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Skyriver to Provide Wireless Connectivity for WiMAX Forum Conference

SAN DIEGO, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyriver Communications announced today that it has been selected by WiMAX Forum as the provider of wireless wide area network (WAN) services for its member conference in San Diego, CA this week. Skyriver was selected from a number of telecommunications providers in Southern California because of its network architecture and the ability to provide the business critical bandwidth that the show requires.

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"We welcome the opportunity to work with the WiMAX Forum to address their connectivity requirements in San Diego," said Brad Slavin, Vice President of Engineering for Skyriver Communications. "We are confident that the quality and caliber of service will exceed the WiMAX Forum's expectations. Skyriver has engineered its network to cater to the high bandwidth demands of Enterprise customers in Southern California." Slavin continues, "Skyriver plans to be the first provider in Southern California to implement a full WiMAX overlay on its network."

The wireless association requirements included providing broadband speeds to the 500+ tech-savvy professionals for an entire week. "We needed to provide no less than 10 Mbps access around the clock for our member company representatives to remain productive during the conference," said Matt Wangler, operations director at WiMAX Forum. "This exceeded the capabilities of the hotel site. Skyriver was the right choice because of the quality and capacity needs. As a wireless service provider, they brought the regional experience we needed. We look forward to Skyriver bringing standards based, WiMAX Forum Certified equipment to businesses in the San Diego area in the near future."

About WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless MAN specifications. The Forum's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) products will be fully interoperable and support Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit http://www.wimaxforum.org/.

Note: GTE is a principle member of the WiMAX Forum.

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