XO Communications Deploys Fixed Broadband Wireless in Nine Cities to Expand Metro Coverage and Reduce Network Access Costs
29 August 2006
XO Communications today announced its first significant market deployments of fixed broadband wireless technology that will broaden its ability to deliver business-class broadband solutions directly to businesses and help the company reduce local network costs.
XO has deployed fixed broadband wireless in nine metropolitan markets -- Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa and Washington, DC -- representing the first in a series of markets nationwide in which XO plans to utilize fixed broadband wireless technology through a partnership with its sister company, Nextlink, the leading provider of broadband wireless services and the nation's largest holder of Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS) spectrum with licenses in 75 metropolitan markets.
XO will utilize LMDS fixed broadband wireless as a last mile access method to deliver Dedicated Internet Access and Metropolitan and Inter-city Ethernet solutions directly to businesses at speeds of 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps. From Nextlink wireless hubs deployed in each market, XO can deliver services to any qualified line-of-site location within an average of five miles to support a wide range of networking services including Internet access, voice over IP (VoIP), and private business local area networks at native LAN speeds. XO is also reducing local network costs by replacing leased circuits that connect local switch locations to the XO network with more cost-effective and scalable fixed wireless links.
By utilizing fixed broadband wireless services, XO will help fill a critical gap for businesses that require higher speed broadband access but are constrained by the bandwidth limitations of copper or lack direct access to fiber. Last-mile copper connections often cannot scale to meet high bandwidth demands, while fiber is too costly and time-consuming to deploy, or simply not available at every business location. Today, less than 20 percent of buildings in the United States have direct access to fiber.
"With fixed broadband wireless technology, we are significantly expanding the reach of our network to serve even more businesses, specifically those businesses that do not have direct fiber connections to support their growing bandwidth needs," said Carl Grivner, CEO of XO Communications. "In addition to expanding our network, fixed wireless also gives us a more cost-effective and scalable replacement to leased network elements that connect local switches to our own fiber network."
With extensive metro fiber assets, local collocation facilities and fixed wireless technology, XO has the ability to offer services to customers through a broad range of broadband access methods, including
-- XO metro fiber networks in 37 metropolitan markets
-- High-speed fixed wireless links with potential service in 75
metropolitan markets, and
-- Last-mile copper in more than 60 metropolitan markets, using Ethernet
over copper technology.
About XO Communications
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: XOHO), is a leading provider of national and local telecommunications services to businesses, large enterprises and communications service providers. XO offers a complete portfolio of services, including local and long distance voice, dedicated Internet access, private networking, data transport, and Web hosting services as well as bundled voice and Internet solutions. XO provides these services over an advanced, nationwide facilities-based IP network and serves 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.xo.com.
About Nextlink
Nextlink, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc., is a leading provider of broadband wireless services to the enterprise, fixed and mobile communications and government markets. As one of the nation's largest holders of fixed wireless spectrum, Nextlink delivers high-quality, carrier-grade wireless access solutions that scale to meet the demands of today's converged world of communications -- supporting next-generation mobile and wireline voice, data and video applications. For additional information, visit http://www.nextlink.com.
Forward Looking Statement Note
The statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" (as such term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include those describing XOC and Nextlink's expected future business and network operations and results of operations, XOC and Nextlink's ability to increase sales and maintain current revenue, XOC's ability to service its growing VoIP business, Nextlink's ability to service the growing demand for high-bandwidth broadband wireless services, XOC's ability to complete its planned network expansion and upgrade, and Nextlink's ability to operate its wireless business and expand successfully into additional markets. Management cautions the reader that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to a number of both known and unknown risks and uncertainties and actual results, performance, and/or achievements of Nextlink and XO may differ materially from the future results, performance, and/or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. These factors include, without limitation, those risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the reports filed by XO Holdings, Inc. (as the successor issuer to XO Communications, Inc.) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. XO undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Source: prnewswire
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