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GigaBeam Corporation has announced that it received an order for two WiFiber links from MetroNext, Inc., a next generation wireless service provider serving Boston and other metropolitan areas in the northeastern region of the U.S.

 

The WiFiber links are bound to be deployed as access links to business enterprises located in downtown Boston.

"GigaBeam continues to solidify its competitive advantage in the U.S. Northeast, one of the most densely populated and economically active regions in the world," said Louis Slaughter, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of GigaBeam, in a statement.

 

GigaBeam's WiFiber technology is similar to that of terrestrial fiber in terms of speed and reliability. The advantage WiFiber has over terrestrial fiber is that it can be deployed at costs far lesser than terrestrial fiber also, terrestrial fiber takes months to be deployed and requires regulatory and environmental approvals prior to installation.

MetroNext, which is referred to as a Wireless Local Exchange Carrier (WiLEC), is on its way to deploy a network similar to that deployed by One Velocity, Inc. in Las Vegas. Velocity’s network covers an area of 620 square miles across the Las Vegas valley, carrying voice, video, internet and data over what is believed to be the fastest metro Ethernet network in the world.

With GigaBeam's wireless fiber links, MetroNext will set up an Internet backhaul and high-speed network backbone for the city of Boston.

 

 

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