Vyyo Powers Teton Wireless Broadband Deployment to
Country's Largest Rural Subscriber Base
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Vyyo Inc. , a global supplier of broadband access equipment for cable
and private wireless broadband network solutions, today announced that
deployment of its solution by Teton Wireless, the nation's largest rural
provider of broadband wireless Internet access and video services, has
exceeded the 8,000 household mark.
Teton Wireless, which operates
within portions of Idaho and Montana, utilizes Vyyo's V2800 IP Broadband
Hub and V280 Data Modems. Operating over licensed 2.5 GHz spectrum, Teton
provides high-speed Internet services to unserved and underserved
communities across a more than 15,000 square mile footprint.
"We are thrilled to enable
high-speed Internet access for rural customers everywhere," said Davidi
Gilo, Chairman and CEO of Vyyo. "Our technology addresses a significant
market demand. By working with leading operators like Teton Wireless, Vyyo
is bringing affordable, high-quality, highly-reliable data services to
small markets that have no other broadband alternative."
"Despite the best efforts of cable
and telecom providers, there continues to be significant areas where
high-speed Internet simply is unavailable," said John Mansell, wireless
broadband analyst for Kagan Research. "With its low- cost infrastructure
requirements, fixed wireless has become a leading platform for bridging
the 'digital divide.'"
"The challenge in any rural
deployment is reaching thousands of customers that are widely dispersed
across a very large area," said Gene Twiner, founder, president and CEO of
Teton Wireless. "Vyyo solves this problem with a cost-effective solution
that offers several clear advantages. First, because of the tremendous
range of Vyyo's technology, we are able to service a large coverage area
with only four transmission hubs. In addition, it is DOCSIS(R) based,
which means that our customers are receiving the highest quality of
service available anywhere."
Teton Wireless launched its
broadband service in 2002 to create a competitive advantage against
satellite providers, and deployed the Vyyo solution in 2003 based on
superior results against alternative products. Teton's wireless packages
are priced as low as $19.95 per month, and include higher-performance
offerings for home users, gaming enthusiasts and home offices.
About Teton Wireless
Founded in 1995 by cable and wireless entrepreneur Willis E. "Gene" Twiner,
Teton Wireless is a division of Teewinot Licensing, Inc. Teewinot
Licensing owns and operates video and data operations throughout the
Mountain States. With nearly 25,000 video and broadband customers,
Teewinot is an established wireless services provider. Teton Wireless
provides an affordable alternative to cable television as well as low
cost, high speed Internet services in Idaho Falls, Twin Falls and
Pocatello, ID. Montana Wireless delivers cable programming and high speed
Internet to the greater Missoula MT market.
About Vyyo Inc.
Vyyo provides cable and wireless broadband access solutions. Our products
are designed for use by cable television and telecommunication operators,
wireless internet service providers (ISPs), utilities and enterprise. Our
cable solutions include cable system spectrum overlay solutions designed
to expand cable operators' typical HFC (hybrid-fiber coax) network
capacity in the "last mile" by up to 2x in the downstream and up to 10x in
the upstream, addressing bandwidth demand for T1 and other advanced
services. Our wireless broadband solutions enable utilities and other
customers to operate private wireless networks for communications to their
remote assets and customers. Typical applications include high-speed
internet services, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition), voice
over internet protocol (VoIP) and telephony (T1/E1), all based on modified
Data Over Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS(R)) technology. For
more information, please visit
http://www.vyyo.com/.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements made in this press release relating to the future, including
those related to the opportunities created for our customers given our
ability to provide spectrum overlay and wired and wireless T1 solutions
and our ability to dramatically increase upstream and downstream
bandwidth, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward- looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove
incorrect, could cause our business and results of operations to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be
inaccurate include among others: whether we will be able to move from
development stage to deployment and establish commercial relationships
with cable system operators; whether we will be able to successfully
produce our wireless systems and whether such systems will be adopted and
deployed by utilities and other customers; the current limited visibility
available in the telecommunications and broadband access equipment
markets; the willingness and ability of operators to adopt our new
technology and apply it in a manner that meets customer demands; our
ability to produce and distribute our broadband wireless and spectrum
overlay solutions in the quantities, and with the quality control, desired
by the market; and other risks set forth in our annual report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
and other reports filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission
from time to time. We assume no duty to update these statements.
NOTE: All trademarks mentioned
herein are the property of their respective owners.
DOCSIS is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
CONTACT: Paul Schneider of Paul Schneider Public Relations,
Inc.,+1-215-702-9784, or mobile, +1-215-817-4384, or pspr@att.net, for
Vyyo; orinvestor relations, Walt Ungerer, VP, Corporate Communications of
Vyyo Inc.,+1-678-488-0468, or ir@vyyo.com; or Donna Nims, Director,
Marketing of Teton Wireless, dnims@tetonwireless.com.
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