated voice and data services.
XO has assembled an unrivaled set of facilities-based
broadband networks and Tier One Internet peering relationships
in the United States. XO currently offers facilities-based
broadband telecommunications services within and between more
than 70 markets throughout the United States.
For more information contact:
Chad Couser/XO Communications
703-547-2746
chad.couser@xo.com
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